2017 saw an unexpected peak in the popularity of winter caravanning, and 2018 looks set for similar success.  For many people, exploring snowy mountains or tranquil lakes in crisp sunshine makes for the perfect winter getaway. 

Alan Hinkes is Club member and mountaineer, the first and only Briton to have summited all 14 of the world’s 8,000m peaks. Here he recalls his first camp on a Club Site during a memorable visit to the Lincolnshire Aviaition Heritage Centre in East Kirkby. 

With the recent ‘Beast from the East’ bringing some of the harshest and coldest winter weather for years, with temperatures plummeting to rival those of Norway and Iceland in some parts of the UK and a predicted cold spring, we invited leading American website Active Weekender to share some thoughts on how we lose heat while camping and what you can do to prevent it.

The health benefits of spending time in the great outdoors has long since been recognised and encouraged by the Club as Kat Pearson, the Club's archivist discovered.