Home from home
The latest in caravans, motor caravans, tents, holiday homes, parks, clubs and camping accessories are being wheeled into the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, prime site for the Caravan and Outdoor Leisure Show.
Open daily, October 24-29, 10am-6pm. £8 (£6 in advance). Warwick Road, London SW5 (0870 1288 288).
Take your pick
Join National Trust volunteer Muriel Woolven on a hunt for rarer end-of-season fungi at Holmwood Common in Surrey. Suitable for families and well-behaved dogs.
Sun, 2.30pm-4.30pm. Meet at Scammels Car Park, Blackbrook Road (grid ref TQ182464). NT members free/ non-members £1 donation welcome.
In the frame
Check out the UK's first public gallery devoted to Chinese painting, with a collection of modern Chinese art unrivalled in Europe.
Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm (Sun 2pm-5pm). Free. Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford (01865 278000).
Hog the limelight
When Trusty the Hedgehog and Mr Bimbamboozle visit 18th-century Plas Newydd House in Wales for a mask-making workshop and show of tricks, the breathtaking views of Snowdonia go right out of the window. At least, for the children.
Sun. £4.50/£2.2.5. Llanfairpwll, Anglesey (01248 714795).
Out of this world
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader and Queen Amidala may not be there, but their costumes are on view at The Art of Star Wars in the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, along with full-size models of C3PO and R2D2.
Until April 29 2001. Open Tues-Sun 10am-6pm. £6/£4.50 (01274 202030).
Table talk
Eat, Drink & Be Merry celebrates 400 years of the British at table. Paintings, silverware from the Royal Collection, period tableware and impressive recreations of historic meals tell the story.
Mons-Sats until Jan 6 2001, 11.00am-6pm (Weds 8pm). Tickets £3.50/ £3. The Assembly House, Norwich (01603 493625).
Abbey habit
Chilling tales about our haunted heritage are even spookier in the Cistercian setting of Buildwas Abbey.
Oct 21/22 and 28/29, 11am and 2.30pm. £1.95/£1. Nr Ironbridge, Shropshire (01952 433274).
Xmas gifts
Christmas comes early to Audley End House as thousands flock to the annual Christmas Craft Show in search of the exquisite, unusual and artistic.
Sat/Sun 10am-3pm. £4.50/£2.50 (house extra). B1383, one mile from Saffron Walden, Essex (01799 522399).
