Blimey...I was going to ask the forum members on suggestions on places to wildcamp next summer in the Lakes as I've never done it and fancy it and figured that the members would be able to give good suggestions.
Maybe I best not bother :P
I am assuming that fernman does not have any guide books, camping site guides, gear reviews etc? After all, why follow a pre-determined trail when you only have to get a map and go for a walk?
I can answer that one! Where I do long walks a lot of the RoWs shown on the map don't exist on the ground. I found that out pretty quickly in my early days when I used to make up my own routes. If someone else has already walked a route and published it in a book, a magazine or online, then at least you know it is 'doable'.
So if someone has already walked a route, then you know it is safe, reasonable and a sensible choice? A bit like someone asking if a certain place is suitable for a wild camp, or where someone might spend a night if they are travelling a certain route?
Blimey...I was going to ask the forum members on suggestions on places to wildcamp next summer in the Lakes as I've never done it and fancy it and figured that the members would be able to give good suggestions.
Maybe I best not bother :P
No, this is a good idea, something like "I'm planning to do the north western fells, any great wild camping spots you'd recommend near x?" open the door to people pointing out the little gems and are often happy to do so.Which immediately makes them no longer little gems because everybody knows about them. Their very mention here will attract people.
Which immediately makes them no longer little gems because everybody knows about them. Their very mention here will attract people.
It's not a good idea. The great pleasure is in finding your own spots in the area you plan to finish the day, we've found many great ones without any prior knowledge.
I don’t camp, period. But that doesn’t mean I can’t recognise a decent looking camp site when I see one, should anyone ask my advice on an area well known to me I’m happy to give it. I’m a little surprised that one or two here are not so happy about doing the same for those less experienced, isn’t giving advice part of what the forum is for? I do get the point of quiet places becoming less quiet, but maybe a private message rather than on the open forum then? I have done this for people when requested and will continue to do so.
I do think though that beginners (as in most things) also need help or advice or suggestions for wild camps....and maybe when those beginners become more experienced they too can then camp/hike on the fly...we all have to learn at some stage..maybe we forget what it was like to be a novice..ps I still feel like a novice at life..never to late to learn..
My point was more that half the fun of the outdoors, especially in poor weather, is not having everything in front of you planned and regimented. If you're walking a long distance path in the UK it is different as the route is laid out in front of you and there isn't much deviation possible - but for me there is a joy to navigating on the fly, changing your route or camp-site based on conditions and how your body is feeling.
Satellite imagery is useful too - Google Maps and Bing Maps.
I have a hankering for a night wild camping in Coire Mhic Fhearchair, one of the most spectacular spots imaginable.
Photos:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Coire+Mhic+Fhearchair&FORM=HDRSC2 (https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Coire+Mhic+Fhearchair&FORM=HDRSC2)
I've been looking at walk descriptions, trip reports, images, satellite but still can't decide whether there is a decent pitch amongst all the rock, scree and heather. Not going to stop me trying sometime though!
........it was very close to that bit of old machinery that popped up on your link. O0Which unfortunately looks very much like the engine from a crashed aircraft:- A quick google reveals that it was a Lancaster bomber on a training exercise in 1951. It crashed into the butresses. The poor souls onboard all lost their lives and due to the poor conditions it was two months before they were recovered.