Without a doubt one of the best little gems of a campsite we have as yet found in the West-country is Botelet Fatrm, again from the Cool Camping book, this campsite is on a working farm not far from the tourist attraction of Looe in Cornwall (about 8 miles inland), down, down through narrow country lanes you drive until you come upon a small gap in the dry stone wall, all that greets you is a simple hand painted sign, but on turning into their farm yard you’re instantly taken back a century or two. The farm, although fully working, is without the clutter and scrapheap junk of most, all the buildings and barns lovingly looked after by generations of the same family. Chickens run free pecking and scratching around your feet, add the bright red phone box in the yard between the two main houses and it has the air of a small rustic village rather than a farm. Here they only allow 2 tents at a time, and the where depends on which field is being worked when you turn up, every time we’ve stayed we’ve always been at least 200m from the one other couple. Facilities are by large sites standards basic, but don’t get put off by that remark, there is a piping hot shower and toilet, both always spotless, coming back from the shower will take you past the vintage showman’s caravan they rent out, or walking through another gate you find yourself looking up to one of 2 Yurts you can also rent. Wherever you choose to pitch you’re always sure to have remarkable views down through the valley, quiet, well run and truly relaxing, perfect!
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Glamping, short for ‘Glamorous Camping’, two words I’m sure the Oxford dictionary never had any intentions of seeing in the same sentence, let alone side by side.
I for one have become really rather addicted to it, and so, more to the point, has my wife. Ok I know roughy-toughy soldiers do not normally do anything that could in anyway be seen as camp, and glamorous camping has got to be camp right? You couldn’t be more wrong, to me Glamping is more akin to a 1920’s safari than ‘Carry on camping’, and quite possibly the cheapest way possible to recharge the batteries in both style and luxury. Glamping has been around for quite sometime now and there have been thousands of words written on the subject, loads of books, magazine articles, and websites, and so I don’t propose to repeat what others have said, rather I’d like to give my slant on it, why I became addicted, and where I see us going next with it - click here to read the full article
Posted by Brent Meheux - 30/12/11 - Tags - botelet farm, camping, glamping
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