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ij rowley

ij rowley

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Hi
Just interested to see if any of you go out looking for a suitable camp , build a shelter and then return sometime later to see the state of it , what is it you look for and have you any site photos . Thanks Ian ( Ps as a newbie Im looking for inspiration and ideas )
 
No, I don't. If I build anything I take it down when I leave as I don't like coming across half built (or half demolished!) shelters when I'm out and about. if I were lucky enough to own a wood or have permission to do so, I might construct something more permanent.
 
I don't think you'll find anyone that leaves a camp standing. It is a big no no within the bushcraft community as the aim is to leave no trace at all.
 
Well i always seek the owner and get an agreement with them 1st

but hypothetically if i had an idea of a local quiet spot

I would ,.............

do 3 or 4 recce's of my planned camp,...at different times,..

like before work,..after work, mid week and sunday, after lunch,...

this gives a good idea of how many humans are likely to be walking dogs etc,..

once sure its not a popular spot i find (would find) a dense area with some nice natural screen and a bit of a view to wake up to,...



turning up to a spot you saw from the car once on the way to town, with 2 days worth of gear isnt a good idea,...

and as has been said,...any kind of structure (especially if it utilised the imediate resorce of green wood) built irrisponsilbly or left standing is going to get the wrong kind of attention,..

i have to admit i did a lot of gear testing in the back garden too,..

do some reading on here and ask some of the guys about local meets etc,...

good luck and welcome,..
 
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personally i would leave everything as i found it,
but i know where your coming from, you wanna know if the structures your making are up to scratch and see how good your skills are.
if thats what you want to do then thats fine, to be honest its not a bad idea, you may find yourself in a sitution one day whrere you need to build a shelter long term.
and kids finding it in my eyes isnt that much of a bad thing either, in these days where most kids are into xbox and computers and basicly anything which requires miunumum effort, and not leaving the house.
if a bunch of kids found a shelter they may hang out there, and it may give them inspiration to build there own or adapt yours and get more outdoorsy.
therefore in a roundabout way introducing the youth of today into bushcraft and survival.

but thats my personal opinion....in an ideal world.

it'd probably end up as a drinking and pot smoking den
 
I did this when i was a kid, made a shelter and left it all camed up, i was a cadet at the time and knew the basics of field craft ect.....it was 3 metres away from a path the other side of a stream, no person ever went in it or probably even see it.........

i was a kid at the time and would never do it now though.........
 
Eyesores.
Not my land.
Spoils the "natural" look of the area.
Encourages others to build shelters, light fires etc.

I came across a sleeping bag hanging on a tree in the middle of the Forest of Dean at the end of last summer - in its bag and it had clearly fallen of someone's rucksack. I went to retrieve it and smelled smoke; followed my nose and found an abandoned shelter and a fire still lit. The occupants of the shelter had had their night out and not felt it necessary to pull down the shelter (which was pretty big) or even put the fire out. We can't encourage this.
 
Kerne and Ged pretty much summed it up for me too. Maybe if it was private land the public had no access to, but otherwise I don't think it's necessarry.
 
I don't think anyone has been aggressive to ij rowley in any way. Ged may have been slightly abrupt but he wasn't responding to the OP but rather a question Whitey asked. The replies here are well put IMHO.
 
I'm with all the others on this Ian, I want to find a "virgin" spot where I can enjoy a couple of days then when I've packed up and left no one can see I've been there. So next time I go or if someone else comes along to that spot it still appears "virgin" so a much more appealing spot to go to. I'm sure you don't want to go to a spot where somebody else has left their debris and fire scars or whatever. So my advise is look at the spot when you are packed up and about to leave and ask yourself " if I came across this spot would I choose it for the night?"
 
I'm lucky to have exclusive use of a small wood, so built a shelter and left it up. It was only going to be for a short period whilst I was spending a lot of time up there sorting things out. Never got round to taking it down and it stayed good for two years. Now gone, but plans to build something a little more durable. Thinking small log cabin, about 3 foot high, open fronted, somewhere to shelter during the winter. A little space to practice bushy stuff and work from when clearing the wood.

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Year 1

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Year 2
 
IMO its just to leave an area as you find it, as much as possible that is, some tracks are always left behind in some way or another....
there are 2 resons for this:

1, its all about respect for nature and the animals in the area.
2, when you find a good spot you dont want the local kids messing it up with massive fires, beer cans and broken bottles.

regards...

chris.........................................................
 
Hi All
Thanks for all the replies , as I said it was just an interesting thought and I have learnt something along the way also . I wish to clarify an earlier comment stating that Ged may have sounded abrupt , no offence to anyone , but its an opinion and those are what count on this forum , which is why its such an interesting place to be . Thanks again Ian
 
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