Three ways to go glamping

Glamorous camping – or ‘glamping’ – is the 2008 holiday of choice

Thanks to the credit crunch thousands of British families are turning their backs on a foreign holiday this year and heading for a week under canvas in Britain instead. But forget old-fashioned camping huddling in a leaky tent trying to keep a camp fire going in gale-force winds. Now, if you can pay for it, you can enjoy anything from a private pre-erected kitchen tent to a pre-built dome complete with breakfast in bed. Glamorous camping or glamping' is the 2008 holiday of choice.

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