Free Camping vs Wild camping

I am reluctant to post this as I am a Scot and will be accused of mocking, but they got beat 3/2.

A lot of falling on swords tonight.

I had a comment about golden balls but retracted it
 
I am reluctant to post this as I am a Scot and will be accused of mocking, but they got beat 3/2.

A lot of falling on swords tonight.

I had a comment about golden balls but retracted it
dont be relutant to post as you come from scotland . i will more than likeley be slated for this but dident expect england to do the biz and whose golden balls , more like a load of b---s :eek::eek: by the way we hope to visit bonny scotland next year never been up your neck of the woods or mountains so looking forwards to it cheers
 
wild or free

ok let me tell you an interesting wee story
Way back in the sixties before i had ever heard the expresion "wild camping"
we were in the scotish highlands with a wee 2 man tent & a beat up old citroen. we found the scotish dream campsite. it was a grassy slope on the side of a mountain with a burn flowing down from the mountain, beautiful scenery and not another human for miles
"Perfect we thought" We pitched camp & settled down for the night.
ahem! a rude awakening in the morning. it had been p---ing down all night and something large and heavy was pressing on each side of the tent.
i unzipped the door to find that every sheep on the mountain had decided to check out our camp. by the time we had chased them off we were soaked to the skin. but we just built a fire, dried ourselves off,cooked some sausages on a stick over the fire and laughed it off. you can call it "wild camping" or "free camping" but man, it was wild, it was free, & it was camping
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: sundown
 
Nice one sundown ,that brought back memories and gave me a little chuckle.
 
ok let me tell you an interesting wee story
Way back in the sixties before i had ever heard the expresion "wild camping"
we were in the scotish highlands with a wee 2 man tent & a beat up old citroen. we found the scotish dream campsite. it was a grassy slope on the side of a mountain with a burn flowing down from the mountain, beautiful scenery and not another human for miles
"Perfect we thought" We pitched camp & settled down for the night.
ahem! a rude awakening in the morning. it had been p---ing down all night and something large and heavy was pressing on each side of the tent.
i unzipped the door to find that every sheep on the mountain had decided to check out our camp. by the time we had chased them off we were soaked to the skin. but we just built a fire, dried ourselves off,cooked some sausages on a stick over the fire and laughed it off. you can call it "wild camping" or "free camping" but man, it was wild, it was free, & it was camping
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: sundown
now that is wild camping not like roughing it it in a nice warm cumfy motor home with a heater hot water shower nufff sed:D:D
 
ok let me tell you an interesting wee story
Way back in the sixties before i had ever heard the expresion "wild camping"
we were in the scotish highlands with a wee 2 man tent & a beat up old citroen. we found the scotish dream campsite. it was a grassy slope on the side of a mountain with a burn flowing down from the mountain, beautiful scenery and not another human for miles
"Perfect we thought" We pitched camp & settled down for the night.
ahem! a rude awakening in the morning. it had been p---ing down all night and something large and heavy was pressing on each side of the tent.
i unzipped the door to find that every sheep on the mountain had decided to check out our camp. by the time we had chased them off we were soaked to the skin. but we just built a fire, dried ourselves off,cooked some sausages on a stick over the fire and laughed it off. you can call it "wild camping" or "free camping" but man, it was wild, it was free, & it was camping
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: sundown

I recon the sheep were trying to get in your tent to keep dry. LOL.
Here is my opinion (for what it's worth) if it's free it's wild, problem solved.:p;):D:)
 
Well, I have said manytimes.
"I use campsites and I wild and I use carparks":D
I have and will continue to overnight at all of the above and I do not feel guilty about using campsites, :)in fact I used one last weekend and I probably will this next weekend.;)
I tend to wild more in the summer months!
Just do whatever you fancy as long as you enjoy:cool:

totally agree, isn't this what having our 'vans is all about, the freedom to do what ever WE chose. Earlier this year, we were in Scotland, and only "wild" camped 3 or 4 times, but another time up in the Lakes, "wild" camped nearly every night. Some sites are exactly were we wanted to be, so, yes we stayed on a "site". It's all about having the freedom to do what you want and were you want.
 
totally agree, isn't this what having our 'vans is all about, the freedom to do what ever WE chose. Earlier this year, we were in Scotland, and only "wild" camped 3 or 4 times, but another time up in the Lakes, "wild" camped nearly every night. Some sites are exactly were we wanted to be, so, yes we stayed on a "site". It's all about having the freedom to do what you want and were you want.
i look at it like this any thing wild has the freedom to do as it wants, so lets just enjoy what little freedom we have and enjoy ourselves
 
Blast from the past

Athread close to boiling ah oh no stranger than folk my nan you to say:D:D

However my go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I like a free over night stay like the next man or the second ect. however my motorhoming is small breaks and holidays from the work load and life:D

If you want to use a camp site ok, some places I visit dont have for me suitable SAFE places to wild camp and SAFE is a prioty to me and my family and you get a gut feeling so my wife says, when to " wild " or not.
I prefer to wild I am tight git van cost me anough keep telling the wife lol.

People are people we need to respect each others views regardless how wacky some views are :D:D anyway its nice to have strong views and morals ect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! me done.
 
wild camping

one has to be carefull telling folk you enjoy WILD CAMPING,they may think you go on raves in the woods with GRAHAM NORTON :eek:
 
Seems to be exactly my point - but that GRAHAM NORTON thing - please elaborate, we aliens from the north might need some explanations from time to time...

Guesses about GRAHAM NORTON:
1) Chain Saw
2) Al Gore's buddy
3) UK Environment Authority
4) UFO type
5) Well known Wild Camper
6) Domesticated Viking
8) Wild Party organizer
 
Seems to be exactly my point - but that GRAHAM NORTON thing - please elaborate, we aliens from the north might need some explanations from time to time...

Guesses about GRAHAM NORTON:
1) Chain Saw
2) Al Gore's buddy
3) UK Environment Authority
4) UFO type
5) Well known Wild Camper
6) Domesticated Viking
8) Wild Party organizer

He is very camp if you my drift:)
 

Users who viewed this discussion (Total:0)

Back
Top