Wild camp locations and trekking

[Wraith]

A few weeks ago I took myself into the coniferous forest to the West of Derwent Reservoir in the Peak District for a night. Fire, bivvy, tarp, pine needle tea (together with 2 litres of red wine in a bag and tobacco) - fantastic. I woke up after a comfortable night to discover that there had been considerable snow fall - excellent.

Before embarking upon this I did call the relevant authority to enquire as to permission to wild camp, light fires, bludgeon sheep with endangered newts etc. I got a straight and grumpy "no". Although the ranger in question did qualify this with "if you can't be seen, there's no problem, is there".

I'm planning a four-five day trek later in the year in the UK somewhere and I'd like to do as much wild camping/bushcraft (not pubic topiary ) as possible, preferably without being arrested.

Does anyone know of any remote wild camp areas / routes where I could do this/get away with this? I'd really appreciate some advice. Thanks.

 

[Lucyc]

A few weeks ago I took myself into the coniferous forest to the West of Derwent Reservoir in the Peak District for a night. Fire, bivvy, tarp, pine needle tea (together with 2 litres of red wine in a bag and tobacco) - fantastic. I woke up after a comfortable night to discover that there had been considerable snow fall - excellent.

Before embarking upon this I did call the relevant authority to enquire as to permission to wild camp, light fires, bludgeon sheep with endangered newts etc. I got a straight and grumpy "no". Although the ranger in question did qualify this with "if you can't be seen, there's no problem, is there".

I'm planning a four-five day trek later in the year in the UK somewhere and I'd like to do as much wild camping/bushcraft (not pubic topiary ) as possible, preferably without being arrested.

Does anyone know of any remote wild camp areas / routes where I could do this/get away with this? I'd really appreciate some advice. Thanks.

I'm afraid I have no good advice and sorry for going so quickly offtopic, but I only noticed this a few days ago! Can we change the name of bushcraft please?!

 

[Tony]

That's a hard question to answer on here as you're not supposed to do it and thus anyone answering you will be encouraging you to be naughty and that's not good:togo:

There's wild camping and wild camping, one is in wild places and the other is camping where you're not supposed to. If you want to wild camp legally then I'd suggest a trip to Scotland

 

[kimbo]

Sorry to totally ignore your question Wraith, but i have just realised what Lucy was talking about!!!! hahhahaha....... I quite like the name actually

Kimbo

 

[Lucyc]

That's a hard question to answer on here as you're not supposed to do it and thus anyone answering you will be encouraging you to be naughty and that's not good:togo:

There's wild camping and wild camping, one is in wild places and the other is camping where you're not supposed to. If you want to wild camp legally then I'd suggest a trip to Scotland

Or Dartmoor, although if you're near the peak district then I guess Scotland would be easier!

 

[andy_e]

Sorry to totally ignore your question Wraith, but i have just realised what Lucy was talking about!!!! hahhahaha....... I quite like the name actually

Kimbo

Which begs the question: Is tacit approval sufficient for a spot of bushcrafting on someone else's patch?

 

[Lucyc]

Which begs the question: Is tacit approval sufficient for a spot of bushcrafting on someone else's patch?

And surprisingly relevant to the question!

 

[rich59]

Me and some mates are thinking of a weekend out in SE England - a walk to a site where we can camp over night and use/ light fires/ use hammocks etc..

Anyone pm me with details of any kent/ sussex sites that we could use on a private arrangement? - Any of the sites some of you folks use for meetups?

 

[grimstead]

try this it mite help u out mate

www.go4awalk.com

 

[swyn]

PM on its way to you.
It may be too far, but food for thought!

Cheers,
Swyn.

 

[Bushcraftsman]

I dont know about "legal" wild camping but if its a good long hike with remote places your thinking about then i suggest penine way... its great !!

is there anyone that knows of any good places in the midlands in the general derbyshire/nottinghamshire area that is good for camping?? thanks

 

[spamel]

Just to add to this, I am not totally up on the Laws of this land, God knows half of the PCSO's and Police don't know them at the best of times, but if you are somewhere you are not meant to be, that is classed as Trespass which is a civil offence and therefore there is no chance of you being carted away in cuffs. if you are lighting fires on that land, shooting an air rifle or damaging property then you can expect to get a fetching set of steel and black plastic bracelets put on you and a taxi ride in the back of a jam sandwhich! I'm not in any way saying that you should go ahead and do it, let's get that clear from the outset, but if you do go, make sure you know the Law and don't breeak it. Our rights concerning land access are pretty pants in England and lighting fires on public property will never help our cause. Use your common sense.

 

[bigjackbrass]

...if you are somewhere you are not meant to be, that is classed as Trespass which is a civil offence and therefore there is no chance of you being carted away in cuffs.

Very true, unless you happen to have strayed onto MoD property at which point you're dealing with a criminal offence.

Cameron McNeish was interviewed on one of the Outdoors Station podcasts (This one here, in fact) about land access. Worth listening to if you have a spare half hour.

 

[spamel]

That is true enough, although I would expect most people would steer clear of a place with armed security prowling about the place. generally though, as there are always exceptions, you will be asked to leave by the landowner.

 

[demographic]

Wild camping site HERE, basically as long as you're doing no harm, not lighting fires and acting like a tool and more importantly, set up camp just before it gets dark then nobody can be arsed bothering you.

That is as long as your not in the enclosed land and on the common land and you should be OK as long as you don't eat the natterjack toads and set fire to the heathland.

Seems that the main problems people have is with drinks bottles smashed round a massive campfire and when we lived on the borders of the fell land we never had any bother with people bothering the sheep either.

Not condoning illegal activity, yada yada yada, ad infinitum.

 

[firecrest]

My cousins once set up camp in the dark to avoid being harrassed after driving along time to find somewhere to put the tent up. When morning came they discovered they were right next to a public path in a rather busy park with a policeman stood outside the tent.

 

[demographic]

My cousins once set up camp in the dark to avoid being harrassed after driving along time to find somewhere to put the tent up. When morning came they discovered they were right next to a public path in a rather busy park with a policeman stood outside the tent.

But by that time it was morning, they had already had a nights sleep and were most likely going to move on anyway, what was he going to do? Tell em to move on?
That's not the end of the world is it?

Yeah I know...
Still not condoning illegal wild camping, yada yada yada, ad infinitum...

I'll beat myself with a bit of birch to make up for it and say twenty hail marys

 

[Bushcraftsman]

hi me and some mates are looking for a good place to go wild camping. we live in derbyshire.

anyone Pm me with details of sites that we could use on a private arrangement? Any of the sites you lot use for meetups?


thanks

bushcraftsman