wild camping

  1. JC1984

    Wild camping tent advice...for me and the missus

    Hi all, So...the better half and I are off to do a bit of wild camping in a few weeks time so I'm on the hunt for a new tent. I am looking for something fairly decent 3 berth so we aren't too cramped Light and small enough to carry around all day walking. Budgeting around the £100...
  2. Druss

    Wild camping in Yorkshire or there abouts.

    Hi all can anybody recommend and good wild camping spots in Yorkshire or surrounding areas? Looking for woodland ideally that is away enough to get away with a fire and somewhere were not likely to bump into loads of other people. Planning a 2 dayer with a pal with the focus been on tree and...
  3. Druss

    Mosedale Cottage Bothy

    I was just wondering if any of you have been to the Mosedale Cottage Both in Cumbria. Me and a pal are planning a 2 night camping trip thursday and friday and would like to camp near the Bothy on the first night, then find a good location to walk to on the second day for a bit of wild camping...
  4. leedsbrew

    2 night wild camping/walking trip Scotland (Galloway Forest possibly)

    Hi I'm new to the forum and loving trawling through the posts. Loads of great info/advice. Myself and my two brothers (liams105e + one not on the forum) are planning a weekend wild camping/walking trip north of the border in August. We are all pretty experienced campers, walkers and...
  5. DonnyOutdoors

    Canoe & Bushcraft at Medieval Wadenhoe.

    Hey folks, On Sunday me & my buddy Matt went to Wadenhoe on the River Nene to embark on a journey we did exactly one year ago to the day. We took the canoe and some kit, including a tarp & a Polish army lavvu, for a paddle and a day in the woods. We set up a day camp, made a cooking area...
  6. theoctagon

    A snowy few days in the Lakes

    Managed to get up to the Lakes last week so thought I'd share a few photo's from my trip. Had a really good few days, took the Trailstar again and very happy I did as there were some strong winds which the Trailstar just took in it's stride! I'll be adding a write up and more...
  7. theoctagon

    First camp of 2013

    With a couple of days off work last week I finally had the chance to get out for my first wild camp of the new year. I decided to head to the Western Fells of the Lake District and had initially planned on a two night trip, unfortunately I needed to get some life admin done on my first day off...
  8. theoctagon

    Back to the Lakes

    I've wanted to get out with my Trailstar ever since it arrived last month and I finally got the chance last week, so I thought I'd share a few photo's/words from my trip. With a couple of days free I decided to head up to the Lakes, back to one of my favourite areas around Borrowdale/Ennerdale...
  9. T

    anyone up for a weekend in the borders wild camping?

    Hi Guys, Am looking for a buddy to go wild camping in the scottish borders, no precise idea where exactly yet, to be decided together. am new at bushcraft and wildcamping in the uk. am French -you might have guessed- Anyone interested, pm me. Thx.
  10. G

    Wild Camping Woodland

    Does anyone know of anywhere in the south of England people can go wild camping and practice their bushcraft including making a wild fire? The seems to be nowhere for people to go. I am seriously thinking of buying some woodland and making it available to people... Any takers? GM
  11. theoctagon

    A few nights away (Pic Heavy)

    I've just got back from a few nights away in the Lakes so I thought I'd do a quick write up and share a few photo's from my trip. I didn't really have too much of a plan for this trip, I just wanted to do a bit of walking and also to properly test out my hammock set-up. It took most of the...
  12. oldtimer

    Bushcraft Campsites [no chatter please]

    Ogri the Trog has set a challenge to compile a list of sites sympathetic to bushcrafters to be made a sticky. We may have out own views of the criteria, so a brief decription of facilities, or lack of them would be useful. I suggest: Brief description of location: Hills, woods, moorland etc...
  13. Scots_Charles_River

    Inchmoan Beach Canoe Camp

    We went for a night canoe camping a few days ago. We arrived in hot sun and chilled for a bit in the sun:cool:. The ten year old decided to beach camp, to avoid ticks. We had toured around and decided that Inchmoan was the sunniest spot, even though the trees have not greened up. There was...
  14. D

    Snugpak fail in the New Forest and knife talk

    I was out on Friday night under a clear starry sky in the New Forest. I was on a Thermarest Neo-Air, under a tarp with one end closed, wearing long johns, a merino undershirt, a fleece jumper and a hat, in my Snugpak Elite 3. The temperature was, I estimate somewhere between six and three...
  15. Nightwalker

    8 Items - 3 Days - Dartmoor Challenge

    This has become a bit of an annual tradition for us friends, last year it was a "10 Item Trip" this year it was 8. The idea is that food/drink and clothes are free but everything else counts as an item; even your Rucksack or toilet roll etc. counts as an item. Items aren't to be shared so you...