My family was overwhelmingly in the former camp, so to speak. Winter sites included Girraween, Kosciuszko and New England, places so cold it seemed my brothers and I were being put through some kind ...

Camping in the UK got a shot in the arm as credit crunched Brits looked for good value and fun holidays. Not much beats waking up in the countryside and chucking a few rashers of bacon on a gas burner ...