Best place in the world to live for the BC enthusiast

[Sawyer]

As the title says, where would you choose and why?

Personally, even though I've never been, I quite like the idea of Sweden, due to thousands of lakes, right to roam laws, BC culture and respect for the countryside they seem to have and also the beautiful scenery.

What about you guys?

 

[forrestdweller]

#1: gods own country(a.k.a. australia) -if you've ever been there you will know WHY
#2: parts of New Zealand ( especially the mountains of the western and southern part of the south island)
#3: if it would'nt be for the high density of population: the mountains of korea

 

[locum76]

Scotland - obviously.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Scotland - obviously.

beat me to it

That said I would like to goto New Zealand for a wee gander.

 

[sandbender]

Erdély, known in the UK as Transylvania.

Pics...

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11425400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/akela_td/1779452341/

 

[forestwalker]

Northern Sweden/Finland, parts of northern Canada, Alaska, Siberia...

 

[Neumo]

How about going tropical & spend your days doing bushcraft in Fiji, the Maldives etc... during the Winter & then do Sweeden in the summer

 

[durulz]

Don't know, since I've only lived in the UK. But both New Zealand and Canada do have a strong appeal to me. Particularly Canada.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Erdély, known in the UK as Transylvania.

Pics...

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11425400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/akela_td/1779452341/

That has wetted my appetite

 

[Tengu]

Oh, you are adventurous, arent you?

Sino Tibetian border, Said to be Shangrila. (But not in Tibet proper, as I have heard its rather barren.) Possibly Kasmir or even Bhutan.

Timbuktu for the libraries, Iran for the food, Mexico for the hallucinogenics, Australia for the minerals

And South Wales for the Bushmoot.

 

[lab72]

Canada for me

 

[forestwalker]

If I win the lottery (and convince the familly) I'd have a look at Yukon.

 

[bb07]

Guess I'll stay where I am:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Canada.svg/250px-Saskatchewan,_Canada.svg.png

 

[bojit]

Got to be Alberta Canada, but Scotland will do for now!

Craig...............

 

[DavidJT]

Sweden, Canada, New Zealand for me, in that order.

 

[johnnytheboy]

I would goto the centre of the Universe, and stay in Wendell Beckweth's cabin, I have been there and it truly is stunning!!!

[video=youtube;IjstFJ_zETE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjstFJ_zETE[/video]

 

[Fin]

I'm lucky enough to have travelled the world and been "out" in most environments - Jungle, Desert, Arctic, Tropical Island, Northern Forest - you name it.

Before now I would have said Canadian Rockies (truly magical) - but since moving here I'll go for France, mainly because it has an amazing variety of geography and topography in a relatively small area (I can find a piece of the Canadian Rockies in the Alps). It has roughly half the population density of UK and so many more forest and wilderness areas. In my experience they are also much more relaxed with the laws of camping out and firelighting (providing you don't start a fire south of the Loire Valley in summer - in which case you will go to jail - pretty much for ever!). I live next to Fontainebleau Forest - over 100 sq miles of mixed (mainly broadleaf) woodland and the only thing I have to take care about is La Chasse de Sanglier (Boar Hunt) which takes place most Sundays.

 

[sandbender]

That has wetted my appetite

More pics from Transylvania...

 

[Gotte]

I'd choose Canada. Or Alaska. Or Sweden. Transylvania looks nice. New Zealand could float my boat, as well. Actually, make it anywhere but Manchester.

 

[forrestdweller]

More pics from Transylvania...

looks stunning! and brings back memories of my last walk in new zealand...