we're going to the camp

The Green Parent are off to Camp Bestival this weekend to check out the promises of 'fun for all the family' and a 'super Kids Area filled with magic moments'. I love the sound of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and the dressing up area. There are yoga classes for all ages and a brilliantly named Breastival Baby Temple. I hope to spend some time in the Pamper Yurt and to visit the Children's massage and treatment tent for craniosacral and more. Apparently there's a garden stocked with games, puzzles, hammocks and inspirational books, where fairies serve platters of fruit, which just about sounds like my idea of heaven. I fancy hiring one of the gorgeous tipis, laden with cushions and other soft items but cost, and realisation that slumming it is more authentic, puts me off. Public transport is easy - train to Wool, then a shuttle bus to Lulworth Castle. Camp Bestival are also encouraging lift sharing having worked out that 90% of a festival's carbon footprint is comprised of punters travelling to and from the site. Apparently they saved 32 tonnes of CO2 from sister festival Bestival, on the Isle of Wight last year. Hope to see and experience lots of weird and very marvellous things...