How many folks on this forum actually wildcamp most nights out?

dolmen

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I've been on sites in our campervan and hated it, so in the last few years we never go on sites ... the police have moved us on and directed us to sites, but we move on and find a suitable spot ...

my reason for joining this forum was to be with like minded folks, but I'm feeling like I'm in the wrong place of late ... campers wanting hookups, level pitches, water to hand ... I enjoy my wild camping be it in the city or country and I don't require any of the trappings that go with campsites, as a matter of fact campsites make me mad ... I live in the country and have no immediate neighbours, why would I go to park beside another van so they can hear me breath (polite) ...

Come on wild campers, lets hear from you, thats what the forum was about ... sorry about that, but it was bugging me big time ....

wanna be wildcampers are taking over, they are welcome to their world, but don't let them take over in a wildcamping forum!

again sorry ... I don't wish to offend anyone, but please keep it mostly about wild camping ...

Cheers

:wacko:
 
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Even us wild ones need to empty/refill our tanks and give the batteries a charge. I'm planning my next trip north at the mo, 2 weeks in north scotland. And Although I'll be wilding it, I will require 2 separate nights on a cc to refill.
Responsible wilding includes not dumping your waste on the roadside as thats the reason more 'No Overnight' signs are going up
 
Hi Ste, that counts in my eyes! one night in a campsite every week is good going, especially in the UK

Cheers

:dance:
 
We usually wildcamp, (if that includes using aires/stellplatz etc.) One of the aires we stopped at had everything including toilets/electric hook up/showers etc., the only thing you had to pay for was a shower if you needed to. At the moment we are on a rough car park at Cahors next to the river Lot with a free internet connection ;). Haven't bothered with sticking the sat.dish on as we can guess what will be on the TV/radio all day. Weather here hot with a bit of cloud. On this trip we decided to try a month on a campsite (La Manga Spain) I was starting to get fed up after a couple of weeks, even though we got out a lot on our electric bikes & with our inflatable canoe. Don't know if I could stand being in one place for so long again. Heading up to the Dordogne where we are having a week on a campsite (does this count as we won a free weeks camping in some internet competition I entered) This will be the first time we have used a campsite in France since about 1990.
We consider ourselves wildcampers but at times we reluctantly do use campsites.
 
Actually a cursory glance over the whole forum would show that a good deal of the advice requested on this forum has nothing at all to do with wild camping in particular, so does the OP suggest that 90% of the forum sections be closed down.
 
in the last year , 6 months on the road

time with friends and family 30 days
time on campsites 0 days
 
We're up to 32 nights spent in the van since we bought it (£1,000 per night!) and never used a campsite. Longest out in one go was five days. What really annoys us is the way campervans are not really welcome anywhere in this country.
 
MollsPhot said:
We're up to 32 nights spent in the van since we bought it (£1,000 per night!) and never used a campsite. Longest out in one go was five days. What really annoys us is the way campervans are not really welcome anywhere in this country.
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Come to France - land of the motorhomes (provided they are self-contained of course). Caravans need not apply unless they stay in caravan parks.


Just as it should be ;)


But regardless, I would never spend 30 QUID on a commercial campsite so the savings aren't quite as high as that
4 months in western USA and we didn't use a single commercial campsite - but of course that doesn't mean we didn't use national park and forestry service and BLM campsites. All perfect locations - no swimming pools, jumping castles, bingo halls and restaurants - and I would say cheap as chips, but last time I looked, fish and chips were way beyond my budget, so far cheaper than chips would be more accurate.
 
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MollsPhot said:
We're up to 32 nights spent in the van since we bought it (£1,000 per night!) and never used a campsite. Longest out in one go was five days. What really annoys us is the way campervans are not really welcome anywhere in this country.
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Hi Mollsphot, Firstly, welcome to WC. Nice to have you on board. Off in 3 days, to Spain and Portugal for 4 months. Most definitely will not be on a campsite, not even for a day, just as we have been doing for the last 53 years. I say, each one to their own. Most important is that each one has a great time and come on here and tell us of their adventures.
 
Thanks. We're off for two nights onboard today. One will be a quiet, secluded lay-by we found last year, on the way to a family wedding in Dartmoor. Second night will be in the hotel car park!

I agree with the comments about France. We tried it for a week last year and found Brittany roads excellent. My freelance work means I have to stay in the UK. I use the van as base in the when I'm out and about. Always an adventure trying to find somewhere suitable to overnight!
 
Tonight will be my 18th and last night in the UK this trip. Most of the time in Devon, Cornwall and Wales.

No overnights in campsites.

Nothing to dump as I have no toilet. A tiny amount of grey water is disposed of easily.

I did use the showers in a couple of campsites. £2 in one £3 in the other. Both places were small sites and happy to oblige.

I looked at the field with perhaps a hundred campers, caravans and tents, side by side, and decided I was much happier all by myself parked beside a small reservoir.

Peter
Peter's Paragliding Nomadness
 
dolmen said:
I've been on sites in our campervan and hated it, so in the last few years we never go on sites ... the police have moved us on and directed us to sites, but we move on and find a suitable spot ...

my reason for joining this forum was to be with like minded folks, but I'm feeling like I'm in the wrong place of late ... campers wanting hookups, level pitches, water to hand ... I enjoy my wild camping be it in the city or country and I don't require any of the trappings that go with campsites, as a matter of fact campsites make me mad ... I live in the country and have no immediate neighbours, why would I go to park beside another van so they can hear me breath (polite) ...

Come on wild campers, lets hear from you, thats what the forum was about ... sorry about that, but it was bugging me big time ....

wanna be wildcampers are taking over, they are welcome to their world, but don't let them take over in a wildcamping forum!

again sorry ... I don't wish to offend anyone, but please keep it mostly about wild camping ...

Cheers

:wacko:
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I do! There again, in my defence, my OTHER mh is the Scania that I live in all week! I am a long-distance Tanker Driver for my sins and I find that the parallel between 'Trampers' and 'Wilders' is remarkably similar inasmuch as there is now a generation of young up-and-coming LGV Drivers who wouldn't dream of parking anywhere other than a Truckstop (with all the comforting facilities - at a price) ... and there are US Old-Timers - who are totally self-sufficient and relish the challenge of the 'NO OVERNIGHT PARKING' signs in every Lay-By that we sleep in.

A Dying Breed? I think not!!!!
 
there is also alot of youngsters that have took their hgv test just to drive truck campers .i was parked with maybe 100 in morocco this year .mainly from austria and germany.girls as well . we had a really good time. uk is way behind on wild camping . seems very easy in the mainland eu, to get insurance etc for big 20ton +campers . and yes i do wild camp /free camp. cant waste good beer money on campsites
 
I would guess that most contributers to this site wildcamp some of the time and stay on sites some of the time. That is what we do but I cannot see the need to discriminate against people who don't. Some people stay on sites most of the time and are thinking of wilding but lack confidence. I think we should be here to give them the advice they need rather than dismissing them as "wannabee" wilders. If you don't like the comments posted by some members then you don't have to read them and if you want more threads devoted to your idea of wilding then start some and see where they go. There is plenty of room for us all.
 
VeeDub said:
I do! There again, in my defence, my OTHER mh is the Scania that I live in all week! I am a long-distance Tanker Driver for my sins and I find that the parallel between 'Trampers' and 'Wilders' is remarkably similar inasmuch as there is now a generation of young up-and-coming LGV Drivers who wouldn't dream of parking anywhere other than a Truckstop (with all the comforting facilities - at a price) ... and there are US Old-Timers - who are totally self-sufficient and relish the challenge of the 'NO OVERNIGHT PARKING' signs in every Lay-By that we sleep in.

A Dying Breed? I think not!!!!
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crossing into Poland a number of years back I was amazed at the numbers of lorries waiting at the border ... it was over 9 miles long! all those drivers had their stoves, fridges and deck chairs etc, they probably lived in those lorries for weeks at a time.

Cheers
 
I do - or at least I do as often as possible.

I'm camping in a basic, slightly-adapted panel van without gas, leisure battery and other mod-cons so every 3rd-4th night I have to use a campsite or CL with hook-up (through the van window!) to recharge phone, camera and laptop etc batteries and have a much-needed shower.
 
Just been away the last couple of nights 'wildcamping' in the lake district for the first time. I can't say it was totally relaxed, the first night some kids let off a firework before speeding off in their car and this was at Crummock Water, basically the middle of nowhere.

Its far from wildcamping though, my definition of wildcamping is a lightweight tent sleeping high up on the fell sides like I used to when I was younger but there's bugger all chance of getting my other half to do that. Our van is totally self sufficient for anything up to 3 nights and that's living almost as comfortably as we would at home, shower, central heating etc.
 
In reply to the original poster, I have to agree with the Dogfather here. Wildcamping is carrying everything on your back, not in a van with all mod cons. Try waking up at the top of a mountain in a bivvy bag with the sound of the wind howling, and not Good Morning Britain on telly or whatever. Very few people wild camp, even myself its very rare now.
 
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