{"id":3268,"date":"2011-08-13T22:43:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T22:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2011-08-13T22:43:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T22:43:35","slug":"why-i-love-camping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/why-i-love-camping","title":{"rendered":"Why I love camping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So just back from five days camping. We were in a field in somerset, with three other families plus a few supernumerary kids on loan.<\/p>\n

It rained quite a bit – well, it rained more than the sun shone. But it was great fun.<\/p>\n

I love camping. It’s a great antidote to modern life. You connect with the elements and the primal human need for warmth, shelter and food.<\/p>\n

Most of all, though, it is a communal way of living where all the members of a group share their lives together for a period. For our family, that is a very good thing. My boys really enjoyed it. The mixture of families, with kids of a variety of ages, was very healthy.<\/p>\n

I really enjoy living outdoors, under a big sky, facing the elements (a little – after all, it is summer, even if it is a particularly damp one). The simple act of putting the kettle on to boil and making some coffee brings with it a lot of pleasure, when the coffee is shared with others.<\/p>\n

We drank some wine. Not a huge amount: a glass with our evening meal, then a couple of glasses later on, as we sat and chatted. Although the wine was modest (reds from the local Tesco – Gran Tesoro Garnacha and Storks’ Tower Tempranillo Shiraz) and was consumed from plastic glasses, the sense of camaraderie elevated the wine to a higher plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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