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Not wild camped in ages. Wife and I keen to incorporate an overnighter into a 2 day hike. Our dogs will be coming too.
I know the Lakes reasonably well. Based in Midlands now so Shropshire, Welsh boarders easily accessible. Few other areas too.
Any gems out there that you would be willing to divulge? General tips also appreciated. Want it to be a success so we will do it again.
First rule of wild camping club - don’t give up the nice spots on social media. Sure fire way to have them trashed in short order. Not necessarily you OP, sure you’re responsible an all.
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Best advice I can offer - look out a walk on Walk Highlands in an area you fancy and then spend some time looking at an OS maps. A shortlist of potential good spots will make themselves apparent. </span>
I get that - not looking for specific spot - just info on suitable areas. My default would be the Lakes.
Wild camping relies on not being near people and not on inbye/farmland.
It needs outbye/unfenced hills or woodland.
Lakes, Welsh borders and Wales have this, but it's a case of threading some maps.
The suggestion of look at walks on Walkhighlands (not just a Scottish site) is a good one.
Get an OS map, find an interesting spot, check it's grassy enough by using aerial images then go there and camp.
Perfect thanks
Just go ride. Stop late, leave early, leave no trace.
Pick sensible places, like woods or over a wall. Use a red light at night and not a 10000 lumen torch.
Avoid crowded places and where lots of people go.
Just don't be a dick!
Personally I'm avoiding the lakes. It's far too busy since covid. Plenty of other places to go.
I've wildcamped a lot in the Lakes, normally don't pitch until it's quite late and nearly everyone is off the fells, that way no one will notice you.
As for locations, you need somewhere flat and near a water source and above the last fence / stone wall.
Often camped quite close to main paths but no one uses them at night....
NB In winter, with snow, it opens up far more locations eg the very top of fells...
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Wild camping relies on not being near people and not on inbye/farmland.
It needs outbye/unfenced hills or woodland.
I do not totally agree, in upland areas, yes as a general rule this is true. However in lowland areas it is not possible. Just try to be out of view, arrive late, leave early and of course leave no trace.
For the op, Dartmoor is a good place to start as wild camping is legal this week.
In the past my wildcamping has been in the Lakes in winter. So going shoulder season will be new for me. Not wild camped outside of a national park before. This is the main motivation for the thread. Good to know considered appropriate if done with consideration for others.
If you set up camp late and leave early, no one will ever know you camped - in which case, basically anywhere is fair game!
Thinking back we've been told off twice, once for camping outside a barn near Froggat where it clearly said no camping and once on the Norfold Coast, where the warden kept following us (to tell us not to camp), but we were prepared to walk further than him, so eventually he gave up and we just camped as soon as he turned back!
"!f you set up camp late and leave early, no one will ever know you camped ..." until the farmer comes around and finds a bag of rubbish stuffed into an old stone wall or a pile of toilet paper behind a tree...
Please don't be that wild camper