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18 July 21, 2019The Sunday Times

Travel

1 BEACH TENT

After lugging all your gear to the

beach, the last thing you want

to do is mess around with tent

poles. The ones on Coleman’s

Blue Sundome are already

assembled. Just open the

bag and — whoosh —

it’s ready for action.

£28; leisureoutlet.

com

2 WINE COOLER

Leave the ice packs

at home — this Packit

Wine Cool Bag goes

straight in the freezer the

night before your beach

adventure. Slide your bottle in

the next day, slip it over your

shoulder and it’s chilled rosé

on the sand for all. £17;

lakeland.co.uk

3 DRY BAG

Matador’s droplet keyring holds

a three-litre dry bag that will

protect your gadgets from the

waves and store damp cossies

on the way home.

£15; bearandbear.com

4 INFLATABLE SOFA

The pleasures of the seaside

without leaving the sofa — the

Lamzac Fatboy 6ft 5in inflatable

couch weighs just

2½lb, so it can be

taken to the most

secluded spots.

£36; amazon.

co.uk

5 PORTABLE SHOWER

Britain isn’t big on beach

showers — so take your own.

The Rinse Kit portable shower

holds nine litres of water

and doles out short, sweet

wash-offs for up to three

minutes a go.

£80; worldof

camping.co.uk

6 FOLDING

BUCKET

Lose the plastic tat

and gain suitcase

space with the

silicone Scrunch Bucket.

£9; kidly.co.uk

7 HI-TECH CAMPFIRE

The BioLite FirePit is a

wood-fired campfire with

no smoke, USB ports to

charge your devices and a

connected app that lets you

control the flame size from

your phone. And you can

cook your dinner on it.

£220; uk.bioliteenergy.com

8 ECO THROWS

Each of Weaver Green’s

hammam throws is made from

300 recycled plastic bottles,

so you’re helping the planet

while you sunbathe.

£45; weavergreen.com

9 SKITTLES

It has a fiendish scoring system

and gets harder the longer

you play: Molkky is a Finnish

skittles game that gives

boules a run for its money.

£18.50; amazon.co.uk

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without leaving the sofa — the

Lamzac Fatboyy 6 ft 5in inflatable

couch weighs just

2 ½lb,soit can be

taken to themost

secluded spots.

£3 66 ; amazon.

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so you’re helping the planet

while you sunbathe.

£45; weavergreen.com

9 SKITTLES

It has a fiendish scoring system

and gets harder the longer

you play:Molkky is a Finnish

skittles game that gives

boules a run for its money.

£18. 5 0; amazon.co.uk

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