Jason and our talented musician friend Marina Florance popped into BBC Radio Norfolk yesterday for a chat with Stephen Bumfrey. They were chatting about this weekend’s Deepdale Spring Market and Deepdale Hygge, which features the album launch for Marina Florance as the opening act of the live music. Marina also played live in the studio. […]
Author: Jason
Managing director of Deepdale Backpackers & Camping
The Best Way to Welcome in Spring – Deepdale Spring Market and Deepdale Hygge
As the snow melts Spring is in sight, which must mean Deepdale Spring Market and Deepdale Hygge are just around the corner. In fact, the events are in less than 2 weeks’ time, Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March, when Dalegate Market and Deepdale Backpackers & Camping celebrate the start of Spring on the beautiful […]
Memory Tape on BBC Radio 6 Music
Last Wednesday, Chris and Jason had their memory tape played on BBC Radio 6 Music. Always great fun to be on the radio, and even better when we get to pick the tracks that they play, so huge thanks to the BBC Radio 6 Music Morning Show for having us on there. Absolute pleasure to […]
YveMaryB and Tony Brook – Sunday Session
It was a lovely evening last Sunday, when we hosted YveMaryB and Tony Brook for our monthly Sunday Session. Thank you to both of them for playing and producing such an enjoyable evening. There’s something very special about our winter sessions in the intimate surroundings of the backpackers hostel sitting room, which was expertly helped […]
Deepdale Conservation Weekend … Never knowingly under catered
This last weekend was our February Conservation Weekend, and a superb weekend it was too. 15 wonderful volunteers joined Jason and Stephen from Deepdale, and were led by our friend Nathan, from Wild Influence. Yet again the volunteers blew us away with the amount of work they got done, simply brilliant. Over 1,300 hedge plants […]
Deepdale Music Programme 2018
While it might take many of us a while to get used to writing 2018 rather than 2017, we are pleased to say that there is no such delay with the 2018 music programme at Deepdale Backpackers & Camping. The dates are set for the Deepdale Hygge and Deepdale Festival, and Sunday Sessions are already […]
12 Days of Christmas
On the 12th day of Christmas the Deepdale Crew give to you … twelve drum-mers drum-ming, eleven play-ers play-ing, ten pots of mussels, nine boarders paddling, eight hikers hiking, seven cyclists cycling, six geese a-flying, five mugs of tea, four seal pups, three barn owls, […]
Deepdale Festival – This Weekend
This coming weekend, Deepdale Backpackers & Camping welcomes live music fans for the first Deepdale Festival. The Tildens, Clark & Zuppardi, and the Georgia Shackleton Trio will open the Festival on Friday evening, beginning a weekend of great music and spoken word. Chris Haycock, the Operations Director of Deepdale Backpackers & Camping, has drawn together […]
Deepdale Festival – 22 to 24 September
The inaugural Deepdale Festival takes place on Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th September at Deepdale Backpackers & Camping, welcoming bands from Norfolk and the East of England for a weekend of live music. Deepdale Festival is the brain child of Chris Haycock and Jason Borthwick, who now run the tourism accommodation. The event builds on […]
New hygge trend proves popular on trendy north Norfolk coast
It’s one of the trendiest parts of the region so it’s no surprise that a new trend that’s popular with ‘hipster’ communities across the country has proved a success on the north Norfolk coast. Hygge, a Danish word which has no literal translation into English, roughly translates to cosiness and an appreciation of life’s simple […]