Every year millions of Brits take to the roads with a car full of camping gear and an eye on the skys. Despite our changeable weather, The Great Britain Tourism Survey tells us that we spend over six million nights under canvas every year and the value of camping to the British economy can be measure in the hundreds of millions of pounds.
For full disclosure, I’m not included in those numbers. When it comes to a night away, room service and an en suite are pre-requisites for any travelling I do. But there’s always been something nagging away in my mind, a kind of what if…