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SharonS

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Hiya..New to this thread but just wondering if anyone has tips of great places to wild camp in the Lakes in a campervan..I've seen some earlier threads mentioning lists of recommended places but can't seem to find any list thanks on advance
 
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:pink:..... you’ll find it difficult for people to give you their favourite wild camping spots anywhere....

But do searches and look on google maps for places but mostly people stumble across the best ones...(y)
 
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SharonS

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Hmm..sorry I seem to have misjudged this forum site..apologies for asking happy camping peeps
 
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check out the resources section, some poi's and pub stops in there

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I can think of a few places that might suit you.
One is at Shap down by the old Shap abbey there is a small car park. There is a small wooden chalet there but I've never seen anyone near it so I can't imagine that you'd be annoying anyone. There is a farm just over the bridge & a shepherds house on the road down to the abbey, so usual rules apply, leave it clean & tidy or possibly even tidier than you found it.
Another is perhaps a little bit outside the Lakes but still very much in Cumbria & that's up on Caldbeck Common, the views are fabulous, perfect phone signal, 4G internet signal & beautiful view over Carlisle & on over to Scotland.


Hope this helps...Robert.
 

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Please don't camp in any if the car parks owned by the Lake District National Park Authority. Daytime parking of motorhomes is allowed but not overnight camping.
 

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If you have a smart phone download park for night or try search for sites, there is plenty wild camping spots about.

Good look and enjoy the lakes.

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Dear fellow funsters, do we really want to be welcoming unsubscibed people with the information of above?
I have reported on here of the rental renegades taking up and abusing wild camping spots.
No disrespect to the new member ( unsubscribed) but to come on here with the question suggests they could be renting a van for summer.

If we give these guys the wherewithall to wildcamp then we will ruin it for us all.

If a subscibed member asks the question, i usually send a pm with the info they are looking for.

Please don't put info on open forum that can be used without subscription.

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Apologies that I seem.to have offended you Bobby22 by asking a very legit question. I am a respectable person and did not join this thread and ask my question with a view to abusing any information I was supplied with.

I appreciate the friendly and positive replies that I received...but feel slightly concerned about the many negative replies that insinuate that I am a bit dodgy asking for the info.

As it happens we managed to find a fab off road spot ourselves and thoroughly enjoyed our one night in the Lake District.
 
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Apologies that I seem.to have offended you Bobby22 by asking a very legit question. I am a respectable person and did not join this thread and ask my question with a view to abusing any information I was supplied with.

I appreciate the friendly and positive replies that I received...but feel slightly concerned about the many negative replies that insinuate that I am a bit dodgy asking for the info.

As it happens we managed to find a fab off road spot ourselves and thoroughly enjoyed our one night in the Lake District.

Oh you’ll fit right on in here..... pay and join the fun for some more banter......(y)
 

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Apologies that I seem.to have offended you Bobby22 by asking a very legit question. I am a respectable person and did not join this thread and ask my question with a view to abusing any information I was supplied with.

I appreciate the friendly and positive replies that I received...but feel slightly concerned about the many negative replies that insinuate that I am a bit dodgy asking for the info.

As it happens we managed to find a fab off road spot ourselves and thoroughly enjoyed our one night in the Lake District.
Hi @SharonS no need for apologies you did not offend me at all. If you are a regular reader of this forum you will in fact have read of undesirables abusing the countryside with emptying cassette toilets and the like.

If we as a community give out the info you required, we are giving it to every tom dick and harry that reads the thread. If you subscribe to the forum all the information you are looking for is listed in the "resources section" and you can download it all.

Glad you enjoyed your trip to the lakes.

:pink::welcome3::welcome4:

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Dear fellow funsters, do we really want to be welcoming unsubscibed people with the information of above?
I have reported on here of the rental renegades taking up and abusing wild camping spots.
No disrespect to the new member ( unsubscribed) but to come on here with the question suggests they could be renting a van for summer.

If we give these guys the wherewithall to wildcamp then we will ruin it for us all.

If a subscibed member asks the question, i usually send a pm with the info they are looking for.

Please don't put info on open forum that can be used without subscription.


Blimey. Some folk would think you own the forum with that reply. Chill.
 

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Please don't put info on open forum that can be used without subscription.
I can see your point Bobby but I suspect that very few would see the info in reality, despite this being the most popular MH forum ... in the world ... probably! :D2

If funsters want to help a newbie, even an unsubscribed one, then that is their choice, I would rather help someone than not. :)

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Hi @SharonS ... and welcome (hopefully!) to the forum! :)

I think what has concerned some funsters is that occasionally people only join to 'get' something free and then disappear after their 5 free posts, with no intention of supporting the forum/other members by joining, so when the first post is from someone wanting a specific thing/info it can make some funsters a bit twitchy, others just take it at face value as a simple request with no ill-intentions, and a few are paranoid.:confused:
 

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as in this thread ?
Give her a chance, she only posted yesterday! After the response she got from some funsters I'm not sure I'd want to join! o_O Fortunately the vast majority aren't so 'negative'. :)

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