CAMPING SLEEP WELL STAY DRY EAT GREAT FOOD CAMPING CAMPING Ed and Kate Douglas recipes from Sue Hughes London, New York, Melbourne, Munich, and Delhi Editor Claire Tennant-Scull Designer William Hicks Managing Editor Dawn Henderson Managing Art Editor Christine Keilty Senior Production Editor Jen Woodcock Senior Production Controller Mandy Inness Creative Technical Support Sonia Charbonnier Photography Graham Ray, Gary Ombler, and Kate Whitaker First American Edition, 2009 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014 09 10 11 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 TD445—May/2009 Copyright © 2009 Dorling Kindersley Limited All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN: 978 0 7566 5096 4 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or
[email protected] Color reproduction: Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound: Hung Hing Printing Group Ltd., China Discover more at www.dk.com Contents Introduction 6 Where to go 8 What to take 30 Pitching camp 64 Keeping camp 90 Camp cooking 126 Useful resources 188 Index 190 Acknowledgments 192 Introduction Once upon a time we all went camping. Or rather, that’s just how everyone lived. Sleeping under the stars or in rudimentary shelters, foraging for food and drinking water straight out of rivers, these are things we humans did to survive for almost all our history. These days, being outside and living alongside nature is a trick too many of us have forgotten. But when we gather around a fire at night in the great outdoors, we’re doing something our ancestors did for thousands of generations. We’re not suggesting you might like to try living like one of our hunter-gatherer forebears. But there’s no doubt about it: Going camping and all that it entails can be deeply satisfying. In our family, we’ve discovered that it’s the best way to spend time with those closest to us. And luckily for us, it’s no longer a matter of just surviving. With all the technology and know-how at our disposable, camping can be as luxurious or simple as anyone chooses to make it. It’s not just about sticking up a tent and sleeping in it. It’s about living a little more slowly, leaving the computer at home, and seeing what’s out there in the real world. It’s about a cup of coffee tasting better in the fresh air, waking up near a beach and going for a swim, or looking up into the night sky and seeing stars, rather than streetlights. Since we started camping as children, a lot has changed. Tents are easier to put up, sleeping mats are much more comfortable, and there’s a whole range of stuff out there to make camping less of a chore. But perhaps the biggest recent change is that we’re all now so