Casual Camping Podcast

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review For their 150th episode, Ade and Tim have set each other a challenge. They have been given a virtual £150 to spend on camping gear. There is just one catch: the entire budget must be spent on a single item. No splitting the money. No sensible combinations. One purchase. £150. Final answer. After carefully considering their options, both have arrived at their cho...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review Before we lit campfires, pitched tents or headed off on adventures of our own, many of us were inspired by somebody else's. This week, Tim and Ade discuss the films and programmes that fuelled their love of the outdoors. From epic adventures and wild landscapes to memorable camping scenes, they reflect on the stories that made them want to leave the sofa be...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review As the seasons shift, so do our camping habits. This week, Tim and Ade discuss what the arrival of autumn means for campers across the Northern Hemisphere. With colder nights drawing in and hot tent season just around the corner, it’s time to think about how your setup, gear and camping plans might need to adapt for the months ahead. At the same time, our listen...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review With the world seemingly going to hell in a handcart faster than you can say "Zombie Apocalypse", Tim and Ade ask the very serious question, Is Camping Prepping? DISCLAIMER: Casual Camping Podcast accepts no liability and does not officially recommend any products or endorse any techniques discussed in an individual podcast episode or shown on Casual C...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Tim and Ade discuss how to keep your kit in top spec as the shoulder season approaches. From your boots to your bell tents, your waterproofs to your windstopper and everything in between. DISCLAIMER: Casual Camping Podcast accepts no liability and does not officially recommend any products or endorse any techniques discussed in an individual podcast ep...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review Imagine having the job of designing the one thing we are all obsessed about ! This week Ade and Tim talk to Jason Gilmore, tent designer at Vango. The man with the dream job. Listen as they discuss how the process works from start to finish. They also talk about what their own tent designs might be.  DISCLAIMER: Casual Camping Podcast accepts no liability and do...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review In this week's show, Ade and Tim stand accused of arguing that Camping Costs Nothing. Listener and friend of the show, Thom, has written a detailed and thorough report examining the use of the word 'Nothing' in relation to cost, weight and occupied space. He argues that nothing does in fact cost, weigh and occupy something. Furthermore, he propose...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Ade and Tim have got out into the camping field on Brooklyn Grange Farm. This campsite is on a working dairy farm with an incredible farm shop run by a mother and daughter duo.  They didn't experience the site at it's most glorious as it was raining pretty much the whole time across the three days, but it takes more than a bit of rain to put...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week has been a big struggle for Ade and Tim and they apologise to everyone for not being able to get a full episode to air.  They have, however, managed to pull together something special. With the help of our friends in A'up (Ai), they have got what will certainly be a No.1 Hit Single on their hands. Here you get the first listen to the musical extra...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review Welcome to this week's episode of Casual Camping Podcast. This week Ade has set Tim a particularly creative challenge: If he could go back to the very start of his camping journey, what equipment would he buy if he still knew all the camping knowhow that he does today? Tim has reflected on those first purchases and, with hindsight, recognises the mistakes....

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week we focus on an incredibly important topic for everyone enjoying the great outdoors: fire safety during the current hot and extremely dry conditions. With campsites, farmland and countryside under significant pressure from the ongoing heatwave, we discuss why campers need to be extra cautious when using anything that involves a naked flame. Whether it&a...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Tim and Ade lean back in their camp chairs, (a few) beers in hand, fire crackling, and record straight from the field. It’s loose, warm, slightly chaotic, and absolutely soaked in that midweek magic — the kind you only get when you’ve snuck out for a cheeky local overnighter after work. They dive into the art of guilt‑free camping: how slipping away on...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review Tim and Ade received an extra special invitation to head north to Glasgow for a behind-the-scenes experience with one of the UK's most recognisable and beloved outdoor brands, Vango. As Vango celebrates its 60th anniversary, the lads spent two days immersed in the world of camping and outdoor adventure. From exploring the latest tents, awnings, furniture an...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week’s episode is a mix of studio chat and field recording as Tim answers an unexpected call to duty. With very little notice, Tim found himself rapidly throwing together a kit list, loading up the essentials, and heading off on a lengthy journey to a remote campsite. The mission? To spend a night under canvas and help rescue a damsel in distress. Not all h...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Tim and Ade kick things off with a healthy dose of classic Casual Camping chaos — the kind of warm, wandering banter that somehow manages to be both completely off‑topic and absolutely essential. Before long they tumble into the main theme: how to make sure you don’t forget a single thing when heading out on a camping adventure. They chat through the t...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Tim and Ade bring peak sibling chaos to the mic before eventually remembering they’re meant to be talking about family camping. Between the tangents, questionable stories, and at least one argument about snacks, they somehow deliver a cracking guide to making trips with the kids fun instead of feral. They chat about surviving the journey without losing...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review In this episode, Ade and Tim take a step back and look at their micro adventure with fresh eyes. A few days have passed since their night ascent of Mount Snowdon — the climb, the camp, the sunrise breakfast — and now it’s time to reflect. They talk through what went well, what they’d do differently, and how the whole experience has settled in now that the dust h...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review In this episode, Ade and Tim finally put their plan into action. After a full day at work, they jumped in the car, headed straight for Mount Snowdon, and began their night ascent. What followed was a mix of tired legs, head‑torch‑lit paths, unexpected moments of calm, and the kind of quiet excitement that only comes from doing something slightly unhinged on a we...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week, Ade and Tim dive into the planning stage of their upcoming micro adventure — a simple but brilliant idea that’s been bubbling away for a while. The plan is wonderfully straightforward: finish work one evening, jump in the car, head straight to Mount Snowdon, climb it in the dark, camp on the summit, and wake up ready to cook breakfast as the sun rises...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Ade and Tim unpack one of the biggest — and most surprising — trends from last week’s Outdoor Trade Show in Liverpool: the explosion of day coolers. While the industry has spent years obsessing over multi‑day, expedition‑grade cool boxes that promise to keep ice frozen for 3, 4, even 5 days, this year the pendulum swung the other way. Everywhere the la...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Ade and Tim take the listeners behind the curtain of the UK’s most exciting, most secretive, and most tantalisingly off‑limits event in the camping calendar: The Outdoor Trade Show in Liverpool. It’s the show you can’t buy tickets for. The show where everything is shiny, new, and won’t hit the shelves until next year. The show that turns two grown men...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week Tim and Ade unpack their wild weekend running The Barter Barn at The Bushcraft Show — a stall that somehow became the busiest spot on site and raised a small fortune for charity in the process. Think constant crowds, premium gear flying in and out, and trades so bizarre they’ll live forever in podcast lore (yes, including the wedding dress). From a kid...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week on Casual Camping Podcast, head with us to Shell Island in Wales — officially Europe’s largest campsite — to find out whether 400 acres of camping paradise really deserves its legendary reputation. From clifftop sea views and giant sandy beaches to woodland hammock spots and dunes that make you feel completely off-grid, you’ll hear why this place keeps...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week on Casual Camping Podcast we’re building the ultimate camp cooking HQ in Camp Kitchen Setup! From where to put your stove, to how not to spend half your evening rummaging through bags looking for the spatula in the dark, we chat through the little tweaks that can turn a chaotic camp kitchen into a smooth-running outdoor café… or at least somewhere you...

Send us your Mediocre 5 Star Review This week on Casual Camping Podcast, Tim packs up his camping kit, boards a plane, and heads north to Scotland for a wild camping adventure on the cliffs overlooking the village where his dad once lived. Along the way, he meets up with sister Laura, turning the trip into a memorable family adventure as well as a camping challenge. With airline luggage limits, ai...