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Quote: Originally posted by Scaley143 on 03/6/2020
Jamie,
There's been some good advice here, and some terrifying stuff as well. Monty15 sounds quite dramatic.
However, he is quite right, wild camping is illegal in England, WITHOUT THE LAND-OWNERS PERMISSION!! (Except Dartmoor. But after spending many training exercises on the area, it's not a great place to camp).
Check out this link...http://www.wildthingspublishing.com/product/wild-guide-southern-eastern-england-book/
I have one of central England and it tells of hidden history, wild swimming places, eateries and places to wild camp!
Remember, if you're going to wild camp, do it for one night only and remove any trace of your existence.
Good luck and happy camping.
Thanks, this is a great tip! I've just bought the 'Wales and the Marches' and 'Devon, Cornwall and South West' Wild Guide books. I think we'll go to these areas and try our luck at asking local farms, but if unsuccessful than we will wild camp as considerately as we can, beach, wood ECT away from view as much as possible.
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Quote: Originally posted by Scaley143 on 03/6/2020
Jamie,
There's been some good advice here, and some terrifying stuff as well. Monty15 sounds quite dramatic.
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Yes Scaley143, I did paint a (only) slightly dramatic scenario, but better to give a novice to both camping and region a bit of a cautious outlook than lull them into a false sense of it's a doddle, only for them to find out the hard way that it's anything but.
Complying with the rules to 'only camp beyond the highest fell wall' often puts you into the kind of terrain where there is no higher wall only because it was too difficult to build one! It may be called a 'Park' (as in National Park), but it is a mountain wilderness in reality, not in any way resembling most people's notion of a 'park'.
Seen first hand (and assisted), and heard about far too many people coming to grief on the fells to be anything other than respectful of the potential to come a cropper. What often starts out as a gentle strollers path can rapidly turn into a serious rocky mountain scramble. And the weather catches out even the most knowledgeable and cautious.
All wilderness areas (National Parks or otherwise) bring there own regional hazards, I know Exmoor well enough to know that the cloud descends into absolute peasoupers and it's incredibly easy to lose your bearings and get lost without good navigation skills and map and compass, and you might only be yards from a road!
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