This will make you feel better.
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This will make you feel better.
Feel the pain and laugh.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021 ... py-campers
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021 ... py-campers
Zazen - nothing happens next this is it.
- Bearlegged
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Re: This will make you feel better.
Booked?And even if you have a tent, many pitches are already booked up by holidaymakers for the rest of the summer.
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Wow, £788 per night!
I'm all for a bit of glamping, but that level of busy would be awful. There's going to be quite a few tents heading to the tip in a couple of years time...
I'm all for a bit of glamping, but that level of busy would be awful. There's going to be quite a few tents heading to the tip in a couple of years time...
- fatbikephil
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Re: This will make you feel better.
I didn't get the bit about it being a wet summer with worse to come.... This has been the best summer for years!
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I really need to sell my big tent before this summer is over. Has been sat in a spare room for over three years now.
- UnderTheRadars
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2018 was the best summer for years
- Dave Barter
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This is a nightmare for us. We have a camper van and I’m not a fan of wild van camping which seems odd given bike packing. I am conscious that it is hard to not have an impact and so we usually go to campsites.
But this year there is almost zero availability. Sites are rammed with noobs/package tour types and the experience has gone downhill (invented snobbery?). I tried to book a week in Wales for Sept but all the good sites are gone. Cant wait to get back to Europe
But this year there is almost zero availability. Sites are rammed with noobs/package tour types and the experience has gone downhill (invented snobbery?). I tried to book a week in Wales for Sept but all the good sites are gone. Cant wait to get back to Europe
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- Bearbonesnorm
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You're welcome to pitch up here if you like Dave.But this year there is almost zero availability. Sites are rammed with noobs/package tour types and the experience has gone downhill (invented snobbery?). I tried to book a week in Wales for Sept but all the good sites are gone. Cant wait to get back to Europe
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- Dave Barter
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Most kind stu, in the end we managed to find a place in Ravenglass so are going to brave the lakes in September (gulp)Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:41 amYou're welcome to pitch up here if you like Dave.But this year there is almost zero availability. Sites are rammed with noobs/package tour types and the experience has gone downhill (invented snobbery?). I tried to book a week in Wales for Sept but all the good sites are gone. Cant wait to get back to Europe
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Most kind stu, in the end we managed to find a place in Ravenglass so are going to brave the lakes in September (gulp)
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West Cumbria's usually much quieter than the central Lakes Dave, so you should be alright.
Most kind stu, in the end we managed to find a place in Ravenglass so are going to brave the lakes in September (gulp)
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West Cumbria's usually much quieter than the central Lakes Dave, so you should be alright.
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This is too late to be of benefit to Dave I'm afraid, but we've booked cowpots camping in South Wales.
We're in an 11 acre field with 10 pitches, each has a solar shower, composting toilet and wooden canopy.
Wood fired pizza available on site too. Luxury!
And they had availability in Sept.
Might by of use to others with camper vans on here.
We're in an 11 acre field with 10 pitches, each has a solar shower, composting toilet and wooden canopy.
Wood fired pizza available on site too. Luxury!
And they had availability in Sept.
Might by of use to others with camper vans on here.
Not so much a gravel grinder.... more a gravel (mud and tarmac) groveller...
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Ha ha, I had trouble booking a site in Wales in September and ended up having to book a site in bl00dy Devon of all places You're right though Dave, sites are heavily booked this year although they are also experiencing a number of late cancellations / no-shows which is useful for anyone that can take advantage at short notice.
We go out into the hills to lose ourselves, not to get lost. You are only lost if you need to be somewhere else and if you really need to be somewhere else then you're probably in the wrong place to begin with.
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https://youtu.be/QZNnqwPMhlY
I would like to think our glamping offer is nicer than the featured one, the WiFi works, there's electricity, barbecue and pool. All for approximately £700 a night less
I would like to think our glamping offer is nicer than the featured one, the WiFi works, there's electricity, barbecue and pool. All for approximately £700 a night less
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Pitchup.com
^ useful site. Found while looking for last minute break in Wales. Appreciating the simplicity of bike touring right now, finding something a bit more solid as a base for a few days away for two isn't quite so free and easy is it?
^ useful site. Found while looking for last minute break in Wales. Appreciating the simplicity of bike touring right now, finding something a bit more solid as a base for a few days away for two isn't quite so free and easy is it?
- TheBrownDog
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You know what they say about Devon? It's only there to keep the English out of Cornwall. Personally I prefer the biking in Devon, and the south coast is amazing. Never really understood why Cornwall is regarded more highly as a holiday destination.
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- Cheeky Monkey
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West Cumbria has been getting busier in the last couple of years, IMO. It's still not the honey-pot of the eastern Lakes but at times it can be heaving and the infrastructure (roads) are carp in places.
Did you try Church Stile site in Nether Wasdale Dave? I've a static ( ) there and a longstanding love of the valley. I could stay there for a long, long time.
Did you try Church Stile site in Nether Wasdale Dave? I've a static ( ) there and a longstanding love of the valley. I could stay there for a long, long time.