Camping in the UK

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May 7, 2009 at 8:48 am #1198675
ellie
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also, i’d say, look for a field that doesnt have crops in, and where the gate looks like it hasnt been opened for a while!
May 7, 2009 at 8:13 pm #1198677
deliriyummy
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You should go to dorset, to the very coast…. dont ask me exactly where because im not sure, but im sure a little research would find you the place…. Along the coast are some massive caves that you walk out of and then about i dunno 3 meters in front of you is a cliff and then the sea, it would be a fucking wicked place to go camping… as long as you dont want to like, do anything….. its a bit out of the way…. beautiful place though.

music, mushrooms and wonderful people probably a necessity.

really though i would love to camp their rather than before i just walked along the coast.

If it sounds cool…. i might be able to find out the name of the village closest to where im thinkin of…..

😀 happy campin
May 7, 2009 at 8:23 pm #1198670
Jimmytheduck
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deliriyummy;325366 wrote:

You should go to dorset, to the very coast…. dont ask me exactly where because im not sure, but im sure a little research would find you the place…. Along the coast are some massive caves that you walk out of and then about i dunno 3 meters in front of you is a cliff and then the sea, it would be a fucking wicked place to go camping… as long as you dont want to like, do anything….. its a bit out of the way…. beautiful place though.

lulworth cove! osmington bay all along that stretch of Dorset coastline. I used to go camp down there too. Just paid a random farmer £5 to stay in his field for a week. Although it was an intresting encounter as we’d pitched without asking him at first and he approached us one night with a gun and asked what we were doing :laugh_at:
May 7, 2009 at 8:31 pm #1198669
GiantMidget
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I’m up for a doing a bit of camping this year, be alot cheaper and more of a laugh i reckon!!
May 7, 2009 at 11:43 pm #1198659
Tank Girl
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globalloon;325108 wrote:

the only place in UK you can just pitch up a tent legally is Dartmoor national park

as glo said – Ol ditto’d this

but the general rule is if it is public land – leave it as you find it – dont cause a nuisance, dont have open fires, dont leave litter / human waste and you should be ok
May 8, 2009 at 12:01 am #1198672
p0ly
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i think ive been a naughty camper all these years
May 8, 2009 at 12:02 am #1198663
MisterDuck
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p0lygon-Window;325429 wrote:

i think ive been a naughty camper all these years

your in for a cock-slapping off TG

p.s. is anyone in the chatroom
May 8, 2009 at 12:04 am #1198660
Tank Girl
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boothy;325433 wrote:

your in for a cock-slapping off TG

p.s. is anyone in the chatroom

I’m there
May 8, 2009 at 12:06 am #1198673
p0ly
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plz dont slap me
May 9, 2009 at 3:43 pm #1198649
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globalloon;325108 wrote:

the only place in UK you can just pitch up a tent legally is Dartmoor national park

ahh thanks for that, had no idea, will defenatly be spending a few nights here! Cheers!
May 9, 2009 at 3:44 pm #1198650
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Tank Girl;325410 wrote:

as glo said – Ol ditto’d this

but the general rule is if it is public land – leave it as you find it – dont cause a nuisance, dont have open fires, dont leave litter / human waste and you should be ok

That makes sense, think I will stick to smallish camp sites and dartmore. But of a wimp when it comes to being told to clear off by rozzers/farmers etc etc
May 9, 2009 at 3:45 pm #1198651
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Jimmytheduck;325370 wrote:

lulworth cove! osmington bay all along that stretch of Dorset coastline. I used to go camp down there too. Just paid a random farmer £5 to stay in his field for a week. Although it was an intresting encounter as we’d pitched without asking him at first and he approached us one night with a gun and asked what we were doing :laugh_at:

oh god, im not put off at all! Butlins it is for me, i’m not getting attacked by shot gun whielding farmers!
May 10, 2009 at 11:53 am #1198665
Southcaver
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We usually just set up camp anywhere, it gets a bit tricky in the lakes or somewhere busy like that but as long as your out of site you’ll be ok.
If someone asks you to leave just pack up and move and just keep it tidy and you’ll be fine!
May 16, 2009 at 1:39 am #1198678
Nimble
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Depends where you are. If you are in the middle of chuffing nowhere (like we were when we walked the pennine way), then noone is really going to come and see you…

Basically, camp somewhere that isnt on a farmers field, and is out of the way of roads and you should be fine – we did this for about two weeks. Generally noone will care if you are just off a footpath a short way, provided as I say it isn’t in a farmers field or anything.

But people are right when it comes to the legality of it – though its tresspassing which is a civil offense isn’t it? So if you don’t do something really stupid you will be fine.
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