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Glamping in the time of Corona

Blog31 March 2020

British Summer Time has started, the evenings are getting so much lighter and cheery daffs are in full bloom.  So far so normal but as we…

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Weekend Candy

Vintage Glamping in the Forest of Dean

Blog, Guest Blog23 October 2019

Glamping is big business. Every man and his shed is joining in with the craze these days, so in order to really stand out, you need…

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Let The Glamping Fun Be Gin

Blog, Glamping getaway12 November 2018

2018 was a bumper year for glamping with endless weeks of unbroken sunshine and heat.  For the first time ever we had to request no fires…

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Summer Bucket List

Blog, Glamping getaway22 June 2018

The Summer Holidays (capital S, capital H) are fast approaching as every parent will be only too well aware.  Endless days stretching out for weeks on…

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Glamping Magic of May

Blog, Glamping Recipe's21 May 2018

May is our favourite month here at Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans. Bluebells carpet the copse and the glamping meadow is covered in frothy, lacy cow…

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Family Holidays Made For Adventure

Blog5 March 2018

Soon the Beast of the East will be a distant frozen memory and it will be time to whip the covers off Monty, Gertie, Sybil and…

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Mad Dogs Recipe For Love

Blog, Glamping getaway10 February 2018

Take one loved up couple  add a moonlit Vintage Van decorate with wild meadow flowers

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How to have the best hen weekend ever

Blog1 February 2018

Over the years we’ve hosted many amazing glamping hen parties – from hens wanting a festival vibe to lovers of all things vintage sporting glam 50s…

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Party Party Party

Blog5 October 2017

Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans is the perfect place for a party.  This year we’ve loved watching guests take over the whole site to celebrate landmark birthdays…

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School’s out for Summer

Newsletter11 July 2017

The egg & spoon races are done and dusted and the parents race in which you panted home last is but a distant humiliation.  The countdown…

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Mad Squirrels & Chestnuts

Blog, Glamping getaway, Glamping Recipe's18 November 2016

Autumn turned out to be a cracker: sunny, mild, dry conditions made for a spectacular display of colour here in the Wye Valley. Perfect conditions too…

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Experience the taste of Autumn

Blog, Glamping Recipe's19 September 2016

Autumn is upon us and what better way to experience it than to breathe, feel and taste it.  We are open till the end of October…

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Guest Blog: Emily’s tales of her Hen Weekend at Mad Dogs

Blog, Guest Blog12 September 2016

The sweet smell of eucalyptus is the first sensory delight to greet you as you cross over into the otherworldly glory of Mad Dogs and Vintage…

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Hey Ding a Ding, Ding. 

Newsletter22 April 2016

So said Will-i-am Shakespeare and delighted to say Spring has finally burst into life here at Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans. The trees are unfurling their…

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Glamp ‘n’ Pamp

Blog, Glamping Recipe's, Newsletter4 March 2016

Wrap up, ditch the restaurant with the naff tablecloth and overpriced menu and head for the great outdoors. Nothing beats cooking and cuddling up round a…

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Carry On Glamping

Newsletter18 January 2016

For some the early part of the year is all about giving things up, but here at Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans we’re focusing on upping…

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‘Tis the season to go glamping

Blog, Glamping Recipe's23 October 2015

Roasting chestnuts on an open fire, soft dewy mornings with the mist hugging the River Wye, the hedgerows and Herefordshire orchards heaving with ripe berries and…

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The Old Rectory,
Brampton Abbotts,
Ross on Wye,
HR9 7JE

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