Here at Deepdale we have a fantastic summer of music coming up, culminating with our second Deepdale Festival on Friday 28th to Sunday 30th September (a truly brilliant line-up is now waiting to be announced! See our next newsletter in late May for more details.) Before that, we host the awesome Little Red Kings, plus […]
Author: Jason
Managing director of Deepdale Backpackers & Camping
Deepdale 1940s Weekend
Friday 11th to Sunday 13th May 2018 The crew of Deepdale Backpackers & Camping are preparing to step back in time to the 1940s this coming weekend, Friday 11th to Sunday 13th May. After one of the team suggested celebrating VE Day, ideas began to form and Deepdale 1940s Weekend was born. With the help […]
Our Earth Day Pledge
We’ve always tried to put the environment at the heart of what we do at Deepdale, so it won’t be a surprise that we want to make an environmental pledge on Earth Day. However, it is vital that our pledge isn’t just platitudes, but is about taking real actions. Our key goal for 2018 is […]
Lovely Chat with Stephen Bumfrey (BBC Radio Norfolk)
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. […]
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, […]