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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513   
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My brother and I both have busy lives – full on jobs and young families. For his Birthday this year, he's asked me whether we can take the Landy and head off for a weekend to do man-stuff outdoors (too much British Bake off and Strictly come dancing in our households).
Ideally, I thought I'd seize the opportunity to take him off for some laning and general exploring. We could then either bivi for the night next to the Landy or, better still, hike off into a nearby wood and get a fire going and a nice basic shelter. 3 things cross my mind:
Ideally I would have a destination woodland in mind for the evening with land owner's permission. We're travelling out from the East Midlands and only have a weekend so I think Wales, Norfolk or Peaks is about as far as we'd want to go (Scotland is lovely but we'd spend all our time getting there). We could just busk it and set up camp if we see somewhere we like, once the coast is clear but I'd like to get a fire going and make a bit more of an outdoor weekend of it and would rather do it above board with agreement from the land owner. Do any of you have any suggestions of where we might want to look or, more importantly, where/who we might approach for somewhere to stop. I don't mind making a contribution to the land owner for use of their wood for a night – it's my Brother's birthday after all. If anyone has contacts with farmers or estate owners that might be open to a call, please pm me and let me know and I'll give them a ring and ask. Thanks in advance for any thoughts folks. One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS + New Defender 110 First Edition |
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26th Oct 2012 12:06pm |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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PM sent with a suggestion!
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26th Oct 2012 12:27pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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Hmmm - wild camping in England & Wales is a bit of an issue I believe, There's no Access Code as there is in Scotland...
I can give you a few great sites in Scotland: 1. Glen Clunie, 3 miles South of Braemar off the A93 (where the minor road leaves the A93) - follow the minor road for 1km and camp next to the river 2. Rannoch Moor / Glen Etive. Anywhere near Kings House Pub, or for a quieter camp down the Glen Etive road. 3. Glen Turret, from Crieff, head NW, towards Turret Reservoir. There's a track at the end of the tarmac road, and flat wild camping to the side of the dam wall. 4. Glen Garry, under the dam wall at the E end of Loch Cluanie and loads more  Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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26th Oct 2012 12:45pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2687 
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I believe the OP has the intention of getting landowner's permission, in which case all is fine and dandy. Just don't set fire to his/her woodland with your campfire!
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26th Oct 2012 4:42pm |
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| zulu Member Since: 29 Oct 2012 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11 
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I did i nice little walk from Brecon recently abd passed a great spot next to the river which i noticed had good vehicle access etc. You could look around there buddy.
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4th Nov 2012 11:30am |
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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169 
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Zulu - as already pointed out in this thread, you are not permitted to wild camp in England or Wales, unless you have prior permission from the land owner. You can't just see a nice spot and camp on it.
In Scotland wild camping is more freely permitted, but even then you can only drive on legal rights of way to get to a camping spot - if it requires driving up a private road or on an open field or moor then you can't do it (again, unless land owners permission is given) you'd have to leave the car on a public road or parking spot and carry your gear to where you want to camp..... Our blog - http://landytravels.com/ Yorkshire Off Road Club - http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net |
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4th Nov 2012 1:15pm |
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| SteveS Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: Devon & Berkshire Posts: 388 
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You can legally wild camp in Dartmoor - the only place in England as far as I'm aware - link will take you there
I live on Dartmoor and would be happy to give you guidance - PM me http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/visiting/vi...amping-map Theres a good mix of open moor and woodland with a bit more shelter - starting open fires may be a bit more of an issue - the regulations are on the site too |
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5th Nov 2012 7:53pm |
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| SteveS Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: Devon & Berkshire Posts: 388
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just thinking on it a bit more......you could camp on a campsite where you are away from it all - ie nestled in a wood or in a deep valley. Some of the New Forest campsites are woody - albeit very large - but may be reasonably quiet in December. Depends how wild you want to be?
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5th Nov 2012 8:02pm |
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