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quote ..'and I once attended a spiritual camp with a naked couple dancing.',,  sounds a bit "Wicker man" to me ..

if you click on the home page icon - is that a yurt ?

It is actually interesting reading this.  Different style of camping to what most of us are used to i'm sure.  This guy has a good excuse for drinking vodka too!!  OK then put your hands up who does'nt bother brushing their teeth when your'e camping, I'll know next time I smell vodka on your breath that you're not really drinking it you're using it as mouthwash!

Where does he go camping?  Don't fancy the communal showers myself.

I`ve been to many cycling rallies based in places like rugby clubs where showers have been communal. Actually, it`s a lot easier if you`ve got small kids with you, especially if there`s one of these big communal pool affairs! 

I went to one rally in Brittany based in a local community sports ground where the showers were a row of open air tin cubicles, with a slatted grid to stand on over a long concrete drainage channel. If you dropped the soap you were in trouble! Sinks and toothbrushing were under a long open-air lean to. The toilet cubicles were a row of tin sheds too, except they had lights. There was a very French p*ssior for the men as well...no walls, just tacked on the side of an outbuilding! It was all kept spotlessly clean, btw, and the community buzz was great.

I am NOT keen on portaloos for a whole week however...been there, done that. Yuck.

And I`ve dug at least one drainage channel to stop a tent flooding. You don`t need fancy pipes to do it, btw...just an angled channel dug uphill from you to direct the ground run-off away from the tent. I dunno...young campers today! Don`t they teach you anything at Guides and scouts????????

 Yurt wonder how long that would take to put up!

Like the wooden door feature, but no letter box! I gather not for weekend use.

 I think the great thing about camping is that there is room for all sorts This guy is just someone who goes to various kinds of alternative camp - he talks about attending festivals and workshops, and the stuff he is into is clearly based on eco-friendly ideas ( compost loos etc).

And within traveller and new age- influenced communities there have always been traditions of outdoor living drawing on simple technologies from all around the globe. Yurts are great and very comfy - a few folks I know have them ( including one friend who lived in one for 6 months whilst he did his house up!) And surely there can be nothing more satisfying than being able to build your own shelter from scratch - fair play to him!

OK it might not be your particular kind of camping, but each to their own - he is just sharing his experience for like-minded folks to benefit from. Isn't that what we see ourselves as doing on here?