‘Cheap meals and dangerously affordable cocktails’: readers’ budget holiday tips

Camping and cycling are classic cheap breaks, but tipsters also have ideas on home swaps, train trips and staying in Spain for nada
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In July we took our trusty supermarket-bargain tent to Ling’s Meadow, a small eco-campsite near the Norfolk-Suffolk border, for a short but fabulous break. Each spacious pitch has its own picnic bench and fire pit. Eco-conscious facilities include composting toilets and solar-powered lighting and shower. Waking up to the call of a yellowhammer and turning in to the screech of a barn owl was my idea of bliss. It’s a great base for exploring, including Knettishall Heath, the Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s largest reserve, just five miles away. We plan to return to Ling’s Meadow next summer.
Pitch for two £28, lingsmeadow.co.uk
Sharon Pinner