Sarah Beeny paid a seven-figure sum for her 220-acre Somerset farm, which is the subject of Channel 4 show, Sarah Beeny’s New Life In The Country. The 48-year-old star of Property Ladder spoke to DONNA FERGUSON about the highs and lows of her financial life. She is supporting Brain Tumour Research’s online ’12 Days of … Read more
Geri Horner, née Halliwell, was warned she’d be shot on stage at the BRIT Awards due to her friendship with the late George Michael and her love of ‘camping it up’. The star, 48, was advised by police to pull out of her first solo performance at the 2000 ceremony after they intercepted plans by David … Read more
Security firm is called in to patrol village at foot of Snowdon that has been plagued by illegal camping and littering after being flooded by day trippers since lockdown was lifted Villagers are furious the behaviour of touristsv isiting the 3,560ft mountain They say some descending on Llanberis have started fires and gone to the … Read more
Boris Johnson’s summer holiday plans have caused hilarity among his friends and former lovers. The Prime Minister and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, are taking their three-month-old son, Wilfred, on a camping holiday to Scotland. But Petronella Wyatt, who had a four-year affair with Boris, has voiced her scepticism publicly. ‘Boris and Carrie are going to … Read more
As the sun sets beneath Start Bay, with a pinkness to match the first glass of rosé — and, yes, marshmallows toasting over an open fire — I finally feel that all is well with the world. Never has a short break felt sweeter than the few days we have just spent ‘camping’ on the … Read more
Conservationists are being forced to clean up after inconsiderate Britons who flock to beauty spots and camp overnight but refuse to tidy up after themselves. As lockdown restrictions have eased in the UK, many people have taken camper vans or tents into the countryside with friends as a form of impromptu staycation. However, as many … Read more
It appears the majority of Britain plans to holiday at home this summer, if the latest booking statistics are anything to go by. Inspired by the current heatwave, coronavirus lockdown easing and not fancying their chances of getting away abroad by plane, thousands have scrambled to book trips in the great outdoors this week. Staycation … Read more
Day trippers last night ignored lockdown rules as they slept over at seaside resorts, raising fears a surge in crowds could trigger a second wave of coronavirus infections and force the government to abandon its plans for a return to normal life. Visitors were seen camped out in Brighton and at various beauty spots in … Read more
Day trippers last night ignored lockdown rules as they slept over at seaside resorts, raising fears a surge in crowds could trigger a second wave of coronavirus infections and force the government to abandon its plans for a return to normal life. Visitors were seen camped out in Brighton and at various beauty spots in … Read more
Henry VIII hated camping so much he slept in easily-erected ‘houses of timber’ while on campaign, a historian has revealed. Alden Gregory, curator of historic buildings at Historic Royal Palaces, said that while Henry was associated with the sumptuous tents at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, there was no evidence that he ever … Read more