Would YOU spend a night CAMPING on a CLIFF?

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Going on a camping trip is exciting. A return to nature, the great British outdoors and a sense of adventure make camping an increasingly popular activity.

Camping has been “one of the only options people have had” said Oliver Windle of Wildpoint.

With the rise of staycations and Covid restrictions, many Britons headed for the outdoors, with a staggering effect on the industry.

Pitchup.com said they’ve sold 1.6 million UK trips in the last year, for a value of £57million.

Oliver said: “Over the pandemic, the outdoors have become everybody’s best friend. It was the place that we all escaped to.”

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With the camping industry growing exponentially and a rediscovery of the great outdoors, Britons who want to do things differently may be tempted to go wild camping.

And while there is probably no truer way to get back to nature than to just pitch up in the middle of a forest or on top of a mountain, there is the little problem of its illegality.

Grace Kelly of Grace’s Adventures said: “For me, I got into wild camping recently and the one issue is that it is technically illegal.

“You can’t just pitch up anywhere.”

She continued: “It doesn’t stop people from doing it.

“I think as long as you leave no trace and you’re not causing any problems, I don’t see that there’s much wrong with it.”

Grace has wild camped “in different areas” and she mentioned the “top of mountains”.

While there may not be many other options when climbing a summit, wild camping isn’t really an alternative to camping for law-abiding Britons.

For Grace, a good option is private camping, and after a stay at a Wildpoint site, she admitted she was a convert.

She said: “It was nice to know that you had permission.

“You don’t have that anxiety of ‘am I going to be asked to move on halfway through the night?’

“It was really nice and reassuring being on privately-owned land and as well as a female who does solo wild camps, there’s also the added safety that somebody owns the land and somebody knows where you are.

“You’re a bit nearer to civilisation and you’ve got a contact detail, which you don’t have if you just climb up a mountain.

“You can actually just enjoy the experience.”

Private camping, she said, “is for people who want the wild camping aspect but without breaking the law”.

The “almost wild camping” trend has been taking off with people wanting to experience the outdoors in peace and solitude, but within the confine of the law.
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