I am rarely happier than when living the way of the English Wildman. To give you a flavour, here are 24 photos of great camping spots I have enjoyed.

Sunset in Anatolia

Pitching the tent in a region forbidden to foreigners, Ili Valley, Xinjiang, China

The SOUTH office. Summit of Pen y Fan, Wales

Playing at Robert Jordan after a corporate talk in Mallorca

By a waterfall in Mexico

Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan

Guitar and camp fire

Covert sleeping in Inner Mongolia

On the banks of the Yukon

I sang myself happy birthday, set up my stove, and cooked myself dinner on the stage in the amazing Roman theatre at Bosra, Syria

Training in the Brecon Beacons

Campfire cooking in India

The Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Luxurious days’ end on the Marathon des Sables

Sleeping in a paddy field in India as a train races by

Sharing the camp fire

Wadi Rum, Jordan

On the plains of Turkey

Sleeping outside the temple at Baalbek in Lebanon

Waking on Kubu Island, Botswana

Under the mosquito net in Sudan

Sleeping on the beach at the end of Africa

Warming my toes in the Sonora desert

Sleeping on a swimming platform in the bay in San Sebastian, Spain

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