Comments on: Wild Camping in France

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:05:35 +0000

A couple of years ago I rode around europe with a couple of friends, as you can imagine eighteen days on a motorcycle; space was at a premium.
We did take two man tents but never used them! We are survival entusiasts and camped the whole holiday under tarps and had very comfortable nights sleep.
Its an incredable feeling as you are literally under the stars and begin to feel part of the surroundings.
We visited France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Luxemburg and back to France. The only interest the authorities gave was casual amusement and interest. In Luxembourg a traffic officer gave us official permission to park virtually anywhere as we were visiting her country, she just wanted us to make us very welcome.
The kit was a tarp 10′ * 12′, a sleeping bag, a survival bag, a kettle, cup and a three pan set from the carboot, a camping GAZ stove, a first aid kit and a torch. Oh and the tent I never used.
One night on the Germany Czech border we pitched up in torrential rain, still we had a good nights kip.
Very satisfying experience and when we tour europe which we have done on numerous occassions since we still leave the tents at home.
We have “Ditch-Pigged” throughout the year from February through to November.
Hope this helps
Shaun

By: fi

fi — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:29:46 +0000

Thanks for publishing this. We are off for 7 weeks to France & Italy with our car and tent and are intending to “wild camp”. Just the idea of really getting away from it all and just the two of us camping in a beautiful peaceful space in nature to me would be a dream come true. I hope it works out without too much hassle from the local law enforcement, official or unofficial (the later usually being the most upset with you). We’re set up for camping wild with a tent that’s quick to put up & down (though not as quick as yours!!), solar showers (even bought a shower you can plug into your car lighter socket which I can’t wait to try out), and most importantly a fold up shovel for those moments when there is no toilet so at least we can bury any evidence and not mess up any beautiful spots for anyone else! 2 days to go until the adventure commences!!

By: Martin & Indre

Martin & Indre — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:24:46 +0000

Thanks alot for this article, we are going to south west france this August 2010 and were looking for some wild camping. We both surf and i feel this would just add to the whole free concept of surfing.

I cant wait to try it out and i guess if we find a gem of a place we can just return each night and maybe even make a guide as to where we pitched up and post it on here.

thanks again.

By: Tents

Tents — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:17:07 +0000

Wow, that’s really cool. I love the idea of wild camping. Need to surely try it out. Thanks a bunch.

By: Royal Estacion

Royal Estacion — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:48:20 +0000

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