Brighstone Holiday Centre was one of the first holiday camps in Britain – and is now one of the last standing. Jane Common visits this piece of history on the Isle of Wight, and is transported back to the days of stripy deckchairs on the lawn and tea dances in the ballroom.
June 2018
My friend Apricot, my dog Attlee and I arrived at Brighstone Holiday Centre with muddy boots and paws in early October 2017. We were spending a week walking the 70-mile Isle of Wight Coastal Path and had just completed the longest day of our trek – 18 miles, the last hour of which had been completed, rather hair-raisingly, along the cliff path as darkness fell.
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