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What constitutes wild camping ?

Obviously not on a campsite.

Obviously no EHU

Obviously no waste disposal or toilets

But what about the location ? are you 'wildcamping' in a free car park ?, in a paid for car park ? on a street ?.
 
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What constitutes wild camping ?

Obviously not on a campsite.

Obviously no EHU

Obviously no waste disposal or toilets

But what about the location ? are you 'wildcamping' in a free car park ?, in a paid for car park ? on a street ?.
Strange Post from someone who has posted 657 times on here Methinks????????? :Eeek::Eeek::Eeek::Eeek: Hidden agenda ????:Blush::Blush:
 

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to me anywhere that is not on an organised site or maybe should be called freecamping. Before anyone starts shouting freeloading I pay two lots of tax insurance and mot's for the privilage, otherwise I'd just use a B&B.

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to me anywhere that is not on an organised site or maybe should be called freecamping.

I would call it free parking, the generally accepted meaning of Camping is: setting up camp, ie chairs, table, BBQ etc

In Europe, true wild or wilderness camping places are few and far between..
All land is owned by someone and none or very little is set aside ( as in the USA ) for wilderness camping.

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What constitutes wild camping ?

Obviously not on a campsite.

Obviously no EHU NOT TRUE

Obviously no waste disposal or toiletsNOT TRUE
Many aire have free water, free toilet dump and free electricity, there seems to be a lot you don't know.

As to wild camping much of it is done on unpaved parking areas, large and small some on the road side, some in streets, outside a friends house, on a police forecourt, on a railway station, almost anywhere that its possible to park the vehical.

Doug...
 
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What constitutes wild camping ?

Obviously not on a campsite.

Obviously no EHU NOT TRUE

Obviously no waste disposal or toiletsNOT TRUE


Many aire have free water, free toilet dump and free electricity, there seems to be a lot you don't know.


Doug...

Indeed Doug, but Aires are not wild camping .. they are official motorhome parking places..

there is no need to 'wild' or 'free' park in France ..

jim

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Indeed Doug, but Aires are not wild camping .. they are official motorhome parking places..

there is no need to 'wild' or 'free' park in France ..

jim

But Jim, these services are also available in Spain and Portugal, not as many I agree but they are there. and I do wild camp in France, I have done it many, many times as it sometimes suits me to stop where there is not an Aire.

Doug...
 
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I am well aware that aires provide water and electricity etc, if only from extensive reading of this site but I wouldn't assume anyone called aires 'wildcamping' .... but yes, there is a lot I dont know. never claimed otherwise.
 
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Strange Post from someone who has posted 657 times on here Methinks????????? :Eeek::Eeek::Eeek::Eeek: Hidden agenda ????:Blush::Blush:

Not sure what is strange about it. I may have over 600 posts but what I dont have - yet - is a motorhome :ROFLMAO:

Hidden agenda ???? Dont know about that but yes, I had a reason for asking. I wanted to know if people in general consider car parks ( free or otherwise ) to be 'wildcamping'

If the idea I have enlarges itself then perhaps you will find out WHY I wanted to know. :Smile:

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Not sure what is strange about it. I may have over 600 posts but what I dont have - yet - is a motorhome :ROFLMAO:

Hidden agenda ???? Dont know about that but yes, I had a reason for asking. I wanted to know if people in general consider car parks ( free or otherwise ) to be 'wildcamping'

If the idea I have enlarges itself then perhaps you will find out WHY I wanted to know. :Smile:

Could this be a budding business venture methinks ????. If so best o luck.

Jim
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But Jim, these services are also available in Spain and Portugal, not as many I agree but they are there. and I do wild camp in France, I have done it many, many times as it sometimes suits me to stop where there is not an Aire.

Doug...

Aires in Spain are indeed scant, not done much in Portugal yet.. only spent a few weeks there.

I would wild camp in France if the need arose and once I have a less conspicuous van I might be more inclined, but with such a vast selection of aires it would either need to be an emergency or a very remote place with no aire .. probably a beach.

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Not sure what is strange about it. I may have over 600 posts but what I dont have - yet - is a motorhome :ROFLMAO:

Hidden agenda ???? Dont know about that but yes, I had a reason for asking. I wanted to know if people in general consider car parks ( free or otherwise ) to be 'wildcamping'

If the idea I have enlarges itself then perhaps you will find out WHY I wanted to know. :Smile:
Watch this space then ?:roflmto::roflmto:

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Not sure what is strange about it. I may have over 600 posts but what I dont have - yet - is a motorhome :ROFLMAO:

Hidden agenda ???? Dont know about that but yes, I had a reason for asking. I wanted to know if people in general consider car parks ( free or otherwise ) to be 'wildcamping'

If the idea I have enlarges itself then perhaps you will find out WHY I wanted to know. :Smile:
why does it matter what you call it, either you are happy to stay there or not, what you call it only brings the pedants out of the woodwork. Why should anyone feel the need to label everything.
The law apparently makes no distinction between camping or parking so I have been led to believe on here. I have always parked. I may well fall asleep whilst resting for a few hours. Hee hee.
 
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why does it matter what you call it, either you are happy to stay there or not, what you call it only brings the pedants out of the woodwork. Why should anyone feel the need to label everything.
The law apparently makes no distinction between camping or parking so I have been led to believe on here. I have always parked. I may well fall asleep whilst resting for a few hours. Hee hee.

For clarity ?

I think you are mistaken or been led astray, camping is not the same as overnight parking.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, wild camping IS illegal, unless you have the permission of the landowner, you cannot camp anywhere other than a recognised campsite. The one exception to this is on parts of Dartmoor National Park, where wild camping is permitted in line with local bylaws.

.. Graham can you clarify ... ?
 
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why does it matter what you call it, either you are happy to stay there or not, what you call it only brings the pedants out of the woodwork. Why should anyone feel the need to label everything.
The law apparently makes no distinction between camping or parking so I have been led to believe on here. I have always parked. I may well fall asleep whilst resting for a few hours. Hee hee.

In the greater scheme of things it doesn't make any difference Wildman but for me, just at this moment, it does.

A rose may smell as sweet regardless of what you call it but there is no point calling it a 'parking' rose if everyone else knows it as a 'wildcamping' rose. :ROFLMAO:

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Oh this language of ours ::bigsmile:
I'm sure the term 'Wild camping' ,as applied to Motor Homes,originally meant stopping and spending at least one night in a location devoid of any 'amenities' and in a rural or 'wild' location.
However,with use,or misuse,it now seems to mean a plethera of different things to different people. The basic interpretation seems to be anywhere that is not a designated Motor Home parking area. Being free of charge seems to qualify as well :Smile: Also, I get the impression that,for some people, an element of being against current legislation seems to add a certain piquancy ::bigsmile:
The above are the impressions I have got from reading several posts since I have been on this site.
Rightly or wrongly-if I spent a weekend in our M/H without it being on EHU and with no toilet facilities other than the 'on-board' ones I would say we had been 'wilding' wherever it was parked.:ROFLMAO:
Mike
wish i'd read the posts above before submitting lol
 
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so, you would call it 'wilding' on a CL if it had no facilities ?

jim

If I wanted to be pedantic,I'd probably say 'we've been 'sort of' wilding' But why do we have to label it ? As I said before the term 'Wild' seems to have many different meanings to different people. Hopefully it's all still FUN.

Mike.

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What constitutes wild camping ?

Obviously not on a campsite.

Obviously no EHU

Obviously no waste disposal or toilets

But what about the location ? are you 'wildcamping' in a free car park ?, in a paid for car park ? on a street ?.


Hi Cowboy

Why dont you tell us what sort of a scheme it is your cooking up instead of dancing around it and then you may get a more relevant answer.

Cut too the chase man.

Jim
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My understanding ( probably incorrect ) is that if you are parked up, not on a campsite, and you can wind out the awning if you have one, put out your table and chairs etc then you are wild camping. If you are parked at a place where it is not permissible to put out tables and chairs or awning etc then you are just parking even if it's for overnight or a short kip.

E&OE :ROFLMAO:

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The law apparently makes no distinction between camping or parking so I have been led to believe on here.

There is a distinction in parts of Almeria, Spain: if you have a habitation window open, an awning deployed or any other item projecting from the 'van, then you can be fined for camping. Othewise you are classed as parked.

FWIW, I think wild camping is sleeping in a tent, motorhome or caravan at a location with no specific facilities laid on and no charge levied for staying there, regardless of the legal status.

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If I wanted to be pedantic,I'd probably say 'we've been 'sort of' wilding' But why do we have to label it ? As I said before the term 'Wild' seems to have many different meanings to different people. Hopefully it's all still FUN.

Mike.

Still FUN .. ::bigsmile:

but was that not why the OP asked "What constitutes wild camping ? "

a simple question..

jim
 

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Hi Cowboy

Why dont you tell us what sort of a scheme it is your cooking up instead of dancing around it and then you may get a more relevant answer.

Cut too the chase man.

Jim
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I think he just wanted to see what various people's perception of Wild Camping was.
It's certainly 'opened a can of worms' :ROFLMAO:
Mike
 
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Hi Cowboy

Why dont you tell us what sort of a scheme it is your cooking up instead of dancing around it and then you may get a more relevant answer.

Cut too the chase man.

Jim
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But this is such fun :ROFLMAO:

I will do when I clarify my thoughts a little more but the clues are there. I have started three threads today. 'define wild camping', 'a sensitive issue' and 'wildcamping basics' They are all related.
 

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The definition for wild camping for us, is staying in the middle of nowhere, in the bushbush.:Smile:
Free camping for us is staying on an aire, sometimes free of charge, sometimes we have to pay.
We never ever stay on a campsite.
 

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If a person lives in the back of his/her van parked anywhere and sleeps there at night but no one hears him/her snore or sees him/her wash up, is he/she actually there at all?

JJ:Cool:
 

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