Well, my 2 penneth worth ! I have been running a bushcraft site on Dartmoor for a year now, and i did not know what to expect, my first meet was the first one i had ever been to ! If your site has safe vehicle parking, not more than a mile to walk , the wood has level areas, access to clean water , ample firewood , toilet facilities and a recycling , rubbish area, aswell as sticking to bushcrafters/wild campers , you should be fine .
I run my site slightly differently to most , as i host the meets and am allways there . I wouldn't dream of just letting groups of people just turn up , give me a tenner and leave them to their own devices. I would not do stag/hen weekends etc , i think you would be asking for trouble. Nearly all bushcrafters/wild campers , have a passion and respect for what we do , admittedly i have only got my business from the BCUK and Natural Bushcraft websites , and have not advertised or promoted my site out side of that sphere, and wouldn't !!
Bushcrafters dont want to arrive and see a masive list of rules and things they can't do ! nothing more off putting to the start of a meet, most of your guests will know the rules , newbies are shown and any questions/concerns will be raised beforehand.
You will have to be aware of numbers , i would limit my first one to about 20 , obviously the one thing you can't control is the weather , with a wear and tear view, 20 people walking all over your site for a weekend when its wet, makes a mess, if you have a big enough area to rotate sites , to allow areas to rest and recover would be great .
I have allways let people have small individual fires , as well as a central fire/ gathering , cooking , socialising area. In fairness not many bother , as they have stoves etc. But those that have leave no trace .
Hope this has not seemed like a lecture, but i can honestly say doing it my way suits me fine and you will never meet a better bunch of people in your life ! you will make new friends, that will come back again and again...
Can't wait for the next one!!
Atb Ivan...