Camping

Living in Scotland and (wild) camping several times a year I can recommend decathlon for a starter set of gear. Buy/bring a pillow! Regardless be prepared for most nights sleep to be fairly rubbish.

I was meant to be camping tonight as I got a new tent and sleeping mat but the bothy enroute to the camping spot was empty so we're sat in front of a woodburner playing cards.

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I was cured of any desire to go camping as an adult by being dragged to the Nottingham Goose Fair as a child.

I don’t remember what the rating/season of my 1970s Millet’s special childhood sleeping bag was supposed to be, but it wasn’t a match for Nottingham in October with just a ground sheet and a cheap air bed under it. Never been so cold in my life until the second night after it had rained all day, making me both cold and damp.
 
Camping can do one. Having to dig or build a seat to have a ****? No thanks.

I did D of E and cadets in my teens and it quickly eliminated any desire I had for it.

Give me nice comfy hotels and BnBs thanks and I'll walk from there.
 
Jupiter said:
Honestly I'd just make the jump and go camping in France or the Netherlands. Far better infrastructure for it, friendlier, nice in summer.
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The allure of wild camping is not having all the typical campsite amenities - having to ‘rough’ it and make your self comfortable/fend for yourself (to a certain degree) and more importantly not having dozens of people around are part of the pull.
There’s something almost primal about going ‘off grid’ and being able to disconnect from normal society if even just for a couple of days - I’d even go so far as to say it can be quite cathartic.
 
There used to be a guy who "wild camped" near where I used to work. He'd set up in a prime spot, usually close to a woods.

After maybe a month he'd get moved on by the council/police, probably after they fill in all the paperwork etc. Only to appear a few 100ft away in another stop, then repeat :D

He had a customised camper and a work van. Apparently he was a contractor working locally, likely earning a lot of money but living for basically nothing inside quite a wealthy and picturesque area. Could be the future with house prices going the way they are lol
 
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Nasher said:
He had a customised camper and a work van. Apparently he was a contractor working locally, likely earning a lot of money but living for basically nothing inside quite a wealthy and picturesque area. Could be the future with house prices going the way they are lol
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Several do that around where I live, often from the Polish/Baltic region and in the country for like 6 months of the year. There is one, Polish, that pops up on the local Facebook groups once a year asking for accommodation but wanting first and last month free in return for "doing it up". They generally end up living out of their van near where I work for several months each year. They are a construction specialist making serious money as well - apparently there is less than 10 people in the whole of Europe qualified for what they do.
 
Rroff said:
Several do that around where I live, often from the Polish/Baltic region and in the country for like 6 months of the year. There is one, Polish, that pops up on the local Facebook groups once a year asking for accommodation but wanting first and last month free in return for "doing it up". They generally end up living out of their van near where I work for several months each year. They are a construction specialist making serious money as well - apparently there is less than 10 people in the whole of Europe qualified for what they do.
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I'd take them up on that offer tbh.
 
Thekwango said:
The allure of wild camping is not having all the typical campsite amenities - having to ‘rough’ it and make your self comfortable/fend for yourself (to a certain degree) and more importantly not having dozens of people around are part of the pull.
There’s something almost primal about going ‘off grid’ and being able to disconnect from normal society if even just for a couple of days - I’d even go so far as to say it can be quite cathartic.
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You can still do this in France/Netherlands, just with a nicer environment IMO. And decreased risk of getting shouted at or shot by a grumpy farmer
 
dpbadger said:
Interesting are they thick so you use a spoon or thin so you drink it?
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just like normal cooked mushy peas with mint sauce in a polystyrene cup with a spoon..

actually doesn't even taste bad imo, IDK if they still do it, I just remember it from my childhood in the 80s and 90s

I never really liked going the goose fair, its in a crap poverty area with a lot of crime, or was when I lived in Notts
 
Thekwango said:
The allure of wild camping is not having all the typical campsite amenities - having to ‘rough’ it and make your self comfortable/fend for yourself (to a certain degree) and more importantly not having dozens of people around are part of the pull.
There’s something almost primal about going ‘off grid’ and being able to disconnect from normal society if even just for a couple of days - I’d even go so far as to say it can be quite cathartic.
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You forgot the other main attractor - it's free!
 
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