Emily Gravenor, Camping & Caravanning’s newest team member, got her first taste of a social camping meet at Leeds District Association (DA)’s 25th Annual Bogie Race near Wakefield in Yorkshire. It was clear what the first question of the day was going to be: so, what exactly is a bogie…?

Iain Geddes, one of Camping & Caravanning's technical team joined hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts in the Peaks for a weekend of discovery and enjoyment in the great outdoors. In his first blog he joined  photography masterclass. Here he swaps his camera for a colander as he tries his hand at cooking a vegetarian curry, Guy Rope Gormet style. 

Iain Geddes, one of Camping & Caravanning's technical team joined hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts in the Peaks for a weekend of discovery and enjoyment in the great outdoors.

Alpkit is a well-established and respected outdoor brand with a great range of kit.
Perhaps less well known is the company does some charitable works through its own foundation by supporting outdoor activity.  The team at Alpkit are quite a sociable bunch too, and this latter part is most apparent...

I was fortunate enough to run a VW California for six months a full decade ago. Back then, the revised T5 Transporter had just been launched, and looking back at my notes it’s interesting to see what’s changed and what’s remained the same ten years on.