Topic: The Great Outdoors

[pedro111]

Shame there are no mountains next to North Tyneside otherwise I would be climbing the t*** the morra!

rising sun pit heap is a canny little hill like.

Theres a big hill round there? Never noticed one before.

[Clay]

Not a f***ing chance you'd get me on there Feel sick just looking at those guys standing at the side.

[cp40]

Aye, I'm not a huge fan of that sort of thing myself (particularly with dogs.. although they're more sure-footed than people, I always worry about them knocking some poor f***er off).  Thankfully, the vast majority of mountains in Britain you can get up with your hands in your pockets should you so desire, although in Scotland particularly the occasional hands-down moment is unavoidable.

any problems with them going for sheep?

[BlufPurdi]

Think I'll just head up toward Bridge of Orchy and Glen Etive and see what I can see.  Slightly paranoid about leaving the car by the roadside overnight, but the Highlands aren't a notorious hotbed of car cime.  I'll probably end up sleeping in the car and being too cramped up to do any walking the next day

Besy way to do it.  You'll be able to find a wee alcove somewhere, or hide behind some trees for your car generally.  Admittedly not done wild camping in a good ten years, but it's the business.  Scotland would be my last choice of destination mind you, the weather is just too unpredictable and when it gets bad, it gets really bad.  Which is more often the case than not!

[BlufPurdi]

I've only ever camped in Scotland (bar festivals), so my vision of camping in England is probably more than delusional anyway.

[BoSelecta]

Try camping at the head of Glen Nevis, you can pitch your tent right by the car and you'll be surrounded by brilliant moutains. If your worried about where to camp, try googling wild camping in Scotland, you can drop your tent anywhere. You'd never have any problems leaving your car in the highlands for a few days whist your off. Best of luck.

[madras]

done a bit wild camping when i was younger (if you can call it that when you stopping on a mates uncles farm but we never bothered him and he never bothered us.). i'd love to camp on top of windy gyll for a sunset and sunrise. off to the lakes with the family in the summer so hopefully drag the wife up a hill or two and hopefully come september i'll be less tied (school runs) so can get out more.

[BoSelecta]

Sorry i couldnt give you more info, i thought my dad might of had more to say!

[Keefaz]

Camp set up under the buachaille etive mor at the corner of glencoe and glen etive. All splendid so far, and enough signal to post this, so even better.  Are there bears in scotland?

Only the gay kind, I think.

[cp40]

Camp set up under the buachaille etive mor at the corner of glencoe and glen etive. All splendid so far, and enough signal to post this, so even better.  Are there bears in scotland?

fantastic place that- get some pics up- have a good un. there are some wild bears, wolves, stags, highland cattle, wilderbeast,Elephants rats, bats, eagles, giant spiders, mozzies and midges- but other than that nowt much to worry about

[Clay]

Camp set up under the buachaille etive mor at the corner of glencoe and glen etive. All splendid so far, and enough signal to post this, so even better.  Are there bears in scotland?

Only the gay kind, I think.

[Clay]

I bet you didn't sleep a wink though

[Clay]

I'd be lying awake all night waiting for some psycho to come and attack me tent like so fair play to you for doing it

[AliGupter]

It's Scotland, man

Nothing bad ever happens in Scotland

I go to Scotland on a fairly regular basis.

[AliGupter]

And nothing bad ever happens to you, or as a result of your being there..?

That is for you to work out.

[pedro111]

Hows Kielder forest for wild camping?

[cp40]

Technically illegal, is all I know

could see camp fires being an issue like. theres a few sites up there like. would love to camp at redesdale near the end of the forest drive.

[madras]

i think the only place you're allowed to camp is at kielder castle and the bit on the lake side where only the scouts are allowed, just up beyond leaplish.

[pedro111]

But shirley kielder forest is so massive that you could wild camp quite easily without anyone seeing you, no?

[cp40]

But shirley kielder forest is so massive that you could wild camp quite easily without anyone seeing you, no?

wood imagine so.
just watch out for forest clearing in the morning.




if a tree falls over in the night when your wild camping and your asleep and dont hear it- did it make a noise?

[madras]

But shirley kielder forest is so massive that you could wild camp quite easily without anyone seeing you, no?

definitly, same goes for most of the northumberland national park, especially if you leave it till late and pack up early. i'd be more worried about where i'd left the car. if it was somewhere like barrowburn there'd be every chance of a search party being sent out looking on the basis of the car and i wouldn't want to crreate all that hassle.

[madras]

But shirley kielder forest is so massive that you could wild camp quite easily without anyone seeing you, no?

wood imagine so.
just watch out for forest clearing in the morning.




if a tree falls over in the night when your wild camping and your asleep and dont hear it- did it make a noise?

aye..."squish"

[Keefaz]

But shirley kielder forest is so massive that you could wild camp quite easily without anyone seeing you, no?

wood imagine so.
just watch out for forest clearing in the morning.




if a tree falls over in the night when your wild camping and your asleep and dont hear it- did it make a noise?

aye..."squish"

And then the terrible screams as you have to cut off your own trapped leg with a camping spork.

[HTT]

Used to wild camp all the time when I was a bairn and is something I'd love to get back into now.

[cp40]

you need to ask about crampons for espadrilles