Glamping's new wave: this year's hideouts are more luxurious than ever | telegraph.co.uk
When Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell published his Scouting for Boys in 1908, a night under canvas was about self-reliance and teamwork.
In the 20th century, only the Bible, the Koran and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung sold more copies than the lieutenant-general's tome, which was written to galvanise a "wasted generation" of Edwardian youngsters. But what would he make of an overnight in a converted train carriage, furnished with a super-king-size bed, reindeer skin rugs and a hot tub?
