Wild camping etiquette

[izwozral]

The times I have been wilding I have had the place to myself, only once driving on when I spotted another MH in my intended spot. This has got me thinking about WC etiquette. If your intended WC spot was already inhabited by another MH but there was room for one more, would you still choose to stay there & say hi to the other wilders or would you drive on to another location leaving them in peace?

 

[Barnacle]

Stop and say hi.

Definitely stop and say hi and perhaps stay overnight if the other van did not object!!

 

[n brown]

in my world , everybody has as much right to be somewhere as anyone else. obviously if the situation doesn't allow for another van, fair enough, but the first van there has no rights on the place
case in point- Dutch mate of mine pulls up on a grassy bank by a stream in the Ardennes forest . he and his family get their heads down. woken in the morning by a petrol lawnmower.
a German van has pulled up a couple of metres away,and the guy is out mowing the grass with his rotary mower !
but----- he has every right to ,and if my mate doesn't like it,being a pragmatic Dutchman, he knows he has one option- going elsewhere. i don't see any problem with that

 

[Tezza]

If there is enough room without being so close its uncomfortable for either party...then stay smile a wave.Jobs a good un

 

[izwozral]

in my world , everybody has as much right to be somewhere as anyone else. obviously if the situation doesn't allow for another van, fair enough, but the first van there has no rights on the place
case in point- Dutch mate of mine pulls up on a grassy bank by a stream in the Ardennes forest . he and his family get their heads down. woken in the morning by a petrol lawnmower.
a German van has pulled up a couple of metres away,and the guy is out mowing the grass with his rotary mower !
but----- he has every right to ,and if my mate doesn't like it,being a pragmatic Dutchman, he knows he has one option- going elsewhere. i don't see any problem with that

The German van was a MH?

 

[n brown]

apparently,some German people like things a bit tidy, but this guy had a thing about ticks . funny enough,i've had tick fever,and i don't carry a lawnmower,but i'm English

 

[izwozral]

apparently,some German people like things a bit tidy, but this guy had a thing about ticks . funny enough,i've had tick fever,and i don't carry a lawnmower,but i'm English

I had a tick buried in my knee once, I felt really manky. I was worried to death about pulling it after being told that if the head gets left behind I could get Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease) so I left the bugger in for 4 days while I watched it getting fatter & fatter.I was petrified it would go walkabout & attach itself onto my willy looking for a larger blood supply but eventually it dropped out & I found it on the floor so I stuck a pin in it & burnt it.

Don't they say people who get pleasure from torturing wildlife are likely to become psychotic murders? Well, I did get pleasure from torturing the little bastud & I haven't turned into a murderer - yet.

 

[Don]

If there's enough room then we'll stay and say hi I've seen us parked up with 5 other vans all enjoying the nice wild spot.

 

[jagmanx]

AS long as there is room

You can just stop as well.

Obviously friendly/polite to say "hello" etc.

In some situations it is better (for both) if there is a second MH..
However if it true wilding "Two is company three is a crowd"

Having said that we stayed in a large clearing at the entrance to a forestry commission forest.
A pair of Danish Campers arrived (travelling together)
They did ask but as I said "It is free land ..welcome !"

 

[Captain Biggles]

in my world , everybody has as much right to be somewhere as anyone else. obviously if the situation doesn't allow for another van, fair enough, but the first van there has no rights on the place
case in point- Dutch mate of mine pulls up on a grassy bank by a stream in the Ardennes forest . he and his family get their heads down. woken in the morning by a petrol lawnmower.
a German van has pulled up a couple of metres away,and the guy is out mowing the grass with his rotary mower !
but----- he has every right to ,and if my mate doesn't like it,being a pragmatic Dutchman, he knows he has one option- going elsewhere. i don't see any problem with that

So what's wrong with that? I thought that all self respecting Motorhomers carried their 'Suffolk Colt' (or similar) and a selection of gardening impliments in their Motorhomes, anyway being Dutch, I would have thought that he'd at least plant a few Daff's around his overnight encampment like the rest of us.... :wacko:

Captain Biggles lane:

 

[Tbear]

I would park up giving them as much space that is practical. I would try not to disturb them, If I did see them, it would be a smile and a wave.

I did park up at Mam Tor once with a van on the level below and a car on the level above, the rest empty. Went for a walk up to the summit and came back to find a van in the space next to me

Richard

 

[antiquesam]

I parked up at Dungeness on Tuesday night, there was one van there when I arrived, but it is a big car park. It was still there when I closed the curtains but had gone when I took the dog out last thing. If I'd seen the people I would have asked them if they minded having company.

 

[Wooie1958]

I would park up giving them as much space that is practical. I would try not to disturb them, If I did see them, it would be a smile and a wave.

I did park up at Mam Tor once with a van on the level below and a car on the level above, the rest empty. Went for a walk up to the summit and came back to find a van in the space next to me

Richard

That`s exactly how we play this game as well :wave:

As for the parking well :mad2: :mad2::mad2::mad2:

We`ve had them park that close in an otherwise empty car park it`s been impossible to get in or out of the habitation door :mad2: :mad2::mad2:

Parked up once and was the only one there on the causeway at the Kyle of Durness one very pleasant evening.

In came another van and came that close i thought it was going to hit us and covered us in a cloud of dust :mad1::mad1:

I had to get out of the cab door and went round to him at which point he infamously said " room for a little one " ?

I answered very loudy ...................

sure but why so flipping close, why don`t you flip off to the other flipping side and flipping well annoy the road users instead of us you flipping idiot :mad1:

He started up his engine and sped off in another cloud of dust.

We saw him a couple of days later ( as you do in Scotland ) and the chap completely ignored me, can`t think why :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:

 

[Jimhunterj4]

We were wilding at a forestry location that had two levels of parking both completely empty, I made a small bbq fire (of which there was no trace of when I was finished) for that evenings meal, we decided to have a little lie down and around an hour later a van conversion came and parked less than 10 feet from our open door, they slid their door open and out came bouncing 3 spaniels barking like crazy and trying to jump up into our MH. both parking areas were enormous and empty and they chose right next to us. I got out shoved the dogs with a gentle nudge out of the way and lit my bbq which they almost parked on top of, once their van filled with smoke from my fire they decided to take their barking crazy mutts and van to a more respected distanc.. If they had said hi and so on I would have been happy to clap their dogs and blether but it was just the sheer ignorance of it that got my goat up

 

[Wooie1958]

We were wilding at a forestry location that had two levels of parking both completely empty, I made a small bbq fire (of which there was no trace of when I was finished) for that evenings meal, we decided to have a little lie down and around an hour later a van conversion came and parked less than 10 feet from our open door, they slid their door open and out came bouncing 3 spaniels barking like crazy and trying to jump up into our MH. both parking areas were enormous and empty and they chose right next to us. I got out shoved the dogs with a gentle nudge out of the way and lit my bbq which they almost parked on top of, once their van filled with smoke from my fire they decided to take their barking crazy mutts and van to a more respected distanc.. If they had said hi and so on I would have been happy to clap their dogs and blether but it was just the sheer ignorance of it that got my goat up

What on earth was you doing with a goat :rolleyes2: and was it that what caused to dogs to start barking in the first place :lol-049::lol-049:

 

[spacehopper]

proximity to best spot calculation

Sorry. I've not got such entertaining stories as others.

Not offering excuses for people encroaching and intrusive behaviour but when I turn up to site in the van or even tent often there is a best spot. If it is occupied the new arrival has to do the next best spot analysis and sometimes the outcome is next to the alrear occupied best spot. This is when the personal annoyance factor is applied. If you find no problem with close proximity parking and noise, pet contact rtf...boom..in you go . If you appreciate personal space more then the further away you pitch up....depending on the relative nuisance likely to be encountered in other spaces.

Of course, the problem is the lower an individuals personal annoyance factor the more annoying they are likely to be to anyone with a higher annoyance factor.

When I say personal annoyance factor PAF - I mean how bothered you are by others proximity or behaviour - not how annoying you are to others.

But maybe there is a strong correlation.

 

[Fazerloz]

What on earth was you doing with a goat :rolleyes2: and was it that what caused to dogs to start barking in the first place :lol-049::lol-049:

It doesn't use as much power as the electric mower. :lol-049:

 

[jann]

We prefer to be on our own, but as said before it depends on how much room, time of day etc.

When on the continent some aires have vans parked very close together, but everyone is good at respecting peoples privacy.

Don,t park too close if there is plenty of room.

 

[Coolasluck]

That`s exactly how we play this game as well :wave:

As for the parking well :mad2: :mad2::mad2::mad2:

We`ve had them park that close in an otherwise empty car park it`s been impossible to get in or out of the habitation door :mad2: :mad2::mad2:

Parked up once and was the only one there on the causeway at the Kyle of Durness one very pleasant evening.

In came another van and came that close i thought it was going to hit us and covered us in a cloud of dust :mad1::mad1:

I had to get out of the cab door and went round to him at which point he infamously said " room for a little one " ?

I answered very loudy ...................

sure but why so flipping close, why don`t you flip off to the other flipping side and flipping well annoy the road users instead of us you flipping idiot :mad1:

He started up his engine and sped off in another cloud of dust.

We saw him a couple of days later ( as you do in Scotland ) and the chap completely ignored me, can`t think why :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:

You never said flipping though did you...........be honest

 

[Sharon the Cat]

.I was petrified it would go walkabout & attach itself onto my willy looking for a larger blood supply but eventually it dropped out & I found it on the floor so I stuck a pin in it & burnt it.

Stuck a pin in your own willy & burnt it!:scared: Respect