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Riverside campsite open weekends only, May - August:
Tents, Small SWB Campervans, RTTs, Log Pods and Furnished Bell Tents

Visit www.barefootcampsites.co.uk to book.

22/10/2026

Anne’s been doing an amazing job strimming back the old vegetation ready for the cowslips which pop up along this stretch in the spring.

22/10/2026

Canoes heading off for winter storage at lunchtime today. (Glad it wasn’t planned for yesterday - horrible cold, wet day 🥶)

16/09/2026

Autumn strimming work begins! These drains (2 of them) are how any winter flooding in the campervan field drains under the lock road and into the weir pool. Good job Anne 👍🏻

14/09/2026

For anyone interested in walking, this is a project I’ve been working on with a couple of others for the past 8 months. Here's the link to the CSJ website: https://www.csj.org.uk/shop/st-frideswides-way-a-z-mapbook

11/09/2026

04/09/2026

Sometimes a photo isn’t enough - sometimes you just need to stop and stare …

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand, beneath the boughs, and stare as long as sheep or cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass, where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight, streams full of stars, like skies at night:
A poor life this this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

W.H.Davies 1911

03/09/2026

So, lots of people have asked me what this is ... Robin's Pincushion (Rose bedeguar gall)

It is caused by a tiny insect named the gall wasp (Diplolepis rosae).

A female wasp lays eggs inside a rose bud or stem.

Chemicals from the growing larvae trick the plant into building a protective hairy nest instead of normal leaves or flowers.

It starts green and soft, then turns bright red, pink, or fuzzy brown as it ages into a hard mass in the autumn.

The woolly mass contains many tiny chambers where the insect grubs live safely through the winter before emerging in spring.

It looks alarming, but it does not harm or kill the rose plant.

In old English folklore, it was named after Robin Goodfellow (Puck) because people thought magical sprites created the strange fuzzy growth.

Now you know!

03/09/2026

Some wonderful patches of late summer colour on the campsite this week

31/08/2026

The 2026 camping season at Barefoot has now come to an end.
Thank you to everyone who visited this year - I truly have THE BEST campers.
To all the kids - have a great year at school or uni, and to all the grownups have a great autumn, winter and spring.
Hope to see you again next year 👋🏻

31/08/2026

Last campers of the season to leave.
(actually, they were the first to arrive at the beginning of the season too! ) 👋🏻👋🏻

Address

Badswell Lane
Appleton
OX135JN

Opening Hours

Friday	2pm - 11:45pm
Saturday	12am - 11:45pm
Sunday	12am - 1pm

Website

http://www.barefootcampsites.co.uk/

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