All members are invited to join us in a series of talks and discussions exploring topics across all things camping,
whether you are a location owner or camping member.
While the talks are separated into ‘camping member’ and ‘location focussed’ talks,
these discussions are open to all and you can join both talks if you would like,
You can sign-up to the talks here (need to be logged-in)
[ over the next few months we will be adding more features to this page… ]
Make some money and reduce waste.
We all know there is nothing better than sleeping under the stars, enjoying the benefits of being outside, experiencing time with our beautiful natural world. Nearly Wild Camping has created a directory of campsites that offer just this experience. Tentshare is offering a way to help the camping community share their tents and kit safely, earn money and reduce our carbon footprint.
Fondly referred to as Fresh-Airbnb, Tentshare is an online tent-matching service. The idea is simple: organized sharing. A tent owner can earn money sharing their kit with people in the local community who would like to camp but don’t own a tent. The tent-borrower can rent a tent at an affordable cost.
Let’s face it most of us campers have a couple (if not more) of tents stored and unused in our garage or loft. It’s estimated that 250,00 tents go to landfill each year in the UK. If we all shared, we wouldn’t need to keep buying cheap tents and them ending up in landfill.
Tentshare is committed to building a like-minded sharing community. We would love you to join us on our mission to share more and consume less. Tentshare provides a way earning and saving money for you, and in turn helping to protect our planet.
There are three ways we can help you and in turn, you can help protect our planet.
1) Earn money – List your tent on the Tentshare platform: https://www.tentshare.co.uk/ready-to-share/
2) Save money – Rent a tent from the Tentshare platform:
3) Receive the ultimate FREEcamping checklist – Sign up to receive a bi-weekly news update from us: https://mailchi.mp/4e12731fa41d/tentsharers
Rebecca Heaps
founder of Tentshare
The STORM CARE range is designed to wash, proof, deodorise and repair your outdoor apparel, footwear and gear.All of their products are made in England, and they are proud to produce aftercare that is PFC, PFOA and PFOS FREE.
‘Don’t replace. Reproof and Reuse.Over time, dirt and oil mask the water repellency treatment on gear, meaning it starts losing performance and absorbing water; putting a dampener on your outdoor experience. Care really is key when it comes to getting the most out of your kit. So in 2003 we decided to create a range of products that do just that, to ensure you get maximum usage and performance, from your gear.’ – Matt Graves, Storm Care Solutions Ltd
‘a UK based sports equipment supplier offering high quality products carefully selected by our expert buyers. With extensive product knowledge we are proud to provide our customers with industry leading brands and new and innovative products. All the products on our website are in stock and available for early dispatch.’
[ Nearly Wild Camping members check out the discount code on the club website for 10% off ]
If you would like the freedom to explore in a Land Rover Defender with an iKamper roof tent then visit their website for more information: https://www.campersforexplorers.co.uk
Renting a camping tent online has been made so much easier with the Olpro Loan & Go service. Simply choose a tent you need and add to cart with one click. With Loan & Go you can select from a range of tents and awnings that you can borrow from Olpro. If you don’t camp often, this is a great way to hire the tent you need and save money. This takes away the need to buy a new tent each year as your circumstances change. Select a tent based on size, style and berth – we’ve got so many options. Tent can be borrowed for 3 or 7 days. Get in touch with Olpro if you need to borrow one for a longer period of time.
When you rent a camping tent from OLPRO, you can rest assured that you are getting great quality equipment.
Hire a Poled Tent
All our poled tents come with plenty of ventilation and fly screens on all doors and windows. What’s more, they’re easy to set up and they come with an oversized bag, so you won’t struggle getting it back in. Tents are available for hire at bargain prices in a multitude of sizes – choose any size from a small pop-up tent to an 8-berth family tent. Whichever poled tent you need, you’ll find exactly what you want for your camping trip at OLPRO.
Hire an Inflatable Tent
If you’re looking to hire an inflatable tent – look no further. You will find that inflatable tents are easier to pitch when compared to traditional tents – which makes them perfect for beginner campers. Even when inflating multiple air beams, it is still guaranteed to be much faster than poled tents. If you’re new to camping, we recommend alleviating some of the camping stress by renting a high quality, durable inflatable tent.
Hire an Awning Extension
Looking to get a bit of extra room for your next camping trip? We fully recommend hiring one of our spacious campervan awnings for the weekend. We are established manufacturers of quality outdoor leisure products, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best quality campervan equipment online.
Prices include the delivery fee and the return fee. To return the tent after you have borrowed it, simply attach the returns label we provide and bring it to your local post office. We offer a multitude of tents in different sizes, shapes, and colours so we are sure that you’ll find exactly what you need for your camping holiday.
Contact Olpro on +44 129 989 6959 or email sales@olpro.co.uk if you need help with renting a camping tent online.
https://www.olproshop.com/collections/olpro-loan-go
Steve was recently interviewed on The Outdoors Station podcast:
All of the UK is owned by someone or some organisation. Wild camping does happen but is often not possible or realistic for many people hence the reason for creating Nearly Wild Camping.
Nearly Wild Camping has been working hard to help people access wilder camping opportunities for some time, whilst also ensuring some benefit to the landowners. We are not aiming to replace or challenge wild camping, we are here to make wilder camping more accessible whilst giving real benefit to both campers and landowners.
Nearly Wild Camping (www.nearlywildcamping.org) has been running for some years, has almost 1000 members and 65 locations already. We are a corporate partner of the National Association for AONBs and we have recently been granted Welsh Government camping exemption certificate for locations (we are still waiting to hear about our England licence, though hope to hear soon).
By setting up a wild camping organisation of which both campers and landowners are members, we have started to establish a real community of campers and locations. It is important to us to offer a range of wilder experiences, including importantly locations which help people learn and develop their skills. And, if we are really able to help people re-connect with nature and the countryside it’s important that we can have locations which are close to the urban areas where so many of us live.
We have worked hard to keep our prices low to make sure that affordability isn’t a barrier and we know from feedback that it works. However, we also know that the income that the landowners get matters, helping them to find the money they need to manage their land. We have spoken with some of ourlandowners about considering a small payback to local wildlife and landscape organisations to help with their work, but we do not demand it. We would of course be happy to pilot other ways of doing this and have done some trials of our own already.
Our booking system is not online, but direct to the landowner. This is deliberate and based on our experience of working with both online and direct booking methods. We have found that the ‘good old human relationship’ ensure our members get the best service, helping campers connect with the landowner and learn about the countryside more directly through them.
We decided to be a club (it’s easy to join, and only £20 per year so it should not exclude anyone on price!) to help give landowners confidence, and to provide a framework for us to build a network and community for people to join, where they can learn about and enjoy responsible camping either as a camper or a landowning provider – and some are both.
Working with the John Muir Award programme, we are developing camping guidance and we are soon to launch social weekends with a learning aim, focussing on low impact, leave no trace, give something back camping. These will develop camper skills, build social networks and enable attendees to access to some of our more sensitive camp locations.
We are very proud of what our small team have achieved so far, mainly through voluntary efforts and with only a small initial external set-up grant (from a Powys LEADER programme). We are now a self financing success story and we aim to now build up what we offer.
We are proud of our Welsh roots and very pleased that Wales has been the first country to grant us the camping exemption certificate. We believe this is an important part of building a greener economy in Wales and fits with important Welsh Government agendas. We have 5 years’ practical experience of working with campers and landowners and have a huge amount of knowledge to share. We are now starting to blog, vlog and share this, based on real experience. In addition, our founders have now also launched Nearly Wild (www.nearlywild.org), a community interest company, to help other types of nature-based business and the people seeking to buy nature-based products and services.
We have lots more plans in the pipeline, so please do help support us, get involved or become a Nearly Wild camper or camping location.
The Nearly Wild Camping team.
“With a growing reputation for delivering something different, here at OLPRO we design our products with you in mind.
We are a team of experienced, knowledgeable individuals with a deep and genuine passion for getting outdoors – and our aim is to improve that experience for everyone.
Camping and camper van gear doesn’t have to be plain and boring – that’s why our products feature bright and colourful designs.
We offer many different products within our main ranges, including tents, camper van awnings, melamine tableware, printed windbreaks and essential chemicals for camping, camper vans and caravans. We produce our products with as few middlemen as possible, to ensure they are of outstanding quality as well as being affordable.”
Offering expeditions, training and development courses across the UK and overseas, Wilderness Expertise has joined the Nearly Wild Camping co-operative as a Business Supporter and we look forward to working with them going forward…
