Glamping in the UK

Recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary, glamping is defined there as "A form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping." It's more popularly understood as 'glamorous camping', the idea being that you can leave the tent at home, forget the faff of bringing all your camping equipment along and, instead, rock up at a campsite with nothing but your toothbrush and pyjamas and have a good time. At glamping sites you'll find all the hard work is done for you: The tent (or yurt, or shepherds hut, or pod, or tree house) is already up and waiting and, guess what? there's already a bed waiting for you inside. Throw in the likes of a wood-burning stove, delicious breakfast hampers, hot tubs and en-suite bathrooms and you quickly get the idea. This isn't any ordinary outdoor holiday, yet glamping isn't quite like staying in a hotel either. No, glamping is still about getting outside and breathing in the fresh countryside air; light a campfire, roll in the grass, walk through the forest. You're still outside and you can still enjoy starry skies, but when you're glamping, you're doing it in style!