Member Since: 14 Apr 2008
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Dad + Son - Suggestions for Wild Camping in Scotland with D3
Hi All
My son who's 15 is really into wildlife, fishing, survival, bushcraft, etc.
About a month and a half ago, my son has asked me (intimated) to go camping with him, just the 2 of us in Scotland; which I thought amazing! but although i'm a person with many talents, i have no experience in camping or let alone wild camping.
Do you know of any great places that is reachable by the D3, which is wild enough to provide fishing, make a fire and experience the outdoors in Scotland for a week pls?
The idea that is forming in my head, is to utilise the D3 boot space with the seats lowered with couple of inflatable matts & sleeping bags, so we can protect ourselves from the weather, etc; and use some kind of canopy attached to the d3 to create a dry seating/eating area.
Is this possible? Sensible?
Many thanks
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20th Jun 2016 9:22 am
Ken
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Your first venture should be the wilderness gathering
PM Dom Harvey (of the four finger fame) Dom and Roger Harrington (Bison Bushcraft) run it hone your skills and no midges
20th Jun 2016 11:02 am
ArdbegBold
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Great fishing of the rocks at the end of the road past the light house and down to the old WWII jetty this area is the where the Salmon and sea trout run into Loch Ewe and up the River Ewe to Loch Maree.
This is Firemore sands on Loch Ewe, not strictly wild camping just an honest box for a small charge as the locals preserve the area. There are no facilities there.
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Re: Dad + Son - Suggestions for Wild Camping in Scotland with D3
luciogodoy wrote:
Do you know of any great places that is reachable by the D3, which is wild enough to provide fishing, make a fire and experience the outdoors in Scotland for a week pls?
There are no green lanes or other similar roads in Scotland, so if looking to go off-road you would need the land owners permission. So that might limit your 'wildness' experience a bit.
It might be better to take a tent and do a combination of a couple of nights on a site, then a couple wild and another one or two on a site. If you don't have much camping experience just heading out into the wilds probably isn't the best idea.
Lots of places where you can camp and fish all day though, with no road access.
20th Jun 2016 5:12 pm
Someone-Gone
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+1 ^
Be careful, sea fishing is fine, but don't try fishing for salmon or sea trout even in an estuary, defo not a river or a loch without permission or a permit or you'll end up being chased by the Baliffs at best, the Polis at worse.
20th Jun 2016 7:13 pm
luciogodoy
Member Since: 14 Apr 2008
Location: Windsor - UK
Posts: 356
Hi All
Thank you for the great suggestions.
I'll pass this info to my son.
Best
LucioI'm riding a R1250GSA Triple Back
Previous love: Disco 3 HSE MY07, D4 heated Steering/W, D4 rear cluster, D4 extended roof rack, D4 grille & air grille, D4 rear bumper, colour coded arches + front bumper, side-steps, Webasto timer/ remote control, De-Tangoed Xenon headlights + HID, LEDs all around, reverse CAM (RR hack) + brightness, DLR LEDs, 3-click indicator, SatNav on the move, EGR's done, front/rear antiroll bar Polybush, gearbox pan/filter + oil mega-flush.
21st Jun 2016 1:35 pm
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We have a day tent that attaches to the D3...very similar to the LR OEM tent.
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