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Brit /out/ General Sun 23 Oct 2016 15:06:01 No.881507 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>882103 >>882119 >>882162 >>882191 >>882244 >>884927

This thread is for all things outdoors in Britain.
>Your favourite fishing spots
>Good trails you have done/are planning to do
>Complaining
>Posting your area so you can meet up with other Brit sc/out/s
>Telling each other about good deals at Go Outdoors or other outdoor shops
>Complaining
>Pictures of your hikes/camps

Anyone been on the south west coastal path? I was thinking about doing some of it in the summer and wondering if anyone has any experience.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 15:45:26 No.881513 Report

Quoted By: >>881601

I was just about to make on of these. Not enough /Brit/s on here.

I've never done any winter walking before, but was hoping to hit the Lake District in February and do some big walks (Helvellyn especially) with my girlfriend. What should we do to prepare, and what should we bring?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 16:09:10 No.881525 Report

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Trying to become more /out/, really want to get back into multiday kayak trips

Also go outdoors does a emergency service discount..... Ya I guess

Brit /out/ General

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Brit /out/ General Sun 23 Oct 2016 18:45:40 No.881601 Report

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>>881513
There are a good few, but most of /out/ is american.
Waterproofs and layers will be your friend. Make sure you apply waterproofing to everything and have a tarp near the top of your rucksack so you can quickly make a shelter if it rains heavily or you need to stop to make food.
Be ready to be wet, cold and miserable, but if you're lucky it will be kinda sunny and windy.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 19:54:51 No.881656 Report

Quoted By: >>881673

>>881601
Cheers m80

What about the actual walking, how difficult/technical is winter hiking, something like pic related? What kind of experience would we want to get to deal with the climb/weather/terrain?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 20:13:44 No.881673 Report

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>>881656
Unless it snows, then frost is the closest you will get to pic related.
Wind, rain, mud, hail and frost are the things you're going to get.
Mud is going to fuck your trousers and boots, also your tent might get caked in mud.
Depending on how well your waterproofing is, you will either get abit damp or soaked through when it rains.
Wind will make you colder than you would be if you are out in the open, try to camp in sheltered areas, if you can walk on the sheltered side of a hill, do it.
Frost and hail are probably not going to happen but if they do, with hail get in cover (hail doesn't last too long as ive seen), if its frost be careful on hills as the ground will be a wee bit more slippy.
This is all implying the weather is horrible, it could be fine or even grand so be prepared for the worst, and anything better is a bonus.
Walking in winter isn't too different than walking in summer in the UK, just be careful when camping near rivers/streams and keep warm when in camp. Look at a few videos about layering to ensure you are always warm and waterproof.
Good luck on your hike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 22:35:46 No.881743 Report

Quoted By: >>881779

I am from the Isle if Lewis. If any of you have questions about outings to the Outer Hebrides ask me.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 23:03:18 No.881756 Report

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Just curious, is wildcamping considered a competitive sport in the UK? There's the "Wildcamp Champ", "World's Greatest Wildcamper" and (pic rel) "Number One Wildcamper" Is this just a youtube thing?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 23:41:00 No.881778 Report

Quoted By: >>881977

I've only done small snippets of the SW coast path, but I mean, it's Cornwall, you're not gonna go wrong, are you? The cliffs and beaches are mind-blowing. Only drawback is how exposed it is; walking on those cliffs you can get soaked in no time. All it takes is a cream tea to cure that, though.

Anyone done the Offa's Dyke path? I had a great time arsing around the Wye Valley last year and I'd like to do more in the area.

Anyone recognize this view? Probably the UK's most famous mountain.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 23 Oct 2016 23:51:50 No.881779 Report

Quoted By: >>882178 >>883253

Any other bothy baggers here?

>>881743
A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 05:04:23 No.881977 Report

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>>881778
SW coast is nice, done some intro in it from Ilfracombe to Barnstaple, but damn those pitch prices - 23 quid for a night? Took it only because of being cought out by dark.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 11:13:34 No.882080 Report

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>>881977
Fuck, I might just stealth camp where I can then if its £23.
If I have to pay that they better build my tent for me and serve me tea while I am waiting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 12:48:30 No.882100 Report

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>>881977
It's nice out there, Combe Martin(?spelling?) is a gem, definitely taking my fishing gear if I visit again.

Also on the topic of fishing, there's some big cod being caught here on Chesil Beach. Double figure specimens all around, had a 16 pounder the other day. Squid are in too. If I catch any more soon, I'll post pics. Probably gonna try and get a couple trips in while the weathers shite before I'm back out on the boats

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 12:55:50 No.882103 Report

Quoted By: >>882180

>>881507
I'm not a Brit, but I did most of the "National Scottish Trail this July (basically 1 and 4 on that map). That was tough but a beautifulwalk. Especially north of the great gap, where the Cape Wrath Trail begins it gets really remote and scenic. Far between the villages up north also - some stretches we had to carry 7 days of food or something

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 13:16:00 No.882112 Report

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Thinking about doing the Icknield Way next year, but I heard the trail gets lost in a lot of places. anyone here done it before?

http://www.icknieldwaypath.co.uk/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 13:31:56 No.882119 Report

Quoted By: >>882127 >>882129 >>882139 >>882161

>>881507
life is fucking suffering in the East Midlands

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 13:52:16 No.882127 Report

Quoted By: >>882139

>>882119
Word.
Trapped in Nottingham with no car while my mate goats around in the Alps every weekend. Fucking hell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 14:00:22 No.882129 Report

Quoted By: >>882139

>>882119
Tell me about it anon. So much expansion from London, even the countryside we had when I was a kid has made way for modern housing and family friendly "nature parks."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 14:31:58 No.882139 Report

Quoted By: >>882153 >>882179 >>882191

>>882119
>>882127
>>882129
What are you guys talking about? Leicester here, 1hr 30 to the Peak District is pretty good going imo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 15:31:42 No.882153 Report

Quoted By: >>882158

>>882139
Not so much the drive to other places, it's more the local countryside I mourn. There's small pockets here and there that are nice, but they're almost always rammed with people, and a lot of the wild countryside has completely disappeared.

Northamptonshire here, maybe Leicestershire is a little different.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 15:51:30 No.882158 Report

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>>882153
Never been to Northampton. There's loads round here, especially for cycling. I can take Route 6 right from the city centre through parks etc. and end up in the countryside without touching a road, and from there there's country parks and forests all over the place. Plus the Grand Union Canal is there which you can follow in either direction and see some lovely places.

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 15:53:13 No.882161 Report

Quoted By: >>882351

>>882119
I'm stuck in Southampton for a long while studying, atleast I have the new forest which is about an hour away for weekend trips when I get my camping stuff from back home.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 15:57:22 No.882162 Report

Quoted By: >>882290

>>881507
>Brit /out/ General
>>>/pol/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 16:28:02 No.882178 Report

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>>881779
Only a wee bit and and I am not so good with reading and writing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 16:30:05 No.882179 Report

Quoted By: >>882191 >>882226

>>882139
Peak District just doesn't cut it for me. I might have not seen all of it but the part I've seen is just a set of hills / plateaus (I mean come on the highest point is below 700m) with basically no forests, people everywhere, towns, roads and civilisation all around you can't never truly feel /out/ in there imho.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 16:30:57 No.882180 Report

Quoted By: >>882715

>>882103
I hope the weather was nice. The hills North of Ullapool are my favorite place in the country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 17:16:38 No.882191 Report

Quoted By: >>882226 >>882308

>>882179
>>881507
>>>882139
>Peak District just doesn't cut it for me. I might have not seen all of it but the part I've seen is just a set of hills / plateaus (I mean come on the highest point is below 700m) with basically no forests, people everywhere, towns, roads and civilisation all around you can't never truly feel /out/ in there imho.

Agreed. I'm not far from Manchester so I'm around 90 minutes from the Lakes, Snowdonia, and the Peaks - I far prefer N and S to E - peaks is good for caving and wandering about with the kids but it doesn't feel /out/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 19:02:37 No.882226 Report

Quoted By: >>882233 >>882308

>>882191
>>882179
Obviously the peaks aren't really comparable to Snowdonia and the Lakes, and the Highlands (where I grew up) are a different thing entirely. But I do enjoy the Peaks in their own way, they're very quaint and 'comfy', especially bleaklow and kinder.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 19:11:55 No.882233 Report

Quoted By: >>882308

>>882226
True - and trust me I'm not complaining about the Peaks.

I'm taking the kids for an /out/ on Kinder this coming weekend.

Highlands though... And /out/ter hebrides - we're off to Jura for a week or two when it gets proper cold.

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 19:30:14 No.882244 Report

Quoted By: >>882293

>>881507
Route 12 on that map is amazing. I have done it probably 3 times now? First time when I was like 10 with my parents. Fell in love with Whitby.

Did the Hadrian's Wall walk from East to West at the beginning of the summer this year. Met a lot of great people on that walk going the other way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 21:26:07 No.882290 Report

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>>882162
This is discussing outdoors stuff in the UK, not politics you faggot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 21:28:36 No.882293 Report

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>>882244
How long does Hadrians Wall walk take?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 22:02:55 No.882308 Report

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I'm the guy from >>882191. I agree with >>882226 & >>882233, just missing the proper /out/, which doesn´t mean I can´t enjoy a nice laid back walk by the park

>Pic related, Druid's stone in peak district

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 23:37:26 No.882351 Report

Quoted By: >>882362

>>882161

>Alaska

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 23:58:29 No.882362 Report

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>>882351
Just a pic I got when googling "New Forest Camping" m8.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 23:58:31 No.882363 Report

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>>881977
Why would you even think of paying to sleep on the ground in your own tent?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 00:29:58 No.882382 Report

Quoted By: >>882569 >>882688

Don't you have sunny days in Britain? I would die if i live there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 05:44:28 No.882569 Report

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>>882382
We get a decent amount of sun between June and September with temperatures getting up to 35 on occasion. Outside that it just rains. Which I don't mind.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 14:07:28 No.882688 Report

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>>882382
This Autumn gas actually been very nice and have done many day trips and during the Summer I was able to a couple of overnights on the moor and beach.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 15:44:03 No.882715 Report

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>>882180
It more or less rained at least once every 24 hours, and sometimes for most of the day. Did have a few completely dry days but not many. I learned that even gore-tex will soak through eventually

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 16:58:05 No.882745 Report

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 17:47:25 No.882764 Report

Quoted By: >>882780 >>882781 >>882807 >>882956 >>883279

French Anon here, I'm rather curious about the UK as far as nature go, could you dump some pics of the places you go to ?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 18:29:32 No.882780 Report

Quoted By: >>882781 >>882815 >>883448

>>882764
In the my area, the North of Scotland, we have in terms of large animals deer which are pretty common and wild goats on the West coast.

Smaller animals we have the usual squirels, rabbit and roddents.

For bird life there are many large birds of prey like sea eagles which are fairly common and sparrowhawks which are very common.

Rarer is the Golden eagle which I have seen for sure only seen once. A very immpresive and large bird.

If you do want to come see the eagles the best places to go are coastlines on the Isle of Skye, Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris.

I do not have any animal pictures saved on my computer but I do have this picture of St Clements Church, burial place of the chiefs of the clan Macleod.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 18:36:32 No.882781 Report

Quoted By: >>882782 >>883448

>>882764
Will dump a few recent photos.

>>882780
Whereabouts do you live? I'm from Orkney originally but spent a lot of time in the Western highlands as a child.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 18:38:16 No.882782 Report

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>>882781
I am from and live on the Isle of Lewis.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 18:39:53 No.882783 Report

Quoted By: >>882855

>>882782
Oh cool, when I was 6 I found a message in a bottle from a birdwatcher who lived on Lewis.

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 18:45:24 No.882785 Report

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 19:48:45 No.882807 Report

Quoted By: >>883448

>>882764
pembrokeshire coast path, pretty sure that's stack rock in the distance

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 19:59:15 No.882815 Report

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>>882780
Met a McLeod while studying in Aberdeen, good people as far as I can tell

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 20:54:05 No.882855 Report

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>>882783
That's awesome. What a top thing to experience / remember

~MancFag

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 23:48:07 No.882956 Report

Quoted By: >>883448

>>882764
At worst you will come across a wild boar or maybe a feral goat.
There are always rumours that there is a black panther somewhere in one of our forests although its probably just crap to sell papers.
Chavs or prick policemen are your only real concern.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 08:38:28 No.883185 Report

Quoted By: >>883244 >>883258

>>882782
I've been thinking of going up to Stornoway for a while now, my parents lived there for 10 years when my dad was in the RAF and my older sister was born there, they left 18 months before I was born so I've never been to see it.

How good is it for camping up there? Can I pitch up anywhere or do I have to get a campsite?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 11:46:05 No.883244 Report

Quoted By: >>883261

>>883185
You can wild camp near enough anywhere in Scotland - I believe loch Lomond is one of the few places you're not allowed so you should be absolutely fine

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 12:32:00 No.883249 Report

Quoted By: >>883260

I'm getting ready to do the Offa's Dyke Path this January with a buddy of mine.

I've had to completely buy new stock and equipment because all of my old stuff was criminally amateurish, cheap and it was all falling apart... Not to mention none of it did what it said it would do properly.

The plan is to finish it in 9 days, which is about 20 miles a day (apart from the last day, which is only 8 miles).

A quick question that I have... Should I invest in a good coat or a good poncho to keep myself dry? I don't know which one would work better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 12:35:35 No.883253 Report

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>>881779
Stayed at Gwynne Fawr Bothy back in March. Lovely little place and it's really amazing how people leave so much food and gear for others to use.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 12:47:39 No.883258 Report

Quoted By: >>883261

>>883185
As the previous anon said you may camp anywhere in Scotland as long as you are more than 100m from the nearest road.

Your most scenic spots are down in Harris around Borve with its many miles of sandy beaches. There are a few tourists down that way in Summer but still very nice.

North of Tarbert and in Loch (the place that is) you can find many secluded spots near lochs which make for very comfy camping.

If you are looking for more of a challenge head up North of Storoway, my neck of the woods, the cliffs and rock formations are very impressive and great for spotting eagles.

The camping is difficult as you move away from the coast with extensive wet land, a tarp is what I use setting up next to boulders or shielings.

These shielings are very good to explore you can see how the peoples lived before the war with a few of them still intact and used by yours truly like the one in the attached photo.

Not many of the good spots are marked out on the OS maps so I try to tell sc/out/s I meet were they are.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 12:52:44 No.883260 Report

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>>883249
Never used a ponch before but I would say do not get a soft shell jacket. These are very often the worst of both worlds in terms of lightness and keeping the rain out.

Get a good rain coat I'd say.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:01:00 No.883261 Report

Quoted By: >>883265

>>883244
>>883258
Thanks anons, I thought that was the case but I wasn't 100% sure the same rules applied.

I'll be bringing my pup with me too, she's only 6 months at the minute so this will be her first true /out/ experience.

I know this is a stupid question, but everything you detailed is within walking distance right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:08:26 No.883265 Report

Quoted By: >>883271

>>883261
Of Stornoway no, but there are regular buses out to these places. You can dowload PDFs of the timetables here.

http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/travel/busservice/current/indexlh.asp

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:24:58 No.883271 Report

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>>883265
Perfect, thanks anon!

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:34:49 No.883277 Report

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Any Anons near Derbyshire want to do Combs Moss with me?

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/oct/15/best-autumn-walks-uk

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:40:00 No.883279 Report

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>>882764
Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:41:53 No.883280 Report

Quoted By: >>883326 >>883411

>>883279
I did a shitty water colour of it too
pls no bully

Dræfend

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Dræfend Wed 26 Oct 2016 14:12:27 No.883284 Report

Quoted By: >>883375

Any sussexfags here? Plenty of good hunting and the downs are cosy as fuck here, seems like nobody else on /britout/ is in sussex.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 15:48:50 No.883326 Report

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>>883280
I personally think that's a very nice piece of art you've made yourself there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 17:16:07 No.883375 Report

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>>883284
Had a really nice time there around this time last year, did a bit of the South Downs Way, then camped in copses for a week living off road-end eggs and ramsons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 18:06:31 No.883411 Report

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>>883280
I totally fail to see how that's shitty anon. Unless you mean shit load better than anything I could paint lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 18:46:33 No.883448 Report

Quoted By: >>883486 >>884921

>>882780
>>882781
>>882807
>>882956
>>883279

Thanks for the replies lads
Being from southern France even southern England seems rather exotic for me, so I'm considering hiking the UK.
It's more of a /trv/ topic since I'm not only into nature but would also see towns, monuments and stuff but I'm curious about everything

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 19:00:47 No.883466 Report

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Wherever you go we have a fair shit ton of towns and monuments.

Dræfend

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Dræfend Wed 26 Oct 2016 19:19:18 No.883486 Report

Quoted By: >>883508 >>884921

>>883448
don't go to any large city in the midlands or london, they're full of muslims and nondesireables.
have fun, there's shitloads of hidden spots of nature and comfy pubs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 19:36:40 No.883508 Report

Quoted By: >>883535

>>883486
I've already visited London anyway, I'm more interested in the countryside
I know rural France with its comfy villages is the best France so I figured it's probably the same for the UK

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Wed 26 Oct 2016 19:44:10 No.883519 Report

Quoted By: >>883535

isn't england just as meme as the netherlands when it comes to nature?

only with hills.

Dræfend

Dræfend Wed 26 Oct 2016 20:21:18 No.883535 Report

Quoted By: >>883551

>>883508
Yeah there's some real comfy villages mate. make sure to take waterproofs if you're not used to wet weather, ESPECIALLY if you're in the lake district.

>>883519
England does have some mountains, although small compared to others they get quite a bit of snow and you have to have a slight degree of athleticism to climb them.

There's a higher level of forest cover here, and not everything is farmed (plenty of abandoned farmland and plantations that nobody gives a shit about) because it's not flat like the netherlands. There are some areas that get like 15 feet of rain, causing temperate rainforests, and we have more ecosystems than the netherlands.

Netherlands is far, far inferior compared to England.

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 20:41:17 No.883546 Report

Quoted By: >>883547

Warnscale Bothy (lake district) had the old, uneven, backbreaking slate "benches" removed and were replaced with new ones made from scaffolding planks over the summer, which makes sleeping there a hell of a lot more enjoyable. There was a camp bed stashed underneath one of the beds too. Actually when I took this picture they had only been in there a few days, I must have been one of the first people to use them. Finding them in there was a lovely surprise.

The fireplace was in the process of being rebuilt with a wood burner of some description too, though that had not been finished when I was last there and I haven't yet been back to see if they finished it yet.

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 20:44:11 No.883547 Report

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>>883546

Inside.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 20:48:22 No.883548 Report

Quoted By: >>883552

going to Windermere tomorrow morning for my yearly contitutional around the lake. It's a nice day hike, about 10 miles or so.

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

plont !S0xZFbp/pY Wed 26 Oct 2016 20:52:34 No.883551 Report

Quoted By: >>883560

>>883535
>causing temperate rainforests
are we talking nice biodiverse forests or just a fuckton of oaks and english ivy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 20:54:08 No.883552 Report

Quoted By: >>883555

>>883548

It's a 32 mile walk around the circumference of Lake Windermere. Do you not mean Derwent Water? That's about 10 miles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:00:38 No.883555 Report

Quoted By: >>883556

>>883552
haha, actually , yes, brainfart there, i did mean derwent water, but was talking about windermere to my gf as i was typing. well spotted

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:08:22 No.883556 Report

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>>883555

Considering the time of year, its not so bad weather tomorrow. Just a bit of scattered rain and showers. Cloudy though. I was considering a quick yomp over Melbreak and back along Crummock if time allows tomorrow. The scree scramble up from the Kirkstile Inn side of the fell is great fun.

Dræfend

Dræfend Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:11:05 No.883560 Report

Quoted By: >>883567

>>883551
the latter, along with a shitload of moss. but it does have lots of new species and temperate rainforest is better than just normal temperate tbqh

plont !S0xZFbp/pY

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plont !S0xZFbp/pY Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:17:48 No.883567 Report

Quoted By: >>883592

>>883560
as expected.

do you have heath?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:35:25 No.883577 Report

Quoted By: >>883578 >>883716

I've got a few nice ones from an Army Cadets exercise I did in the summer near Tunbridge Wells

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:36:34 No.883578 Report

Quoted By: >>883580

>>883577
2

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:37:40 No.883580 Report

Quoted By:

>>883578
3

Dræfend

Dræfend Wed 26 Oct 2016 21:52:08 No.883592 Report

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>>883567
yup, plenty. there's fen, shitty riverswamp wastelands, normal forests, etc

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Oct 2016 00:54:50 No.883716 Report

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>>883577
Air cadets all the way, mate

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Oct 2016 11:48:53 No.883930 Report

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Anyone near Southampton?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 13:14:19 No.884921 Report

Quoted By: >>884945 >>884985

>>883448
The UK is pretty idyllic desu. There's something about the English countryside that's quite unlike anywhere else I've been.
Don't listen to >>883486 . London is awesome (my home town) and the midlands is a pretty good base to head into the peak district (I go to uni in Nottingham). But don't fall for the common tourist trap and only do London and maybe Edinburgh. All British cities have so much to offer and are massively overlooked by tourists visiting the UK. Everyone just wants to go get a selfie in front of Buckingham Palace baka.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 13:31:52 No.884927 Report

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>>881507

I grew up on a small section of that path. Not a regular here but I can highly recommend it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:10:05 No.884942 Report

Quoted By: >>884983

Was /out/ yesterday for a little drive. Will post pics.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:11:11 No.884943 Report

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Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:12:45 No.884944 Report

Quoted By: >>884983

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:14:38 No.884945 Report

Quoted By: >>885016

>>884921
York is nice in particular, alot of history too.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:20:17 No.884951 Report

Quoted By: >>884958 >>884983

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:39:09 No.884958 Report

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>>884951
please buy a new phone

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 14:44:36 No.884961 Report

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Sun going down over the Mersey estuary a few nights ago time lapsed by my daughter while I cooked us some food

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 15:44:27 No.884983 Report

Quoted By: >>884990

>>884951
>>884944
>>884943
>>884942
Where is this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 15:51:39 No.884985 Report

Quoted By: >>885083

>>884921
>I go to uni in Nottingham

Just say you're a Trent student already, we're all friends here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 15:58:31 No.884990 Report

Quoted By: >>885600

>>884983
Thirlmere

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 16:53:05 No.885016 Report

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>>884945
This all the way.

York is the nicest city I've been to, good history, aesthetic buildings and the burka brigade is not prevalent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 18:48:43 No.885082 Report

Quoted By: >>885137 >>885530

Okay guys, quick opinion poll: what's your personal favourite /out/ place in the UK? I'd say the western highlands.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 18:49:28 No.885083 Report

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>>884985
was my shame that palpable?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Oct 2016 20:58:39 No.885137 Report

Quoted By: >>885495 >>885509 >>885530

>>885082
>Western Highlands

Got to be up there. Only the rich or knowledgeable know about it too so it's not completely clogged up come summer time with damn southerners, unless you're on the main roads..

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 12:36:19 No.885495 Report

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>>885137
>mfw rich southerner
>mfw spent 10 days in a rented castle in Western Highlands this Summer with a large group of rich, southern friends
we know

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 14:10:56 No.885509 Report

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>>885137
>Only the rich or knowledgeable know about it
But I'm neither

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 14:45:20 No.885530 Report

Quoted By: >>885539 >>885796

>>885082
>>885137
Hello friendos, first-time poster here. I've just moved to the UK, and I was reading up on some hikes to do come spring/summer. I'm interested in the West Highland Way, in particular. When would you guys say it becomes feasible to hike it? April, May? Later?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 14:55:19 No.885539 Report

Quoted By: >>885545

>>885530
I mean, it's the UK. It's famous for having some of the most stable and mild weather conditions in the world. The temperature stays between 0 and 20°C all year round. It rains a bit all year round. Occasional high winds all year round. You can go outside at any time of the year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 15:06:52 No.885545 Report

Quoted By: >>885590

>>885539
Yes, but I'm Italian. It's already too cold. I don't have the stones to go up to Scotland in November. ;__;

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 15:49:27 No.885574 Report

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Sup lads, I was watching Midsomer Murders last night, an episode called A Talent For Life and it focused on a fishing club, they kept using "gravel pitters" as an insult towards each other and talking about "weighted lures" being unsporting but they never explained why, can anyone help me understand?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 16:21:33 No.885590 Report

Quoted By:

>>885545
You bring the pizza, I'll sort you a quality sleeping bag.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 16:29:18 No.885593 Report

Quoted By: >>885606 >>885648

I know this is Brit but I imagine the ecosystem is similar to Ireland, which is where I'm going to study in January. I love fishing, particularly saltwater, and I hope to fish for European flounder while I'm there. My question is this, do flounder there bite during late winter and spring? Also, what kid of baits, rigs, and lures should I use? Same as American flounder, ie mud minnows on carolina rigs and jigs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 16:38:56 No.885600 Report

Quoted By: >>885640

>>884990
Looks lush desu, got any more?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 16:49:13 No.885606 Report

Quoted By: >>885616

>>885593
Spring, summer and autumn for flounder round the UK and Ireland.

Rig as you describe will be good using prawns or any handy crustaceans as bate

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 17:07:49 No.885616 Report

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>>885606
Thanks man. I'm hella excited.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 17:59:29 No.885640 Report

Quoted By: >>885643

>>885600

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Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 18:00:53 No.885643 Report

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>>885640
Got some nice panoramas too big to post

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Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 18:06:56 No.885648 Report

Quoted By: >>885660 >>885661 >>885702

>>885593
Lugworm, you can get them when the tide goes out or crab and you can't fail.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 18:25:43 No.885660 Report

Quoted By: >>885661 >>885702

>>885648
Razor clams handy too - unlike lug worms, if you don't catch any fish you at least still get a feed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 18:27:01 No.885661 Report

Quoted By:

>>885660
>>885648
sea life is fucking gross

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 19:53:05 No.885702 Report

Quoted By:

>>885648
>>885660
This is interesting to me. I've always fished for flounder in America using a mud minnow hooked through the lip on a carolina rigs near the bottom. I find it odd that European flounder seem to target things other than small fish, which is at odds with American varieties.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 22:33:26 No.885796 Report

Quoted By:

>>885530
I was once hit by a pretty bad snowstorm in Tyndrum (on the WHW) in early April, but I don't know how usual that is. I'm sure May would be fine if you have decent camping gear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 31 Oct 2016 15:31:36 No.886160 Report

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The fucking dutch are begging people to plant Sequoia trees along the Hardians wall path! The fiends, dont do this friends.
http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrians-wall-path/news/please-ignore-plan-plant-sequoia-trees-along-trail

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 11:05:23 No.886777 Report

Quoted By: >>886803 >>886814

Anywhere good near Hampshire?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 11:26:32 No.886782 Report

Quoted By: >>886803

>>881756
It's technically illegal in England and Wales in most places.

In Scotland you're cool though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 12:56:01 No.886803 Report

Quoted By: >>886814 >>886842

>>886777
Nice get. I'm Hampshire too and I heard the south down way is okay, no idea on Solent way. I have absolutely no hiking stuff at the moment as im studying otherwise I would definitely do the Solent way in a weekend.
>>886782
I hate the ban against wild camping because camp site can get pretty expensive in summer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 13:26:44 No.886814 Report

Quoted By:

>>886803
>>886777
I'm in Berkshire, tempted to go to the Devils Punch bowl for a day hike, probably only really an hour or two but could do an /out/meet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 14:26:53 No.886842 Report

Quoted By:

>>886803
>camp site can get pretty expensive in summer

they're also full of fucking awful people and annoying children who want to go home

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