South Devon Walking Festival Put your best foot forward for the South Devon Walking Festival. From October 2-11 the festival has a programme of over 50 walks throughout South Devon. I’m intrigued by the idea of eating free on the ‘wild food walks’ but beware! The South West Coast path can cause ‘vertigo’.

New York town wants Gadhafi’s tent taken down – CNN As previously covered on Campr, Gadhafi has come to town with his tent. However the residents of Winchester want Gadhafi’s canvas palace taken down. Dubious past aside we salute Gadhafi as a fellow camper and admire his embrace of glamping.

Asbo Teens back in tent – Mirror.co.uk This weeks comedy camping link goes to the Mirror with their story of ASBO teens terrorising their neighbourhood from a tent. No news of the brand, maybe one of these scary looking things?

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Win a Fantastic State-of-the-Art Tent- Pitchup Pitchup.com (see our review) got in touch to say they have a Vango Verona 8DLX to give away. Simply write a review for a site you have stayed at and you’ll be entered into the prize draw. We hear the odss of winning are pretty good so get reviewing!

Racecourse campsite for runners – BBC Sedgefield racecourse is being opened up as campsite for runners in the Great North Run. “A pasta dinner will be provided”.

The Brads Go Camping -  Brad Colbow What happens when nerds are dragged camping…

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A quick hello via the news section to say it’s good to be back from a week camping in Arcachon, we have some great posts lined up including the (inevitable) guide to camping in France, some new equipment reviews and more!

Camp out in Antartica – About.com After finding it a little chilly in the South of France at night I’m not too sure about this, but if anyone tries it and doesn’t get eaten by a Polar Bear (or is it Penguins in the Arctic?) let us know how it went…

Scouts to no longer bring penknives on camping trips – Telegraph.co.uk Either we’re going to hell in a handcart or it’s a slow news day. Thinking back to my own Scouting days the only time I can remember using a knife was to cut into some undercooked sausages.

Win £300 worth of camping equipment – Enjoy England I know they’re a little square but you can’t complain at £300 of new tent for free.

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Our weekly trawl of the best camping news from around the web has thrown up the usual mix of  Olympics campsites, 1970s campsite excavations and coffee makers. If you have any camping ‘tipoffs’ get in touch: info@campr.co.uk

Camping Coffee Maker is One More Thing to Carry – Wired The Flip-n-Drip from Brunton brings one more consumer durable to the great outdoors with their all in one coffee brewer. With integreated cup and aluminium body the Flip-n-Drip will fill only a small hole in your campsack.

Seventies campsite in Forest of Dean excavated by Oxford archaeologist – Times Online The seventies, when glamping was a something you insulated your boiler with and a blog was a type of dance, people still camped. But how? A group of students have excavated Worcester Lodge campsite in the Forest of Dean to discover how much of the bawdy Carry on Camping style antics of our seventies ancestores survive.

A Guide to Glamping: 7 Sustainable Romps Around the Globe – Eco Salon This weeks glamping article looks at 7 sustainable ‘romps’ (they’ve been watching Carry on Camping too). Confession time: I’ve never been “glamping”, unless you count the time our tent got flooded at scout camp and we got to sleep in the leaders tent…

Campsite offers ‘greenest’ Olympics B&B – Evening Standard Want to see the Olympics whilst indulging your favourite pastime? Then go camping at Debden House in Essex. Only a 20 minute coach ride from the Olympic stadium and £6 a night to see Usain Bolt do something superhuman.

Camping Ban Plan for Bonnie Banks – BBC The amazing aliteration of the title hides the sad curtaling of wild camping in some of Scotlands most beautiful areas. Wild camping in some parts of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park will be banned whilst informal campsites will be setup to solve the problem of over visiting and ‘rowdy behaviour’;. We’ll raise a Tizer to that.

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We round up the week’s camping news and have a bumper issue to begin with. If you have any camping news tip us off at info@campr.co.uk

Vango Photography Competition – Win a place in Vango’s history with their photography competition. I.e. save them the wedge of getting some publicity shots taken.

10 Best Irish Camping Sites – Independent.ie – There’s camping fun to be had at Carnfunnock.

Gadhafi camping in New Jersey? – CNN – How would you feel if Colonel Gadhafi pitched up in your garden? Personally I’d ask him if he is deliberately styling himself on a ex-heavy metal drummer.

Precision Camping – Men’s Health Airstream are launching a special “Victorinox Edition” packed with Swiss Army Gear. I know it’s a caravan but Airstreams are damn sexy.

Glamping as Vacation Trend – CBS NEWS: (video) Glamping has been jumped on during the slow news season,  here’s the American equivalent of This Morning dissecting glamping (glaaaaamping).

Green Living, Take your kids camping – Nature.org Tips for taking the little darlings into the great outdoors. Alternatviely drop them off in the woods , sit back from a safe distance and watch it go all Lord of the Flies

Go ultralight with the Sierra Designs Zagori bivy sack – Examiner.com Nice review of the Zagori bivy sack. Think I’d feel a little claustrophobic in one of these, more of a yurt man really.

Camping Essential – Headlamp Menjournal Why the headlamp is dorky but also a little sexy.

MSR Flex 4 System Cookset Uncrate feature the Russian Doll like MSR Flex 4 System Cookset, pricey but a very sexy way to carry all the pots you’ll ever need.

Top 10 camping gadgets for geeks Bit Rebels gather ten camping gadgets for those who like technology with their canvas. Not for backpackers perhaps, they suggest packing a 29 pound generator.

Stuff White People Like – Camping Endlessly mocking the middle classes, Stuff White People Like turns it’s sights on camping.

Glamping: Its Time is Coming – WSJ.com – As Glamping is becoming the standard experience for campers, could tents replace hotels? We love glamping but would miss the mini-bars.

Camping with your Mac 2.0 – ZDNet.com – Jason D. O’Grady takes his Mac outdoors…. Leave it at home! (iPhones don’t count)

Thanks to @thecampingforum for the Vango tip. If you have any interesting camping news let us know and we’ll link you up – info@campr.co.uk

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