Camping And Caravanning Hobbies
A collection of hobbies involving setting out and staying a while in the Great Outdoors.
Backpacking
Backpacking is a cheap way to travel. Pack everything you need in a rucksack and hitch, beg, borrow your way from A to Anywhere.
The purpose being to see, taste and experience the world rather than just Google it.
Extreme backpacking is prepping. That is preparing for the end of the world by stuffing a rucksack full of everything you could ever need. Water purifying, hunting, radio, first aid, sewing - the kits are endless for the survivalists among us.
Luxury backpacking involves Airbnb using short term accommodation bookable via the internet. A modern and more expensive version of youth hostelling.
The purpose being to see, taste and experience the world rather than just Google it.
Extreme backpacking is prepping. That is preparing for the end of the world by stuffing a rucksack full of everything you could ever need. Water purifying, hunting, radio, first aid, sewing - the kits are endless for the survivalists among us.
Luxury backpacking involves Airbnb using short term accommodation bookable via the internet. A modern and more expensive version of youth hostelling.
Camping
Leave a perfectly comfortable house with heating and running water and head off somewhere with a tent and whatever you can carry.
Pitch tent after a struggle and make camp. Enjoy the great outdoors with a fire, food and the company of the stars at night.
Pitch tent after a struggle and make camp. Enjoy the great outdoors with a fire, food and the company of the stars at night.
Campervan
The mostly VW campervan, although there are variants of the same idea, is an iconic hippy style of transport from the sixties.
Under-powered with relatively cramped living conditions - it enabled a generation of surfer types to escape parents and home and break free for a while.
Still iconic, still loved - the campervan is on tour now.
Under-powered with relatively cramped living conditions - it enabled a generation of surfer types to escape parents and home and break free for a while.
Still iconic, still loved - the campervan is on tour now.
Caravanning
The caravan is a wildly popular way to escape for a while.
Take the kids, pets or just you and your partner out on the road and find a nice place to stay with all the comforts and familiarity of your own mobile home.
Take the kids, pets or just you and your partner out on the road and find a nice place to stay with all the comforts and familiarity of your own mobile home.
Rambling
Rambling involves walking to or through places of scenic beauty or historical interest. It is a gentle activity - walking - that requires a little stamina and the ability to get from one place to another.
It is suited to older folk who enjoy some time out at a peaceful pace. Put some sandwiches and a thermos into a rucksack, put on your walking boots - pack some rainclothes - and you are ready for the next rambling meet.
It is not entirely clear what the difference is between rambling, hiking and walking. Here is an attempt to define them.
It is suited to older folk who enjoy some time out at a peaceful pace. Put some sandwiches and a thermos into a rucksack, put on your walking boots - pack some rainclothes - and you are ready for the next rambling meet.
It is not entirely clear what the difference is between rambling, hiking and walking. Here is an attempt to define them.
- Rambling - easy walk, afternoon out, with group of other ramblers
- Walking - solitary or couples walking a variety of routes - coastal paths, locally, hills and valleys
- Hiking - more strenuous form of the above
RV Recreational Vehicle
The recreational vehicle or motorhome is hugely popular - particularly in the States with wide open spaces and roads to go with them.
These vehicles are the equivalent of camping on the move - without the need to pitch tent when stopping.
Equipped with sleeping, toilet and cooking facilities they provide a way to travel and holiday at a reasonable cost - once the initial purchase of the RV has been borne.
These vehicles are the equivalent of camping on the move - without the need to pitch tent when stopping.
Equipped with sleeping, toilet and cooking facilities they provide a way to travel and holiday at a reasonable cost - once the initial purchase of the RV has been borne.
Staycation
A staycation can mean staying at home and enjoying days out, or staying within your own country borders.
Whichever, there are many benefits to the leisure pursuits on this page. No queues at the airport and less air miles. Outdoors and safely isolated with friends or family. Having more choice and freedom to go where you want and do what you want.
It is possible to have a complete change within a few miles of your own front door. That's the benefit of staycation.
Whichever, there are many benefits to the leisure pursuits on this page. No queues at the airport and less air miles. Outdoors and safely isolated with friends or family. Having more choice and freedom to go where you want and do what you want.
It is possible to have a complete change within a few miles of your own front door. That's the benefit of staycation.
Van Life
Van life is living in a van. Rent free apart from parking fees. Tiny house style accommodation and for the intrepid nomads - a chance to travel the world.