You might have heard that the UK is currently in a credit crunch. Due to people having less money many are turning to camping as cheap alternative to holidays abroad.

The indication of the trend comes form retailers reporting a 40% increase the past year of sales of camping equipment.  Tesco Direct, has seen 38% rise in camping equipment sales since July 2007. Canvas Holidays, a caravan break company, said it had seen a 20% rise in bookings and Haven Holidays reported a 30% rise in bookings.

So I looks good for the camping industry, all we need now is some fine weather!