Throughout the past ten years, festivals have become
the exploration of the wilderness. Feast welcomes both
more and more popular in the UK and there has been a
experienced and inexperienced campers to the festival and
rise in small independent festivals as an alternative to the
encourages people to widen their knowledge of brush craft and
established mainstream music festivals. Food and the great
back to basic skills of good old fashioned camping.
outdoors has also had an increase in interest, as more people are going back to basics by engaging with local goods and
Feast is not like any other food festival, it runs for two days and
the nature reserves that the UK has to offer.
two nights over three separate locations. Each location is interlinked through breakfast, lunch and supper where campers
Feast, is a newly established outdoor food festival located in
have to trek to each meal. Camping has many positive
the Lake District. Feast decided to marry the two ideals of
attributes that anyone can see if they approach it with an open
food and adventure together and create an exciting and
mind and a willingness to learn. The willingness to learn is
diverse way of celebrating good wholesome food through
important because even long time campers learn new and
wonderful things every time they go out. Even some of the
to go camping more often. Cooking over a campfire is one of
things people find distasteful can be wonders for the person
those things in life that you just can’t explain to someone that’s
with the right mindset.
never done it.
Feast has taken on board that survival skills have become a
Everyone knows of the toasted, melted, burned, dropped in ash
popular thing to learn, especially because they take time
and wiped off marshamallow treat loved by kids of all a
and are fun to develop over the years. Feast has set up
ges. But, even better is the smell of bacon or cobbler or beans
demonstrations by experts throughout the day for those
mixed with the smoke from burning oak or pine. You can’t
who want to learn some new skills. While camping many
bottle that smell! This is where Feast comes in and makes a
can learn skills and responsibilities that either don’t exist in
whole new experience of campfire food. The hiking of the day
the city and at home, or aren’t of any use there.
sure would have built up an appetite amongst the campers, so the evening will be jam packed with a selection of proper rustic
Campfire cooking can be downright civilized. No matter
food served up around a campfire seasoned with
how spectacular the scenery, meals around the campfire are
live music.
often the highlight of the camper’s day. Modern camp stoves and specialized cookware make the cook’s job easier, but nothing beats the taste and appeal of a meal cooked over the campfire. Success at campfire cooking will encourage you
Feast is not like any other food festival, it runs for two days and two nights over three separate locations. Each location is interlinked through breakfast, lunch and supper where campers have to trek to each meal.
When the food has gone down campers trek to Noon
Campers arrive in morning of the first day located at
Later that afternoon, the hike takes people to the final
breakfasts served up by various stalls selected from around
evening meals followed by supper and evening entertainment of
Lake where they are met by the lunchtime food stalls
who work along the same concept of the morning location.
During this period there will be experts demonstrating bush
craft and backwards cooking and are open for people to dig in and get their hands dirty. This is a great opportunity for less experienced campers to learn new skills.
Aurora Meadows and are welcomed by a selection of
location, Dusk Peak where there is a wholesome selection of
the country. Each stall serves up their take on their own
live music and a campfire and other evening demonstrations.
perfect camp breakfast using local fresh ingredients from their area.
Arrive : 9 : 00 am
Arrive : 6 : 40 pm
Breakfast : 9 : 30 am - 11 : 00 am
Set up camp : 6 : 50 pm
Hike health & saftey talk : 11 : 20 am
Supper : 7 : 20 - 9 : 10 pm
Hike begins : 11 : 40 am
Backwards cooking baking : 8 : 00 - 9 : 30 pm Bushcraft fire skills : 8 : 00 pm - 9 : 30 pm
Arrive : 2 : 00 pm Lunch : 2 : 10 - 3 : 40 pm Bushcraft raft skills : 2 : 40 - 3 : 20 pm Learn to gut a fish : 2 : 40 - 3 : 20 pm Camp food demonstrations : 2 : 20 - 3 : 20 pm Hike health & saftey talk : 4 : 00 pm Hike begins : 4 : 20 pm
Campfire : 10 : 00 - 12 : 40 am Live music : 10 : 30 - 12 : 40 am Quiet time : 1 : 30 am Breakfast : 9 : 30 - 11 : 00 am Take down tents : 12 : 30 - 3 : 00 pm