I have just finished watching the excellent ‘Britain Goes Camping’ documentary on BBC2. I think it is going to get repeated on BBC4, but you can always watch it on BBC iPlayer if you wish.
Synopsis: Documentary telling the story of how sleeping under canvas evolved from a leisure activity for a few Edwardian gents to the quintessentially British family pastime it is today.
The show featured some excellent home movie footage of early camping holidays in the UK, with folding trailer tents and primitive ridge tents. But for me, my favourite bit of Britain Goes Camping was in the 70s, with some superb movies from the south of France. Girls in bikinis and guys in skimpy speedos wandering around french supermarkets, was just hilarious.
Overall the point of the show, was that camping has gone from being chic, to a cheaper way to get a value holiday and now back to the more trendy eco-friendly holiday that camping is. Anyway, do watch the show, but then do yourself a favour and hire a motorhome and do it in style.
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