Glamping with kids
Last May we welcomed a hip Korean kids clothing brand called Bebe de Pino to Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans. They were shooting their winter campaign…
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Scaling The Sugar Loaf
One of my favourite autumnal wintry walks is The Sugar Loaf located just beyond Abergavenny, a 40 minute drive from the glampsite and The Hayloft. Named…
The Magic of a Writing Retreat at Mad Dogs
Magic happens at Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans. I already knew this because I’d spent a few days there in July 2022, celebrating my birthday with…
Ain’t no party like a hen party
Buckle up glampers because She Said Yes and the hens are a-coming. Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans has over a decade’s experience of hosting glamping hen…
Canoeing The River Wye: the quiet of the sky
Glampers come in all shapes and sizes: groups of friends, reunions, birthday parties, hen parties, romantic getaways and families spending quality time together, and quite apart…
Cider with Miggsy
Mad Dogs & Vintage Vans sits in the heart of the Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that straddles the English/Welsh border. It’s a…
These are a few of my favourite things
I love shopping almost as much as glamping. I get a serotonin high from shopping. Not online shopping but old school walk-through-the-door shopping. Give me a…
Walk This Wye
The Wye Valley is rightly revered as one of Britain’s most beautiful regions with views and landscape to make you audibly ooh and aah. We are…
Glamping in the time of Corona
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…
Vintage Glamping in the Forest of Dean
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…
Let The Glamping Fun Be Gin
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…
Summer Bucket List
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…
Glamping Magic of May
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…
Family Holidays Made For Adventure
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…
Mad Dogs Recipe For Love
Take one loved up couple add a moonlit Vintage Van decorate with wild meadow flowers
How to have the best hen weekend ever
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…
Party Party Party
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…
School’s out for Summer
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…
Mad Squirrels & Chestnuts
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…
Experience the taste of Autumn
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…
Guest Blog: Emily’s tales of her Hen Weekend at Mad Dogs
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…
Hey Ding a Ding, Ding.
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…
Glamp ‘n’ Pamp
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…
Carry On Glamping
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…
‘Tis the season to go glamping
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…