-SITE SUGGESTION PLEASE- feel like wild camping in woodland or forest (1 Viewer)

[ItaMotorhomer]

Hi


We’re hoping to find a site which has a feel like wild camping in woodland or forest.

Preferably close to West Yorkshire but not a must.

thanks

 

[Mr porky]

It may be a stretch to compare with wild camping but 2 of the camc sites in the lakes are wooded and next to water, coniston coppice and Kendal.

 

[NicandJay]

The Forestry Commission took back ownership of the Camping in the Forest sites from the Camping and Caravanning Club a couple of years ago... Think they might be the closest thing for you. Try the Forsestry Commission website.

 

[Lenny HB]

If you want to feel like wild camping why not just wild camp?

 

[Silverman]

Tackeroo campsite Cannock Chase

Tackeroo | Chase Camping

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[Minxy]

If you want to feel like wild camping why not just wild camp?

Possibly no idea how to go about it hence the thread?

 

[Pausim]

The closest to wild camping in a forest I have found is Longbeech in the New Forest. Not very close to Yorkshire. You will always need the landowners permission and most owners of woodland are likely to say sorry no because of the fire risk. Sadly the public has proved very unreliable when it comes to barbecues, rubbish and toilet dumping.

 

[billym]

Crowden CCC very nearly in West Yorkshire

 

[ItaMotorhomer]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions

 

[Outdoors Dad]

I believe you can camp in kielder Forrest for a small fee. Best to ring first I would of thought!

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[ItaMotorhomer]

I believe you can camp in kielder Forrest for a small fee. Best to ring first I would of thought!

Thanks will look into it

 

[bigwood]

Not stayed our selfs but there are a couple of sites in Daley Forest just north of Pickering.

 

[jerryz]

camping in the forest ,,,, watch out for the witches , spookies and wookies

 

[namwaldog]

A bit of a drive from Leeds but Forestry Scotland's Stay the Night scheme seems ideal. The nearest from you would be Dumfries and Galloway.

Stay the Night | Forestry and Land Scotland

Everything you need to know about FLS' Stay the Night scheme where self-contained campervans can park overnight in some of our forest car parks.

forestryandland.gov.scot

Skipton, you can stay in the Car Park there which is surrounded by trees!

Have a look on Search for Sites, study the different types of Symbols and what they indicate, then have a look around your area.

Good Luck

 

[ItaMotorhomer]

A bit of a drive from Leeds but Forestry Scotland's Stay the Night scheme seems ideal. The nearest from you would be Dumfries and Galloway.

Stay the Night | Forestry and Land Scotland

Everything you need to know about FLS' Stay the Night scheme where self-contained campervans can park overnight in some of our forest car parks.

forestryandland.gov.scot

Skipton, you can stay in the Car Park there which is surrounded by trees!

Have a look on Search for Sites, study the different types of Symbols and what they indicate, then have a look around your area.

Good Luck

Thanks another great tip

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[The Old Man]

Camping

Brecon Beacons Wild Camping - Camping

www.breconbeaconswildcamping.co.uk

 

[JJ]

I wish folks would stop calling it wild CAMPING.

To go CAMPING you need a TENT.


JJ

 

[Pausim]

I wish folks would stop calling it wild CAMPING.

To go CAMPING you need a TENT.


JJ

I know people who think taking a tent takes the wild out of wild camping and a bivouac is a bit of a luxury.

 

[jerryz]

Proper wild camping is making a bivouac out of branches twigs and brushwood and moss , and scavenging /hunting your food and cooking over a fire and taking water locally from a stream ,, we used to do that in the 1960-70s but today its almost impossible in UK . A good knife and an axe were vital ,, and No matches allowed .
Fire had to be lit old fashioned ways . Flints , friction , fireball ....

 

[The Old Man]

Proper wild camping is making a bivouac out of branches twigs and brushwood and moss , and scavenging /hunting your food and cooking over a fire and taking water locally from a stream ,, we used to do that in the 1960-70s but today its almost impossible in UK . A good knife and an axe were vital ,, and No matches allowed .
Fire had to be lit old fashioned ways . Flints , friction , fireball ....

And it always rained!

In one episode of Duncan Dares he did surviving in the wild! Show the ropes by legend Lofty Wiseman!

Spent the day with Peter assisting Lofty in building a fire, setting traps and building a shelter.

Mid afternoon, much to Peter's surprise, everything was packed away, transport loaded, and transported to another part of the Beacons.

Lofty jumped out the wagon, said to Peter, "Task 1, pick a spot!"

Peter says, "But we've done that already."

Lofty replied, "No, that was the training, sort of like a rehearsal, thus is doing it for real. Here's your survival pack and a knife, get to it there's only 'x' hours of daylight left and the weather predictions are not good."

The BBC team are all eating bacon rolls from the hospitality wagon while Peter cried!

Then everyone packed up and retired to the posh hotel base in Crickhowell for a meal and beer!

An enjoyable evening except for the BBC's Safety Officer, who was a bit worried.

Things about Peter Duncan, he was tough, strove for realism in what he did, got on with it and was a really nice guy and also had a million interesting stories.

So we returned to the wilderness, in the mid morning, he was sat there under a sorry, but functional shelter, cooking a rabbit over and open fire and drinking a hot brew made of some nettles and routes!

Lofty gave him hearty congratulations on what he had achieved, threw is some hints and tips, the BBC crew practiced resuscitation on the Safety Man, the hospitality wagon churned out more bacon sarnies, not allowed for Peter, only for the barstads, did some filming of Peter applying Lofty's suggestions, then all but one, back to the hotel!

Now that was Wild Camping!

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[The Old Man]

Proper wild camping is making a bivouac out of branches twigs and brushwood and moss , and scavenging /hunting your food and cooking over a fire and taking water locally from a stream ,, we used to do that in the 1960-70s but today its almost impossible in UK . A good knife and an axe were vital ,, and No matches allowed .
Fire had to be lit old fashioned ways . Flints , friction , fireball ....

Yes, that's more precise and why I prefer the New Zealand term Freedom Camping!