If you’ve ever wondered where all those family stories come from that get wheeled out for the next 30 years (usually with increasing levels of exaggeration) the 8 adventures below are worth a look.

Over half term my family spent five glorious days at Porth Iago Campsite on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales and, between the brain melting sunsets, cove exploration in a packraft and complete absence of mobile signal, I found myself wondering whether this might actually be the greatest campsite in Britain.

Now, that’s a big claim. One that shouldn’t be made lightly.

So rather than relying on emotion, I decided to apply a rigorous and highly scientific assessment framework. Over the course of the week I carefully evaluated Porth Iago against a number of critical campsite metrics, and ladies and gentleman, the results are in.

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