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 […]
Attentional restoration theory (ART) first proposed by Kaplan and Kaplan (1989) claims that urban environments suffer from an excess of stimulation that serves to dramatically capture our attention. People exposed to urban environments are forced to use their attention to overcome the effects of constant stimulation (described as hard fascination), and over time this in […]
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… www.wilderness-expertise.co.uk
Motivation – you’ve got to want to do it in the first place! Planning & Preparation – check the weather forecast, plan your meals & snacks, pack your bag in the order you will need things (or use different pockets). Knowledge of the landscape (map). Practice & Testing – learn to put your tent up […]
Outdoor People, a social enterprise, with a mission to make the outdoors easy for everyone joins Nearly Wild Camping as a Business Supporter: https://outdoorpeople.org.uk/
We are very pleased to announce Two Blondes Walking have agreed to be Nearly Wild Camping Ambassadors. We look forward to working together, you can find more about them at www.twoblondeswalking.com
Nearly Wild Camping is currently working with the John Muir Trust to use the John Muir Award as a way of enhancing our members camping experiences. We hope this will also open up even more exciting Nearly Wild Camping opportunities and natural world experiences.
So what kind of places can you go Nearly Wild Camping? I want to give you a flavour of some of the different locations that are involved in this summers trial, so I am going to do a few case studies of different places. First up is Underhill Farm, where all of this started. Nestled […]
One of the features of Nearly Wild Camping is the rating system we are going to use. We are going to take the conventional star system for tourist accommodation and turn it on it’s head. So in the middle of nowhere, with no facilities is going to be 5*! I have been having a think […]
We thought it was about time we came up with a logo, so that we can put it on all of the flyers and leaflets we are getting printed ready for next week. So, Steve has put his ipad drawing skills to good use and has created one for us. It still needs a bit […]
