Dartmoor Meetup - Archive

[Lithril]

Urmmm, we may have a slight problem.... just a little one anyway.... I've just phoned the campsite and its closed until April, when I say closed I mean they're actually keeping cattle on it.

Anyone know of anywhere else in the area that would be open?

 

[bothyman]

No Problem just pretend their Reindeer :roll:

You could buy them some of those clip on antlers and make them look realistic.

just a thought

MickT :wave:

 

[Lithril]

No Problem just pretend their Reindeer :roll:
You could buy them some of those clip on antlers and make them look realistic.

just a thought

MickT :wave:

): :super:

 

[Wayne]

Thats not good folks.

I'm not sure of any other sites that are open this time of year. looks like we may have to cancel. :yikes:

 

[bothyman]

Don't tell me you are going to give up that easy??

Try putting "camping sites dartmoor" into Google and see what comes up.

Don't suppose there will be many, if any, but you could always ask ?? :roll:

If this thing ever gets off the ground I reckon you will have a lot more challenges than this. :biggthump

MickT :wave:

 

[arctic hobo]

Matt you must have called 10 minutes before me, the bloke said he'd just had a call :yikes:
I'll have a look around on Monday, if all else fails there's a pub in Princetown that allow camping on their land.

 

[Lithril]

Please phone round, I've driven through Princetown a couple of times...........

 

[leon-1]

Try looking around Poundsgate area, I am sure there are a couple of sites around there and for people that don't know the area it's only a couple of miles from Holne Chase and the Dart Valley

 

[jakunen]

Try http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/

 

[arctic hobo]

If we used Trangias not fires we could just camp on the moor, and meet on a convenient tor :?: It's a little bit cheeky but I'd say good fun

 

[Wayne]

wild camping is fun and im happy to do it but i was bringing along wife and 2 mutts.

 

[Wayne]

Just been looking in my camping guide to dartmoor.

How about?
BEARA FARM CARAVAN AND CAMPSITE
COLSTON ROAD
BUCKFASTLEIGH
DEVON
TQ11OLW

Tel 01364642234

says its open all year allows BBQs not sure about real fires just got home from bushcrafting so i havent had a chance to tel them.

 

[hootchi]

A word of warning if you are wild camping near kings tor. Foxes can and do steal food!! :rolmao: All kinds- oranges, sandwhiches, cereal bars and (my favourite) mars bars. :yikes:

It happened to me once and I had 15 miles the next day to walk on one satsuma. :roll:

 

[arctic hobo]

Thanks Wayne but Buckfastleigh barely qualifies as Dartmoor - it's a small rural village in the middle of a bunch of farms.
It's fair enough you wanted to bring extras, I'll try and find a proper campsite then.

 

[Wayne]

i have just got back from the woods after 5 days so running off to dartmoor next weekend would probably have me sleeping on the sofa for weeks. :yikes:

 

[arctic hobo]

Campsite hunting is not going well by any means. The best I have yet found is camping in the grounds of the Okehampton Youth Hostel at 7 pound a night and (I assume) no fires.

 

[Wayne]

Any news on the campsite front time is running low?

 

[arctic hobo]

Not any more than that, I'm afraid. The trouble is finding places, as all the small-ones-on-a-farm that we need don't have fancy things like websites or listings in directories. Unless anyone finds anything better I suggest we camp in the grounds of the hostel (no fires, easy to get to) or wild camp on the moor (no fires, harder to get to and less comfy but nicer).

 

[jakunen]

Anyone look at the link I posted by any chance???

 

[Lithril]

We're quite happy to fall in regardless of location, be good to get out of the house again and meet up again.