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24/2/2014 at 10:02pm
 Location: Halifax
 Outfit: Outwelll Nevada M
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Hi,
Has anyone camped on a working farm, where you can get involved, help out etc?


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25/2/2014 at 3:05pm
 Location: Ayrshire
 Outfit: Auto-Sleeper MHs
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We have a dog, so we've not been on working stock farm sites. There are dozens of farm sites (I googled on "camp site farm" and many came up with their own websites), so I'm sure UKCS members will come up with lots of places for you. But do phone to check what you can actually get involved in doing (rather than just looking over the fence to pat the animals). And worth checking what the farmer has to comply with - http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/children.htm

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25/2/2014 at 3:37pm
 Location: Mid Wales
 Outfit: VG Aspen 700 DLX
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If your quick you can do the night shift lambing tonight! We were busy last night so feeling very tired. I don't know if you can search on here for sites, don't think so. But if you read the feedback about sites some mention "helping out" so worth looking at farm sites and reading the reviews. Depends how much help your talking of.

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25/2/2014 at 4:04pm
 Location: west country
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Insurance is probably an issue. Farms are a potentially dangerous places at the best of times and people do get killed on them.

Not really a place for amateurs except the simplest of tasks.

Post last edited on 25/02/2014 17:22:30

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25/2/2014 at 5:01pm
 Location: Mid Wales
 Outfit: VG Aspen 700 DLX
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Insurance is an issue, you could never have anyone help at silaging / tractor driving etc. We have had campers at lambing time. They will feed the baby lambs, even sometimes lamb a ewe, depends on the campers....

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25/2/2014 at 8:53pm
 Location: Devon
 Outfit: Autotrail Savannah motorhome
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If you are ever down this way look up West Middlewick Farm Campsite - it's very rural (proper Devon!) but campers can feed the livestock, collect eggs, help herd the animals into the sheds and watch all the milking. Read the reviews - a popular site if you like countryside.



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