Wild Camping How To Guide

[whitevanwoman]

A torch is great for defense, shone directly in someones eyes while you stand to left or right of the torch held out at arms length. They can't see you and will assume you are standing behind it if they lash out.

Good tip about the light.

I have one of those enormous heavy maglite torches which take 3 or 4 of the massive batteries (it tucks nicely into a welly boot whilst out with the dog), ostensibly it's a torch not a weapon, but I wouldn't hesitate to give someone a good crack with it if necessary . My brother once dropped it out of the loft onto my head and it nearly knocked me out, I saw stars and went dizzy and had a lump and headache afterwards.

 

[scampa]

A torch is great for defense, shone directly in someones eyes while you stand to left or right of the torch held out at arms length. They can't see you and will assume you are standing behind it if they lash out.

Slightly off-topic..... When I'm out hiking after dark, I sometimes attach my headtorch to the top of a walking pole, which is then stuffed into my rucksack. This positions the torch a couple of feet above my head. It doesn't really help me to see any further, but it scares the hell out of other hikers who see an eight-foot figure walking towards them, and so ensures me a clear path!! :scared:

 

[whitevanwoman]

Slightly off-topic..... When I'm out hiking after dark, I sometimes attach my headtorch to the top of a walking pole, which is then stuffed into my rucksack. This positions the torch a couple of feet above my head. It doesn't really help me to see any further, but it scares the hell out of other hikers who see an eight-foot figure walking towards them, and so ensures me a clear path!! :scared:

My black dog has a red led flashing light collar (2 x cheap reflective arm bands for cyclists from Aldi) cos you can't see a completely black dog at night - I think people get most confused when they see these red lights haring round a field or footpath at night time

 

[mickvroommick]

a saw ??

good thigs to have handy are saw or axe (for wood Chopping) exstention bar
for wheel nuts ,not that anything is likely to happen but ther are a lot more low life sneaking about these days but your just as likely to be assaulted by a drunk in a camp site.
This outlines the more negitive aspects of wild camping which we must keep in mind when in a vulnerable situation, saftey is always in numbers so try to be close to other people if you can.[/QUOTE]

Ha ha, a saw or an axe?? remind me not to come asking for a cup of sugar! lol

 

[the voyagers]

no dog, but we carry a dog bowl

Our tip is to carry a big dog bowl and leave it outside your door at night. It will make anybody think twice about trying to break in if they think you have a dog inside.

Also when we leave the van to go shopping etc we don't both leave at the same time. Mike stays behind for about 10 minutes and when he does leave he leaves our small MP3 player on just inside the door so that it can be heard on approaching the van.

Sue

 

[Bulawayo Lass]

Being new to motorhoming on my own, l went a lot of times with Brian but he did all the work, l found l was forgetting to turn things off when l set out so now l have a check list on the steering wheel it takes seconds to scan it when l jump into the seat, also have CB dimensions on so if l see a "size sign" l know if l can do it or not.
Bearing in mind that a lot of shopping centres in UK find that playing classical music keeps the lesser human genomes at bay and away from the shops how about classical music instead of sirens.... just a though?

 

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