camping

[sashbash]

this mite sound a bit silly does any one know where i can go camping in the middle of no were and have a fire just for one or two nights within 100 miles from leicester

[dxmedia]

North Wales ?

[sashbash]

thats what i thought or derbyshire but you cant just stick your tent up anywere or can you

[sv130]

 Borrow a transit pickup and a caravan for a bit.. :roll:
 You can park anywhere you want, don,t need tax mot or insurance,
 stay wherever you like until the council gets an eviction notice then just move 100 ft up the road, :-k
 don,t clear up the mess you make as its against your principles..
Sounds like a good holiday to me ha :dance:

  Only joking mate, 
 It seems very difficult these days to really be away from the rest of the world without the rest of the world thinking you are mad or up to something.
Fortunately for me we have a friend with a small holding who lets us camp on odd weekends (actually helps with her security :dance:) In return we help to clear woodland etc

 Good luck finding a wild camp...

  Gaz

[Drift]

Head down the A5 to Capel Curig to a place called Pont y Gyfn there park up and head along the forest tracks in the foothills of Moel Siabod keep going until you find a suitable place to camp, you wont get bothered as long as when you leave you look like you havent been there.
I used to go often a few years ago.

[potato head]

I have wild camped in the lakes before.
Parked up off the beaten path and then walked up the nearest mountain and set up the bivvy  tent. Not so sure about having a camp fire up there tho', no too many trees for fire wood and I would not want to carry it up there in addition to my 3 stone bergen and then start singing Kum by yah.

[Disco Matt]

I don't understand this huge horror British authority seems to have of wild camping. Everywhere I go I find car parks and beauty spots with signs screaming "NO OVERNIGHT PARKING" "NO CAMPING". Is it really going to do any harm if the odd person chucks a tent up for a night and remembers to take everything with them when they leave?

Technically you can put the tent up anywhere with the landowner's permission. Given that most places you'd actually want to wild camp are either of uncertain ownership or belong to organisations which really don't seem to like people in "their" woodland it's rather hard to secure this!

[Manicminer]

Is it really going to do any harm if the odd person chucks a tent up for a night and remembers to take everything with them when they leave?

Problem is - a lot of wildcampers just leave their litter behind. I see it on a regular basis. It's a lot easier to nail a sign up than pay someone to collect the trash.

[sashbash]

they make it seem so easy on the telly lol i think i will just have to go and ask at some farms and offer some cash

[Drift]

You could always bivy bag it...yes scotch had been drunk while watching satellites pass over the night before  :lol:



In North Wales in the National Park there is no problem wild camping as long as you are actually wild camping and not in someones back garden or too close.
My advise is get an OS map and follow a path to a place you think is right for you (North Wales I am talking here) we now have Google Earth and such like, use that, leave like you have never been, travel light for comfort, keep warm, keep dry, two sets of clothes and line your rucksack to keep contents dry.
1 litre bottle of scotch in plastic bottle (saves weight, see bottle in previous post  ;) near lake)  food, and chill.

Go for it, in fact I think I will, its been to long since  :-k

[Manicminer]

Snowed a bit on the tops last night. Cold too. Make sure you have warm bedding.

[Disco Matt]

Not sure my approach to camping is quite the same:



Taken during a test in the garden. As this is a popup tent I can go from opening the car door to putting the sleeping bag on the bed in about 5mins, taking it down is similarly rapid!

[Drift]

If your humping it on your back you need it light and small  :shock: :lol:

There is a nice campsite on the A5 at Capel Curig its basic but has a shower block, its near the Bryn Glo cafe and bed and breakfast, see the google link
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
 

[Disco Matt]

The actual tent can be carried on your back coracle-style. It turns into a roughly 1.5m across disk in its bag. Snag is, the lining, camp bed, sleeping bag and pillows also require carrying...  :lol:

I might look up those bivvy bags providing they're not too expensive - strikes me as the sort of thing which would be a smart move to own as well as a full tent.

[Range Rover Blues]

Problem is - a lot of wildcampers just leave their litter behind.

And the occasional crappy yellow Fiat cinquecento in the lake :lol:

[adafish]

Not sure my approach to camping is quite the same:



Taken during a test in the garden. As this is a popup tent I can go from opening the car door to putting the sleeping bag on the bed in about 5mins, taking it down is similarly rapid!

......same set i use....We have 6 of those between my brothers and i, nice and toastie with a little gas fire in there..

[Disco Matt]

Bought mine a few months ago now, Decathlon were selling them off heavily reduced because a new version was going to turn up shortly. Was under

[adafish]

yeah we have the BASE FULL XL, with the side hoods...When we put the 3 together , theres a sitting room, disco room and a place for cooking, the sleeping is off to the side on those hoods.

[ne jones]

This is my idea of 'wild camping' in Wales.

We did it in Sep '08

We love it.

[sashbash]

that looks perfect i wish it was a bit closer bit of a trek in a soft top 90 with no sound deadning some one must know some spots in derbyshire