Camping Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/camping/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:58:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Camping Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/camping/ 32 32 2696646 The Affric Kintail Way https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/the-affric-kintail-way/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/the-affric-kintail-way/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:56:23 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48120 Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 1 Distance: 16.32 miles Elevation Gain Today: 629 m Highest Elevation: 269 m Total Time: 6:20:39 Moving Time: 5:03:16 Av. Pace: 23:19 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:35 mins/mile Day 1: Drumnadrochit to Cannich I’ve just got back from a lovely few days hiking and camping along the Affric Kintail Way...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/the-affric-kintail-way/feed/ 2 48120 The Hebridean Way – Stage 9 & 10: Lewis https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-9-10-lewis/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-9-10-lewis/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:02:42 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46474 Onto Lewis After a comfortable night at the hostel and a scrambled egg on toast breakfast, I was feeling revived, clean and ready to go. So I was soon on my way, following the main road above the loch and crossing the border into Lewis. Although geographically a single landmass, Lewis and Harris are often...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-9-10-lewis/feed/ 4 46474 Not Planning the West Highland Way https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/04/not-planning-the-west-highland-way/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/04/not-planning-the-west-highland-way/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:39:06 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=42358 Part of the fun of a little adventure or an activity such as backpacking along the West Highland Way is the planning. mapping out your route, deciding where to stay and how you’ll get there, searching for things to take in along the way and making arrangements and schedules. Sometimes it’s also nice to just...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/04/not-planning-the-west-highland-way/feed/ 1 42358 Custom Made Tent Footprint https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/01/custom-made-tent-footprint/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/01/custom-made-tent-footprint/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:18:17 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41649 A tent footprint is just a fancy name for what we always (“back in the day”) called a groundsheet. In essence, it’s a piece of material that goes under your tent and serves two main purposes: Modern tents don’t need this as the base of the tent itself will be waterproof and should be fairly...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/01/custom-made-tent-footprint/feed/ 2 41649 Norway Trip Part 3 – Sea Kayaking in the Fjords https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/norway-trip-part-3-sea-kayaking-in-the-fjords/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/norway-trip-part-3-sea-kayaking-in-the-fjords/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:14:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39826 Our train trip across Norway took a bit of a detour here. Rather than continuing on the train from Voss to Myrdal we were missing a bit out and heading north a little to the village of Gudvangen at the end of the Nærøyfjord. Here we would meet up with a kayaking group tour that...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/norway-trip-part-3-sea-kayaking-in-the-fjords/feed/ 1 39826 Aber Kayakers Bala Trip https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/aber-kayakers-bala-trip/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/aber-kayakers-bala-trip/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:36:19 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37831 What a weekend to pick for a paddling trip to North Wales. Wall to wall sunshine, temperatures in the mid to high 20’s and a good group of people to share it with. Camping at it’s finest! I’d had a chest infection for a couple of weeks so had been coughing like mad. I had...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/aber-kayakers-bala-trip/feed/ 2 37831 Camping and Kayaking with Aber Kayakers https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/05/camping-and-kayaking-with-aber-kayakers/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/05/camping-and-kayaking-with-aber-kayakers/#comments Mon, 23 May 2022 09:46:28 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37596 As part of my plan to get back on the water I’ve been paddling a few times with Aber Kayakers. I’ve always had connections with the club but had never really been a full member as I did a different type of paddling. Once I started Quadrathlons I was more into performance paddling in the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/05/camping-and-kayaking-with-aber-kayakers/feed/ 1 37596 Shrewsbury Quadrathlon 2018 – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2018 07:45:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27164 Once again, Anna’s birthday weekend fell on the same week as the Shrewsbury Triathlon and Quadrathlon. I was competing in the Quad so Anna was treated to a weekend away! See, I’m a true romantic at heart, taking my wife away for a family camping trip on her birthday and even swimming, kayaking, cycling and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/feed/ 1 27164 The Rame Peninsula – Camping Trip Day 3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-3/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-3/#respond Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:28:32 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27058 The weather was a little overcast today so rather than head to the beach we headed along the coast to a Monkey Sanctuary near Looe. It was a rescue centre for monkeys that had at some point in their life been part of the pet trade. Staff stood around the enclosures telling us the life...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-3/feed/ 0 27058 The Rame Peninsula – Camping Trip Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-2/#respond Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:14:45 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27047 Today looked like being a bright sunny day. There was still a breeze blowing and some wind-blown waves on the long expanse of sands at Whitsands Bay. Rather than drive anywhere we decided to walk down the cliffs to the beach today instead. We of course had a swim and pancakes at the campsite first....

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