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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 1H 4M

British Camping: How Britain devised a distinctively gruelling kind of holiday which is part dream and part nightmare.

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Seasoned camper Suzanne has survived plagues of horseflies and finding ice on the inside of her tent. She revisits memories of the testing, yet strangely enjoyable camping and caravaning trips that the British cherish and retraces the story of the Victorian-Edwardian pioneers to fell in love with camping and rose to the challenge of its practicalities, revealing a surprising backstory of tailoring and American prairies. Scott of the Antarctic guest stars.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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