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Title: Camping prices
Post by: Hugh Jarse on 09:40:44, 06/02/18
Hi Guys


I recently joined and put up a few lines in the welcome page.


And as i was planning this years camping hikes, i found out that on the C2C walk at one of my planned stops ( Lord Stones Cafe ) on Carlton bank in Yorkshire they wanted 22.5 ponds for a small tent pitch............Be Jeebers....is that the going rate or are they having a laugh.




Cheers


Hugh :-\
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: gunwharfman on 10:59:53, 06/02/18
Wow, thats a lot! The most I paid for a 6' x 4' bit of grass on the C2C was £10. OK three years ago but I thought I won't go to that site again! The most I've paif for a night is £15 in Kent. I will not be going there again either! I have now organised myself to be completely self sufficient for sleeping and hygeine, I even have a shower in my rucksack, so am getting into wild camping more and more. I don't mind going on a site (for a treat) but I would prefer to spend my money on food and drink in pubs.

I learned my lesson when I hiked the GR10 in France in 2015, because I stayed on so many sites and spent so much elsewhere I didn't have any change out of £1200 by the time I returned to the UK. I have found its quite easy to spend about £40 a day, travel costs, site costs, daytime food, evening food and drink and general entertainment, so I felt I had to have a proper rethink of the way I did my hiking.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: tonyk on 11:38:17, 06/02/18
I checked their website and the price is right.An absolute rip-off for a single backpackers tent.

 It seems the pitch is 8m by 8m and probably designed for a large tent and a group of people.Put three adults in and the price is £26.50 per night.Not a bad deal but they should provide better facilities for lone backpackers.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: fernman on 11:54:39, 06/02/18
I spent a night on a camp site during my multiple-day walk in North Wales last September. Admittedly it was a very low price by today's standards but I felt afterwards there was very little advantage for me in staying there as opposed to wild camping.

Naturally I would have found similar level grass for wild camping, while I might have found a rock to sit on instead of the split tree trunk I pitched by on this site, though I could manage without if necessary.
A notice by the only tap advised boiling the water, so I still used my Steripen the same as I would if I had gathered water from a stream or lake.
As it happens I didn't use the wc which would have saved me digging a hole if the need had arisen.
I washed myself using warm water from the free shower (no more than a wash, I only had a little bar of hotel soap and a tiny Pertex towel), this at least saved me boiling water on my stove.

On this occasion,  everyone on the site turned in early and it was as peaceful as wild camping on my own, but my previous experience of camp sites I've used during walks has been of people talking loudly till late, shining torches on my tent and slamming car doors repeatedly.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: RogerA on 12:08:56, 06/02/18
Theres plenty of cheaper campsites out there.

As a start point the youth hostel association often have camping available:
https://www.yha.org.uk/camping-and-cabins/camping-campsites
These seem to be about £11 a night throughout the year.
They're not going to be the cheapest but are dotted around the whole country and tend to have reasonable facilities.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Percy on 12:45:55, 06/02/18
Theres plenty of cheaper campsites out there.

As a start point the youth hostel association often have camping available:
https://www.yha.org.uk/camping-and-cabins/camping-campsites (https://www.yha.org.uk/camping-and-cabins/camping-campsites)
These seem to be about £11 a night throughout the year.
They're not going to be the cheapest but are dotted around the whole country and tend to have reasonable facilities.
But outside of weekends you can generally get a bed in a hostel for £15 so £11 to camp doesn’t seem much of a bargain.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: RogerA on 12:49:01, 06/02/18
But outside of weekends you can generally get a bed in a hostel for £15 so £11 to camp doesn’t seem much of a bargain.

true very true but still cheaper than £22.50 ... perhaps only a possible starting point
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Mel on 21:29:39, 06/02/18
Jeeeeeezuzzzzz twenty two quid for one night/one man camping? ? ? !  I don't think even the snooty Caravan and Camping Club Certified Sites charge that much.


Hellfire, yes, you can get a pitch cheaper.... particularly if all you're after is a corner of a field, and a toilet/shower block and a water supply.  Ten quid or less for them as a general rule.


Here's a couple of websites for you to have a look at:


http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/  (wear sunglasses to read it though.... why they need that hideous yellow background is beyond me).

 
https://www.pitchup.com/

 

 
Interesting forum name by the way ....   :D

 
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: tonyk on 21:41:48, 06/02/18
 Try Beakhills farm,half a mile down the road from Claybank Top.They have 20 camping pitches and I am quite sure they won't be £22 each!

 The previous owners of Lord Stones had trouble with local thugs so perhaps they are trying to go a bit more upmarket and put off undesireables such as  bikers and unwashed  backpackers. ;)
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Addingham on 01:01:26, 07/02/18
Hi Guys


I recently joined and put up a few lines in the welcome page.


And as i was planning this years camping hikes, i found out that on the C2C walk at one of my planned stops ( Lord Stones Cafe ) on Carlton bank in Yorkshire they wanted 22.5 ponds for a small tent pitch............Be Jeebers....is that the going rate or are they having a laugh.




Cheers


Hugh :-\


WoW! That's gone up! £17.50 last year. Although that is the price of the pitch no matter how many campers there are. So for a solo camper a rip off. Suggest you wild camp (open access land just past the site) a bit further on or before although a flat site is hard to find but certainly cheaper. :D


In that area there aren't any other sites without a major detour. Unless you carry on about 4 miles. I couldn't make that extra distance so wild camped. So did an ex Marine carrying about 70lb on his back. :o
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: fernman on 09:32:06, 07/02/18
that is the price of the pitch no matter how many campers there are. So for a solo camper a rip off.

That is a gripe of mine, sites where one person on their own pays the same as a group of four in a tent.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: bricam2096 on 09:43:57, 07/02/18
That is a gripe of mine, sites where one person on their own pays the same as a group of four in a tent.

I agree but I guess it's no different to staying at a Hotel/Inn/B&B and being charged "single supplement" for staying in a room on your own.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Murphy on 17:56:59, 07/02/18
As Tonyk says, try Beakhills Farm.  I've stayed here twice.  It's basic, but extremely friendly and helpful owners who also offer bed and breakfast accommodation in their farmhouse, and breakfast if you're backpacking.  Also do packed lunches, and sell eggs.   It's ideal for Coast to Coast and Cleveland Way walkers.  Having also stayed at Lord Stones out of season when it was closed, but was still charged £10 per person then, I know which I prefer...............
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: rural roamer on 18:04:00, 07/02/18

Interesting forum name by the way ....  :D



Trust you Mel!  ;D
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: lostme1 on 22:31:01, 07/02/18
I agree but I guess it's no different to staying at a Hotel/Inn/B&B and being charged "single supplement" for staying in a room on your own.

Know what you mean. I was charged a single supplement for a room that only had a single bed. The room was so small you couldn't get a double bed in it
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: KimE on 12:58:33, 10/02/18

In Sweden you can wildcamp one night with a tent in most areas without the landowners permit you are even allowed to have a small fire.
The Swedish tourist association/Svenska turistföreningen takes about 110sek/10£ for tenting outside their cabins with the fee you are allowed to use the toilet(dry outhouse) , gas stove, freshwater, dry your clothes inside the cabin and use the sauna if they have one.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Flanners on 12:55:26, 28/02/18
I have been wild camping for a while now but use sites when with my daughter and out in the Mazda Bongo (and in France), I think the prices that many sites charge in the UK is an utter joke, vote with your wallet and don't give them your custom. I echo much of what has been said and find that many UK campsites are polyester 'housing' estates, tents and vans crammed together no privacy, loud music et al.....not my idea of getting away from it all.
Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Hugh Jarse on 10:46:52, 05/03/18
Thanks to all of you out there......


I have a cunning plan........pay nothing unless its a nice farmer and his wife( who might do home cooked meals as well.).......pitch late break early.


I have even found camping for a couple of quid.....Lordstones can jam that 22.50 quid up their Blurter.......




Crack on Cracknell.


Hughie. O0

Title: Re: Camping prices
Post by: Dan1902 on 12:45:23, 05/03/18
I have only used them out of season when we have done something like a 6 hr journey up to the Lakes and just want to pitch up without the faff of hiking to find a spot to wild camp.
Were happy to pay the £8 each to pitch. Left the car there whilst we wild camped afterwards and came back to use their showers at the end, which was bliss! 😂
A campsite the first night then a couple of nights wild camping followed by the long journey back home.