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Rachel Dixon

DARK SECRETS: The uk s best summer camps for kids | Vintage Vibes

One of the many river-based activities at Camp Crusoe near Thetford, Norfolk.
One of the many river-based activities at Camp Crusoe near Thetford, Norfolk. Photograph: Camp Crusoe

Off-grid in Cornwall

Camp Kernow was founded in 2008 as a not-for-profit organisation aiming to reconnect children with nature. This summer, kids can spend six days off-grid on the 80-hectare estate near Truro, Cornwall. They will ascend to the canopy of a beech tree on a technical tree-climbing workshop; forge a toasting fork for marshmallows with the help of a blacksmith; go foraging in the hedgerows with a wild food expert; and navigate for themselves on a river kayaking expedition … Campers eat home-cooked food that they have helped to harvest from the kitchen garden and helped prepare in the field kitchen, and sleep in a yurt, bell tent, dome or upturned boat hull.
£694 for six days starting 21 and 28 July, and 4 and 18 August, suitable for ages eight to 15, campkernow.org.uk

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