How to enter

To enter the competition simply leave a comment in the box below telling us your favourite campsite and in no more than 100 words why it’s your favourite.

Whoever makes our favourite comment will win the sleeping bag!

We’ll pick the winner on Monday July 25th.  

Congratulations to Anna Sutherland our prize winner!

The Gelert X Treme Lite 1200 Sleeping Bag is a top of the range sleeping bag, with a season 3 rating and has a total pack weight of just 1.2kg in addition to being packed to just 40cm x 18cm.

This bag will keep you warm at up to -22.6 degrees, using insulated pro-fibre technology and it’s 210 T Polyester ripstop fabric.

Outdoor Look offer great deals on outdoor clothing and camping equipment from leading names such as Craghoppers, Regatta Clothing and many more.
Visit their website www.outdoorlook.co.uk to see for yourself.

WIN a Gelert X Treme Lite 1200 Sleeping Bag! is from Campr - Everything Camping

Modnique sales events last from 36 to 72 hours and they specialise in designer brands. They say sale items will not reappear so if any of their fancy gear appeals get over quick! Modnique is a US based site but they offer free shipping in the US and $4.99 worldwide

Here’s a preview of a couple of the sale items.

Delk Ultimate Fishing Tool

The Delk Ultimate fishing tool incorporates nine different tools including a flashlight, hook remover, fish scraper, scissors, knife, bottle opener and tape measure. If you’re planning some angling with your next camping trip this one may be worth a look.

Humvee HMV-B-TELESCOPE

The Humvee 12×25 Black Collapsible Monocular is the same brand as the beefy cars (commonly seen over here as stretch limos) and is appropriately built from “Humvee Tough” plastic. The Telescope has a rubberized coating and built in anti-reflective ruby glass lenses.

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CheapFlights is the UK’s leading flights deals site and have a whole host of information to help you make the most out of your trip, whether you want to know what airports offer free Wi-Fi or what airports are served by British Airways flights, take a look at their site to find out more.

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Blacks – FEB24
Millets – 24FEB

20% money off voucher for Blacks and Millets TODAY ONLY! is from Campr - Everything Camping

Vango launches new website – In time for the 2010 season Vango have launched a spiffing new website. Loving the wooden background. A nod to Go Glamping perhaps?

Pitchup.com predicts the future of UK holidays in the great outdoors – Pitchup.com have looked into their crystal balls and believe camping is headed towards Extreme glamping, urban camping, niche sites and more.

Wild camping bylaws – New legislation could restrict wild camping on the shores of Loch Lomond. A real shame a minority are ruining it for the rest of us, it seems leaving your gear is now de rigueur. For an account of a more thoughtful camper see our post on wild camping at Loch Voil

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2010 camping gadgets from Stuff.co.nz Whilst we shiver it’s summer down under and Stuff.co.nz have put together of new cool camping gadgets. Gadget geek Ben Gracewood takes a look at the portable espresso maker, gorilla torch and more.

Vango Eco range – In a Tent One of our favourite camping blogs In a Tent have featured Vango’s new eco-tent range. No word if it’s what the protesters in Copenhagen are using.

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Vango announce final of photo competition – Vango are looking to the public to judge the final of their photography competition. The winning picture will feature as the backdrop to their new website. Currently Photo 1 featuring a young Joni Mitchell lookalike sitting in a tent is the clear leader with 39% of the vote. Our aesthetic sense was called into question when we found our choice (#4) in last place.

Vango Storm Shelter – We have a  review of the DoFE recommended Vango Storm Shelter coming soon by our very own DoFE co-ordinator type person James Lane

Campr 100 Launches! - After months of teasing the Campr 100, our mini-site celebrating 2009′s best campsites finally launched with it’s first twenty sites. We’re going to be adding twenty a week for the next four weeks so keep checking back.

Mini tents!

Deathsarrow spotted these mini tents Anyone know if you can get them in the UK? We want some for our desks!

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The Campr 100 was based on the recommendation of Campr’s writers, your nominations and an aggregation of other camping sources top site lists. The first twenty entrants are now up to view at www.campr.co.uk/campr100 and we’ll be adding twenty every week for the next five weeks.

I would like to thank everyone who nominated a site, you’ve sent in some real gems. There are plenty of sites in the list that we’ve never visited and hope to get to when the weather warms up a little.

And the winner is…

We’ve put all the names in a (digital) tombola and the winner of a nights stay at their pick of the Campr 100 is… Adele Tracey!

The Campr 100 is LIVE! is from Campr - Everything Camping

Just a quick note to say the Campr 100 has been delayed for a day due to high winds, some kind (probably not swine) of flu and the rigors of putting together the Best 100 Campsites in the UK from all your wonderful nominations.

We’ll get there, it just might take an extra 24 hours or so. Watch this space! (I suppose this phrase is more relevant than ever thanks to the Internet. So truly, watch this space!)

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They love their ultralight kit at Outdoors Magic, I see the Campr reader as being a little more luxury concious but if your climb the odd mountian you can get the Ultralite 100 for just over £100 at Amazon.

Great Depression Tent Cities in the US in 2009 – Youtube “Images of the great depression return” in this news report from the US. Due to the economic crisis people are being forced to live in tent cities in the US, it’s sad but difficult not to cast an eye over their ‘gear’.

Camping Mistakes I’ve Made – The Camping Blogger The Camping Blogger shares the mistakes he’s made whilst camping over the years.

I would add camping next to the toilets at Glastonbury, camping in the highlands during March (scraping ice off a very cheap tent) and a camping holiday to Weston-super-Mare to the list.

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