Product Description

The Happy Campers is an inspirational and practical guide to 'happy camping'. Packed full of practical tips and brilliant ideas from where to go and how to find a good campsite to how to set up your camp and build a campfire, this book will also show you the magic of camping. with chapters on delicious recipes that have been invented collected and cooked over years of camping, how to entertain yourselves at camp, the wild world around us and even some soulful moments like a star gazer map to help you identify those constellations and a meteor shower calendar to spot a falling star. Shunning the survival techniques and hi-tec equipment that camping has become all to well known for this book takes a more spontaneous, relaxed and eco approach. Whatever your level of camping expertise this inspiring book will accompany you from coffee table to wilderness on your own unforgettable journeys. This beautifully produced, informative book will be the camping book for the ever increasing hordes who love sleeping under canvas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77162 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Tess and Kat are both serial happy campers and keen lovers of all things outdoor. Their book was conceived from a life long love affair with camping and is their own design using their own personal photographs and illustrations.

Customer Reviews

Camping like you never believed!!!
Camping with style, great tips, the recipes are simply out of this world. The book for campers without a doubt.... and for those that never trusted themselves. It is just an all rounder. The combination of fantastic practical tips, great locations and enticing photos makes it also a great read. Definitely worth a purchase.

Disspointing
Just a word of caution for those convinced by all the enthusiastic reviews here (like I was). This book makes a nice read and would be a good addition to the coffee table, but can hardly be useful for any camping trip which lasts longer than a weekend.
Even though I very much agree with the philosophy of 'comfortable' camping, the advice in this book is not really practical. Just an example: replacing the sleeping bags with pillows, duvets and the rest as the book suggests will not only fill up your car boot to the brim, but will also turn into a nightmare if you get water into your tent. Unless, of course, you are on a weekend trip and can just turn around and drive home.
Similarly the recipes (which are great on their own) do not really differ from what you may find in a 'normal' cookbook and certainly assume that you always have access to fresh ingredients and a suitable place to store them, not to mention the unlimited fuel and cooking equipment. Once again, great for a weekend-long picnic, but not really practical for a week of driving around Scotland.

All in all, it's a nice book, but don't get mislead by the reviews: it's great to take on a picnic, but is useless for a longer trip.

Fantastic Book highly recommended if you have a passion for camping !
Ignore the previous review, if he is recommending a backpacker's handbook then this book wouldnt be any good to him anyway as its not about backpacking. This book is fantastic (and i know i wont do it any justice), it has great hints and tips about camping and the recipies are great! this book proves that camping can be a luxury getaway with friends and family, its great to hear about other peoples tales and stories about their experiences of camping and just shows thats its not all about plastic cutlery, paper plates and damp sleeping bags! give this book a go and you WONT be disappointed.