Champing

ALT Photograph of the Yorkshire Dales landscape, viewed from a hill. A path is leading down into a green valley with fields and rows of trees, on the other side of the valley the landscape rises again into rolling hills set against a pale sky. In the foreground, on top of the hill, a bicycle leans against a rugged stone wall, which directs the gaze of the viewer towards the valley. The image is overlaid with white text, which reads "It's a unique experience, with a genuine goosebump factor." (c) Rob Ainsley

ALT An image of a church hallway with grey carpet and white walls. The hallway leads to a pair of arched glass doors, through which we spot a glimpse of the blue-carpeted church interior. On the left-hand side is another door, which is solid, black and closed. To either side of the door hangs a notice board, full of colourful notices. A bicycle leans against the wall covering the door. In the corner where the left-hand wall meets the back wall stands a small table with a vase full of colourful wild-flowers. The image is overlaid with text, which reads: "“The church was left open for me when I arrived there about seven. It gave me quite a thrill to know this space was all mine for the night.” (c) Rob Ainsley

ALT Photograph of a typical English pub in the Yorkshire Dales on an overcast day. The pub consists of a grey stone building, with small windows and grey slate roof. The pub sign is black with white writing, which reads "The Red Lion Inn", flanked by two red lions rampant. Over the narrow door of the pub, a line of union flag bunting is displayed. In front of the pub are four picnic tables with green parasols, which are closed. Several cars are parked in the background and part of the village, which consists of houses similar to the pub and a green hill can be seen. The image is overlaid with text, which reads: “Before dinner I nipped down to the Red Lion at Langthwaite, five minutes’ walk away, for a pint of Black Sheep IPA. The pub is an institution, and Rowena the landlady has run the place for 45 years.” (c) Rob Ainsley

ALT Photograph of a velvety, dark blue sky dotted with bright white stars. The constellation Cygnus in the shape of a swan has been digitally drawn in, by connecting it's stars and overlaying the lines with a transparent white image of a swan in flight. The images is overlaid with text, which reads: “This is Dark Sky country, where scant light pollution means velvety black backdrops for stargazing – (...) here the heavens seem three dimensional, textured, deep, as if you could reach out and touch the nearer stars.” (c) Rob Ainsley

ALT A little child in a blue dress with red flowers points towards the colourful Victorian stencilling in a historic church, depicting ravens on a ground of red and yellow waves. (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Several camping chairs are set up around a low table, laid with mugs, tea bags and instant coffee in a jar. Each camping chair has a green cushion on the seat and a green or orange blanket hanging over the back.

ALT Four camp beds, two for adults, two for children, are set up inbetween two pews decorated with fairy lights and electric candles.

ALT A green 'tin tabernacle' church with a red roof photographed from above, sitting in a field at the bottom of a steep hill, with the ruin of an older stone church in the background.

ALT View down the nave and towards the chancel at St. Botolph's, Limpenhoe. The walls are a plain beige colour, the pews are of a warm brown wood, the ceiling is a barrel vault and the chancel has a stained glass east window. The grey stone font in the foreground is decorated with flowers.

ALT Exterior of St. Botolph's at sunset. This church sits in a lovely green churchyard, behind a little wooden gate and has a flint exterior with red roof, small wooden porch and embattled tower.

ALT St. Botolph's in April. This church sits in a lovely green churchyard filled with yellow daffodils, and has a flint exterior with nave and chancel, red roof, small wooden porch and embattled tower.

ALT Interior of the chancel at St. Botolph's. In front of the stained glass east window, four camp beds are set up with sleeping bags, orange cushions, and red plush blankets.

ALT A black and white sheep dog lies on the grass in a sunny spot, looking alert.

ALT Exterior of St. Luke's, Clifton on a sunny day. This church sits in a churchyard littered with wonky grave stones, at the end of a gravel path. It has a porch, a nave and chancel and is built from grey stone with a grey slate roof and bell-cote for one bell.

ALT Interior of St. Luke's, Clifton. You can see the whitewashed walls and red carpet of the nave, and see through an arch into the chancel. The nave has several rows of wooden benched and a camping table with a rainbow table cloth, a bottle of red wine, candles and two glasses has been set up in the nave. In the chancel, we can see the altar and a stained glass window.

ALT A view of Lake Windermere, looking silver under a cloudy sky, seen through autumnal branches of a nearly bare tree.

ALT Interior of a historic church, with tall, pale, pointed stone arches. Eight camping chairs are set up in a circle around a low table. Each chair has a green cushion on it, and a green or orange blanket hanging over it's back. On the table are mugs, instant coffee, hot chocolate powder and tea bags in a jar.

ALT A person is exploring a side chapel at All Saints, Aldwincle. The chapel has tall clear glass windows with beautiful tracery and some pale stones have become exposed underneath the plaster.

ALT A person entering All Saints, Aldwincle, through a narrow, pointed doorway.

ALT A white butterfly sitting on a pink flower in the foreground and in the background we can see the grey stones and tall, narrow pointed windows of All Saints, Aldwincle.

ALT Golden Retriever at St. Luke's, Clifton

ALT Hikers in the Lake District by Matt Heaton via Unsplash

ALT Hadrian's Wall by Jonny Gios via Unsplash

ALT A beach in pale pastel colours by Annie Spratt via Unsplash

ALT Rainbow over All Saints, Muggleswick, a simple but charming 18th century church surrounded by trees in a green field with a low stone wall.

ALT Campbed with soft blanket and cushions inside All Saints next to a pew - on the left behind a screen we can see the door to the bathroom with a wheelchair access sign

ALT Bathroom door in the background with wheelchair access sign and a kitchen side with sink in the foreground on the left and a dining table on the right with three folding chairs laid with plates, bowls, forks, spoons, knives, wine glasses and a vase with yellow flowers.

ALT Two chairs with cushions and blankets and a small coffee table in a seating area with a persian rug.

ALT Wooden carving of mermaid, green man type figure and a dragon or other creature all morphing into vines

ALT A dining table and four camping chairs around a coffee table set up in front of a medieval wooden screen

ALT Doors of All Saints, Laxfield opening out into the village, you immediately spot a Tudor house.

ALT Barrel vault ceiling and nave at All Saints, Laxfield

ALT A quatrefoil carving in the base of the seven sacrament font at All Saints, Laxfield

ALT Sacrament font at All Saints, Laxfield decorated with flowers. This finely carved font sits on top of a cross shaped base.

ALT Symmetrical view of the seven sacrament font decorated with flowers, you can also see the barrel roof.

ALT Close up of the seven sacrament font, showing the defaced carvings.

ALT Red poppies in a vase on a table with blue and white checkered table cloth, four table settings and a Norman piscina in the background

ALT Kitchen with dark wooden cabinets, toaster, sink, drying rack and two kettles

ALT Nave at All Saints Rotherby with red carpet, barrel vault ceiling, pews and cozy campbeds

ALT A blow up camp bed and traditional camp bed in the chancel at All Saints Rotherby, surrounded by painted wood panelling

ALT Four green camp beds with white soft blankets, hot water bottles and books

ALT A dining table with light blue polka-dotted table cloth and bright red leather chairs, set with four table settings and green wine glasses.

ALT A kitchen with oven, hob, microwave, brown wooden cabinets, first aid kit and hot water machine.

ALT Four green camping chairs with soft velvet cushions and blankets around a low table with pink polka-dotted table cloth and four colourful mugs. In the background we can see a medieval wooden screen, a painted organ and a stained glass window.

ALT Purple nightsky speckled with stars over a churchyard (c) Ella Fielding

ALT A kitchen with yellow walls, white cabinets and drawers and a black worktop and black cabinet and drawer handles. There's two sinks and a kettle, as well as an open window. Kitchen at St. Gwrhai's church hall, Penstrowed.

ALT Interior of St. Grwhai's a single room church with white washed walls and steep, white plaster ceiling with black beams. There are simple wooden pews, a red carpet, old-fashioned gas lamp style lamps with modern bulbs, a pulpit, an organ and a colourful stained glass east window.

ALT A bottle of red wine with two glasses filled with red wine and a metal cork screw, as well as a white plate with two cheeses on a bleached wooden table in front of the stone wall of a historic church (c) Joseph Casey

ALT A small curly haired beige and button-nosed dog peeks out of a green sleeping bag while sticking it's tongue out (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Churchyard of St. Gwrhai's with church hall (incl. kitchen) at one end and the church at the other end of the path. Alongside the gravel path are two iron benches. It is a sunny day and the sky is blue.

ALT A group of people with backpacks hiking in a field of long green grass or wheat under a blue sky with fluffy white clouds/

ALT Two people pushing their bikes through a lush green, sunny churchyard (c) Andy Marshall

ALT St. Gwrhai's church exterior: A single-room, grey stone church with bell-cote and porch and some lovely window tracery. Located in a churchyard with many gravestones and surrounded by lush green trees. It is sunny and the sky is pale blue.

ALT View over the Severn Valley from St. Gwrhai's church. A lush green valley bathed in sunshine under wide blue skies.

ALT A pair of muddy pink wellies for a small child (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Three children playing monopoly on a carpet on the floor of a historic church. One child is in a tiger costume. In the foreground we see the top of a playing tipi with fairylights. In the background a dark green camping chair, a bean bag with a green angry birds pig plushie on top and behind this several camp beds with colourful blankets. (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Image of historic church interior with candles and fairylights, overlaid with text that reads: “Spectacular Church. Everything was prepared perfectly! Unforgettable experience.” Image (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Black and White photograph of muddy wellies in three different sizes, overlaid with text that reads: “A few pubs within a stones throw distance, if you fancy a drink and a chat with the locals. We loved everything about the church!” Image (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Church interior with red and blue rugs and soft blow-up beds lit by candlelight, overlaid with text that reads: “sparkling lights, blankets, hot water bottles, games, tea bags, box full of forgotten things and treats (that my children enjoyed!)...” Image (c) David Joyner

ALT Aerial photograph of historic church surrounded by green fields and grey clouds, overlaid with text that reads: "The best thing is the view!" Image (c) Joseph Casey

ALT A cozy bed in a box pew, decorated with fairylights (c) Joseph Casey

ALT A camping lamp on top of a font cover, fairylights in background (c) Joseph Casey

ALT Interior of a historic church with a rustic feel and colourful wallpaintings (c) Joseph Casey

ALT A group of people and a small dog, outside a historic church looking like a medieval castle on a hill on a sunny day.