Ae Forest - Camping - any advice.

Bonedeth

Hello there,

Me n a mate have got pass outs from the wives and kids for first weekend in october for a blast in Ae forest - it's gotta be Ae coz we've booked an uplift for the Saturday - the first time for this sort of uplift caper so naturally we are well up for it and coming from Leeds.

Do any of you lads or lasses know the skinny for camping in this neck of the woods - i.e is there a reasonably MTB friendly camp site (for tents) close by?

Or is Scotland the liberated kind of place where you can pitch up pretty much anywhere you like and have a fire and a good time as long as youre sensible and respectful etc etc etc.

Isn't there something about a "right to roam" in Scotland? - does this extend to "right to camp, light a fire and have a couple of beers"?

Owt you can suggest that would be of help would be grand, ta very much

FlyingMawanga

Not too sure how it applies up here mate, but I'd imagine this website would be a good place to start.

http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/default.asp

micksjoiner

Aa forest has alot of forestry workers in it,dont think id light any fires there.dalbettie has great camp site in it called http://www.islecroft.co.uk/ right next to the town 200 yards to the pub great

trailpuppet

Have a look at the Ae forest map on 7Stanes site.
Across the river from the biking trails car park is a picnic area, people do camp there occasionally. In behind the old plough display
Some also camp beside the river in the Stanes car park. Both are near the DH track.
There are showers at the cafe http://www.ae7.co.uk/
Area is a bit wet and boggy tho :?

You could try a cheeky phone call to http://www.gubhill.co.uk/

Nearest campsite is;
http://www.visitsouthernscotland.co.uk/ ... i1997.html

Or; http://www.information-britain.co.uk/sh ... e_ID=20801

Or;http://www.7stanes.com/mabie-c28.html

Or;http://www.marthrown.com/


Please take your litter home with you if you do wild camp.
If you bring it with you, you can take it with you.
Thanks.

sniper68

SCOTLAND
scotland is just brilliant for wild camping, the law is different in scotland and wild camping is completely legal and well accepted. the current access legislation is explicit about people's right to camp on hill land - usually more than 100 metres away from a public road, some landowners do take exception, but thankfully they are few and far between. if you're near a dwelling it's also a good idea to ask permission and not just set up camp on their doorstep!
for more information go to> http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/default.asp
ares to try>
the highlands
mar estate near braemar
loch lomond
the ben nevis or cairngorm regions
areas to avoid>
anywhere midges hang out
wilder campsites>
KILLEGRUER CAMPSITE
RED SQUIRREL CAMPSITE
DALES FARM COTTAGE
ISLE OF COLL
LAZY DUCK

Taken from Here:
http://www.thehappycampers.co.uk/campsites/wildcamping/

Bonedeth

hi all, thanks for all the inputs - gonna try our hands at a spot of wild camping!

bomberesque

http://www.brandedleys.co.uk/

^ we stayed here a couple of months back. Far from wild camping, it has power to the sites, showers and all that. I think you can hire caravans from them aswell, if you don't feel like camping. Pretty easy access to the Western Stanes from there (it's just outside Dumfies)

and it's got a bar

dave_hill

Make sure that you have shares in an insect repellent manufacturer.

bomberesque

dave_hill wrote:

Make sure that you have shares in an insect repellent manufacturer.

arf. midges are immune to mere chemicals!

actually, we didn't have a problem, although perhaps that was because it rained so much they all stayed away!

lochussie

ibbo68 wrote:

ares to try>
the highlands
mar estate near braemar
loch lomond
the ben nevis or cairngorm regions
areas to avoid>
anywhere midges hang out

The former is a subset of the latter!