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Topic: Quiet tent camping in Cornwall

tindeanboy

20/4/2013 at 11:00am
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I live in a valley in rural West Cornwall, on a bridleway about 300m up a lane from a quiet hamlet.
We're about 3 miles from the south coast and 6 miles from north coast.
We have a couple of acres of field/meadow and about the same of amount of quiet woods (fantastic for bluebells).
Do you think anyone might be interested in paying to set up tent here?
We don't really want caravans or families, more coastal walkers or people that simply want a quiet spot to themselves, just odd tents really.
It is a lovely quiet spot and anyone would be left alone.
Any idea of what we could charge?

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DamianL

20/4/2013 at 11:13am
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I think not having families could be a bit of a shame. Some families would simply want a nice quiet getaway. Is it not possible to simply advertise it as a quiet getaway spot and still allow small families who simply want a quiet getaway?

EDIT: Also, have you put any thought in to toilets, water supply etc?

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20/4/2013 at 11:17am
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Have you contacted your local council? You would probably need planning permission & water supply etc, to charge but you might be able to allow wild camping for perhaps a 'contribution', but it would be sensible to check with council to ensure your plan was viable.

It does sound a good idea though & perhaps charge hikers a fiver a night but they would need access to a water tap at least. I remember asking the youth hostel at Zennor if I could stop in the carpark in my campervan as they had a field for hiker's tents with a small toilet block but they said no due to 'council rules', so your plan might not be that simple.

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20/4/2013 at 6:16pm
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Your Idea harks back to the days before organized campsites..When hikers/bikers would ask at the farmhouse to pitch for a night or so in the corner of a field...

Lovely Idea...But probably too full of official pitfalls to do anything with it...I don't suppose you discreetly "inviting" a few paying guests onto your land(shop window notice)would cause too much official bother...

But....What about the residents of that quiet hamlet 300m down the lane....Would They be up for the hamlet and surrounding area being invaded???

Tend to guard their peace and quiet jealously do residents of small rural hamlets...

Could you be sure...Once word got round about your wee bit of heaven that it would only be the sort of folk you envisage that turn up??

What about insurance cover for those camping on your land? All it would take is a branch falling off a tree(On your land)Onto a tent pitched in your woods to cause all sorts of legal bother...

Not trying to be negative here....Devils Advocate here...By all means look into it....Cos I would probably come to a place like that.....

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jenh

20/4/2013 at 10:08pm
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You could try the " camp in my garden " website ?

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20/4/2013 at 10:35pm
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You could apply to the Camping and Caravanning Club to open a Certificated Site if you can meet the basic requirements, the only real snag with that idea is you'd need to accept caravans/motorhomes (but only up to five) as well as tents.

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21/4/2013 at 5:47pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Hacksaw Bob on 20/4/2013
You could apply to the Camping and Caravanning Club to open a Certificated Site if you can meet the basic requirements, the only real snag with that idea is you'd need to accept caravans/motorhomes (but only up to five) as well as tents.

You don't have to accept caravans/motorhomes if you become a Certificated Site with The Camping and Caravanning Club. There are many that only accept tents. Good Luck

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tindeanboy

30/4/2013 at 6:28pm
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I was thinking of a more old-fashioned idea of camping, where we rent out a pitch and they could have the full run of the woods or meadow for the period.
Not a campsite.
My grandfather had a farm and a family used to come down every year from Birmingham.
They would have a field to themselves for the whole week.
We were all great friends and used to look forward to the "visitors" coming down (we used to call them visitors in Cornwall, it was much later they became known as tourists).
They would give my grandfather a few quid, which made him happy and my grandmother would bake pasties for them.

Our field is agricultural, so for 28 days a year we can use it for camping as I understand it.

Some people need proper campsites with shops and showers and mod cons.
I just wondered if anyone would like an old-fashioned type of camping with perhaps only a tap.

It's only an idea.

At the moment the woods are set to burst with bluebells and new leaves which, to me, is what the countryside is all about.

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04/5/2013 at 9:05pm
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Hi tindeanboy,
Sounds perfect, I'm only up the road in Camborne so I can be there in a jiffy. Can I order a large steak pasty?

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tindeanboy

06/5/2013 at 1:46pm
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Hello Debbie.
It was just an idea and probably not a very good one at that!
Recently we agreed to let some distant family camp there one Friday night.
They then stayed Saturday as well, then Sunday, then Monday.
When I asked when they were thinking of leaving, it all ended up in an argument.
So I've shelved the idea and I'm using the field to practice golf instead.
Life in 2013 is not what is was in 1963...

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i think you will need planning as well as all the insurances that go with it, sounds good, but might not be feasible im afraid without a lot of investment.

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14/7/2013 at 1:46pm
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I'd be really interested in hearing how people have got on with the council RE this, we have 80 acres of meadow and woodland land taht we have opened up for people to 'wild camp' we provide a tap, a compost toilet in the woods and a shower in the farm year, but all these things are at least ten minuite walk appart and its a good five mins between where you can park and where you can camp (we lend them a wheelbarrow).

Sr far we have only had a few people try it and we can do it under the 28 day rule, but i'm sure we will so want to do it for longer.

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Leaving aside the practicalities from an owner's perspective, your proposed site sounds just what I'm looking for tindeanboy. Be sure to let me know if you go back to the idea!

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