How to Wild Camp Responsibly in the UK (Video)

[Boab]

Cycling UK and OS Maps just launched a new film on how to wild camp responsibly. Featuring Vedangi Kulkarni—the youngest woman to cycle solo around the world—this short video shows would-be wild campers how to leave the countryside as they found it, or better…

https://bikepacking.com/plog/wild-campi ... -uk-video/

[Cheeky Monkey]

Must be something in the air today as that's the second infofilm I've seen about (to paraphrase) sh1tting in a bag. The other one was BMC.

As always, biggest issue is the people that really need to know are almost certainly not the ones that will watch this. Hey ho

[fatbikephil]

That was good that although she glossed over the wild camping in the UK bit somewhat

[Bearbonesnorm]

Nothing wrong with that and personally, I'm happy to see people with a broader reach taking a stand and spreading the message.

[whitestone]

Much better a "here's the best way to do it" message rather than a "thou shalt not" one.

The wild camping bit - well you could probably do an hour long video on the legalities, etc. and I doubt anyone would watch it. Of course what we see as "wild camping" isn't what many others do, heck, go to an official campsite and it's more like a silnylon hotel city than a campsite.

[Mariner]

Just reading about a joining of GR paths in France to form a longer route.
This little gem stands out as wisdom from the zen of wild camping:

'Bivouacs are authorized anywhere where it is not prohibited.
Wild Camping is prohibited anywhere where it is not prohibited!

It is not a mad as it sounds as they then go on to define the difference between
bivying and wild camping.

https://en.hexatrek.com/post/wild-campi ... -adventure