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29/4/2017 at 1:56pm
Location: East Sussex
Outfit: None Entered
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Can't help you with sites in Wales, but I have solo camped (with a dog or two) on and off for many years.
I've always felt very safe, and found other campers to be friendly and helpful without being intrusive. On a couple of small sites, the owner/manager has made sure I don't have a pitch that is too isolated or secluded, and generally kept an eye out. I've also been invited to join total strangers for a drink or barbecue, offered help with pitching/striking, loading/unloading etc and, on one memorable occasion, a lovely group of bikers not only kept an eye on my dogs while I had a shower, but shared their breakfast sausages with them. 
We mostly motorhome now, but I miss my tent camping.
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01/5/2017 at 11:43am
Location: wirral
Outfit: Outwell Nevada m Vango sigma 300
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Beddgelert forestry site is fab for solo camping. If you want to feel safe, this is a site for you. I've done solo camping and with son. Wardens and campers a like are friendly. Clean facilities, a small shop for basics can even order breakfast. Lovely walks straight from the site and down to the village
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09/5/2017 at 4:33pm
Location: Louth Lincolnshire
Outfit: Coleman Instant Tourer 4 and tarp!
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Fascinated to see all the different outfits solo campers use.Some would present mw with great problems erecting them by myself !
I have just bought an Outwell Arizona L which is ideal in terms of height and space.It is recommended that 2 people put it up ,one lifting the centre whilst the other inserts the ring and connectors etc. I have managed to put the tent up by myself but would not like to attempt it in any wind, (visions of taking off like a kite) .Anyone else have a strategy for putting this great tent up solo? It has excellent reviews in all other aspects.
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12/7/2021 at 6:23pm
Location: Suffolk
Outfit: Very variable
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12/7/2021 at 8:13pm
Location: Wirral
Outfit: Aztec Mardi Gras 3
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Welcome, Berlingobabe - that sounds like an ideal solution to your security concerns! You have the best of both worlds. Wouldn't work with my Corsa... though I did sleep in my Astra estate year ago on a very rough windy night. I miss that estate... I still tent camp (70 next birthday) but I'm used to it as I mostly camp alone anyway. Camping with the family & grandsons is a novel change for me.
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