The Reluctant Camper: 15 Easy Tips To Make You Love Life Beneath The Stars

If you think nights under canvas aren’t for you, think again. The experts reveal how you can turn camping from a daunting ordeal into a brilliant adventure

In my experience, the world is divided into people who love camping and people who hate it. In the second group are those scarred by miserable memories of childhood camping trips, and those who have never slept in a field and don’t intend to start now when they have a perfectly good bed at home, thank you very much. But at its best, camping can be cheap, healthy, environmentally friendly and, above all, fun. I asked camping enthusiasts how to combat first-timers’ fears and convince even the most reluctant campers to give it a go.