How to START WILD CAMPING in your MOTORHOME

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I love van life wild camping, but that doesn't mean it was like that when I first started, it definitely took some getting used to but now I've been doing it for over 5 years it's second nature to me.
One of the most popular questions I get asked is "how do i start wild camping in my van or motorhome?" I've found that so many men, women and couples have got their van, they got solar and battery system to cope off grid for a few nights so they are ready to go but nerves and the lack of experience and confidence seems to stop them and I think this is such a shame.
That's why I wanted to make this video with the help from Tash from ‪@lifebeyondbricks‬, Lou from ‪@campervibe‬ and Stu & Charlie from ‪@TheRollingRucks‬ to help get each and everyone of you out there wild camping, experiencing how amazing it really it.
I'd love to know what helped you to start wild camping or what's stopping you and holding you back, drop them in the comments below and I if I can offer any support or advice I will.
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@swivelclip Год назад

I'm looking for my first motorhome to live on full time. I'm a lorry driver and out every night so am used to park ups, I have used supermarkets, industrial estates, lay bys and remote country lanes, I have never had a problem anywhere and as everyone says gut instinct is vital, you will just feel right or wrong, I don't stop in lay bys on busy roads because lorrys going past all night end up rocking you all over the place so it's hard to get sleep, The feeling you get when parked up with no noise around and you pull your curtains get the bed ready and lay down is pure comfort, it really is something that makes you happy and content. Anyone just starting be safe and follow your instincts, you won't look back I guarantee you

@budge1611 14 дней назад

Did 15 years of tramping, been out of a marriage 5 years, I've just bit the bullet and bought a campervan, like you say parking up wherever you can, thinking about ya load and ya diesel, not quite the same in the van, and if you can get somewhere quiet out the way, job done

@MorfMusic Год назад

Make a Google map favourites list, save every spot using pins. Invite your (good) vanlife mates to the list to add theirs. A group of 7 of us have over 5,000 spots in the UK and Europe which pop up as green pins on the map ; easy to find one whenever you’re in an area! Tip; keep the list close friends only. Noisy unclean and disrespectful vanlifers shut down spots

@rosn55 Год назад

For a solo female the biggest pair of men's boots you can find sitting on the step is good.... And a dog of course

@mrfixit2788 Год назад

You might even want to get a beware of the dog sign - English bull terrier eg. Even if you don't have a dog!

@stuartofblyth Год назад

"If your gut says No - GO!". 100% true good advice in my experience.

@TheUrbanMotorhome Год назад

Its true isn't it!

@gyouza114 Год назад

I'm glad you've considered how everyone may feel differently about it and and got all your friends to give their take on it too! Thanks for sharing everyone :)

@antbasse Год назад

Hi everyone. I usually look for BROKEN GLASS SKID MARKS RUBBISH IN BUSHES LIKE MCDONALDS OR KFC THEM BLOODY BALLOON CARTRIDGES AND DEFINITELY DOWN DEEP IN THAT GUT FEELING believe you will know Please enjoy wild camping as it’s free and it’s the best thing ever!!

@TheUrbanMotorhome Год назад

Ohhh mate! Those are some top top tips right there thanks man! 👍🏻😁

@TheRollingRucks Год назад

Some great advice there XxRR

@ajisroadtrippin5505 Год назад

8:21 drop the stigma that you're going to have a problem. Hope for and expect the best and be prepared for the worse. You will have a happier experience. 😊🚚

@AndyGabrielPowell Год назад

Really appreciate your videos. I am a retiree on a budget. I have no home to come back to, and don't fancy a waiting list that might never deliver, so I'm strongly considering a one-man motorhome for travelling the UK and Europe.

@TheRollingRucks Год назад

Thank you for asking us to be involved loved hearing the girls thoughts too totally right no one knows who is sleeping in the van. Take care see you soon XxRR

@ianworthy9598 Год назад

Good tip for a solo traveller... Leave a dog water bowl outside your van

@roamer1588 Год назад

and an old pair of size 11 boots.

@bennyhawkins1230 Год назад

Really helpful. More and more places are ‘overnight stays not permitted’ so stealth tips are really great.

@darcie.c.williams6862 Год назад

Some very good advice , I sleep like the dead 😴 lol but I do have a very protective Belgium mallinoi and a big German shepherd , any noise they're at the windows kicking off , generally no problems 😉

@robertstenton6763 2 месяца назад

Interesting. Thank you for sharing.

@richardhewitt.easyvanlife.6957 Год назад

Gut feeling all the way.

@formonthills Год назад

What a great intro to the wild camping / van life 👍🏼 Love the videos Darren 🚐

@michellerobinson9204 Год назад

Great video , and what great advice and tips from everyone.

@ballisticdan9135 Год назад

Great advice thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

@Richard-qg5hh Год назад

Great advice Daz.

@hayleystevens7416 Год назад

Brilliant vlog, very informative, especially the toilet tip x

@mumsontravels862 Год назад

So glad to have been pointed to this vid thanks to Camper Vibes! I've just bought my first motorhome and am playing a trip from East Sussex to the Outer Hebrides, with my 6 yr old and will be doing over nights on the way but want to mix wild camp and campsites so this has reassured me. Cheers!

@markwhitehead64 Год назад

Hi Daz really really enjoyed watching very very interesting really looking forward to seeing your next video keep safe 😷👍🏻

@andrewgroocock3069 Год назад

Love you guys ❤

@sharonharrison8926 Год назад

Really great advice Daz. Once we've finished our electrics, we are doing our 1st wild camp in 2 weeks time.

@colblimp Год назад

Very useful vid, thanks Darren!

@19jch76 Год назад

This is Brilliant, Thank you for spending time, doing these videos

@TheUrbanMotorhome Год назад

Thats appreciated mate, thank you!

@caravaningincarathevan467 Год назад

Fantastic vlog. Xx

@nigelwood5127 Год назад

thanks again for the best advice on string van like you are one of best RU-vidr and onistey thanks have good one m8

@hornetboy3694 Год назад

Awesome video thank you

@startaylor123 Год назад

Fantastic 👏 👌👍

@Coolagreen16 5 месяцев назад

a great video mate

@DA11NOON Год назад

That was a great vlog

@markpullinger3916 Год назад

Great vid Daz supper 💪

@silvafox8371 11 месяцев назад

Best video ive found for valuable information - highly beneficial thank you

@TheUrbanMotorhome 11 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Scud_and_thesTig Год назад

A very good Public Service Broadcast 👍💙❤️

@vaughan7835 Год назад

👍 Hi. CooI channel. I stay in my Van w my dog. She's too friendly! Scares any trouble away. Coastal NSW Australia. Ocean, bays & rivers always. Amazing views! Mostly friendly people. Thinking about starting my own channel? Cheap "ish", easy Van build. Solar, 3 battery banks, DC-DC etc. Don't travel very far tho. Fuel prices killed that idea. Cheers!

@Mevi Год назад

Yes! Start a channel to tell your stories and share your experiences. Have fun with it. If you go into it without any expectations of RU-vid fame and fortune, you won't be disappointed. 😎

@hymervanlife1984 Год назад

Baseball batt near by will relax you 😎

@pilgrimoutdoors-uk6177 Год назад

Another blinder, big lad. 👊🏻

@Severon1965 Год назад

i like the rucks

@melissacurry6974 Год назад

I recently found your channel & I am so enjoying the content. And I love your accent! Are you here in the states? You should put together a group camping event so us like minded peeps can meet. Thanks for the great videos.

@stepheneckerlsey Год назад

Hello darran. Quick question what do you think about new trespass act. Is it over for van livers fulltime. Great show again.

@smcmotorhomesnewark Год назад

Great content as always Darren!! Has nobody produced an urban camping directory?

@MorfMusic Год назад

Park4night

@matty6848 Год назад

If only we could do boom docking. In America you can boom dock for up too two weeks before you have too move along. We don’t have no where the freedoms they enjoy in America. You can take scramblers off road, without fear of some local authorities or police suing you, you can walk and camp anywhere. We can’t do anything like that in England it’s just a culture of restrictions. Last time I sent too Texas to visit my cousin he took me night Hog shooting from pick up trucks. In these big beefy V8 trucks, with hunting rifles. We got 3 kills, took the Hogs too a local butcher the next morning. He butchered them for us, then straight on the bbq. They were delicious😋 doing something like that in the U.K. is only a dream.

@matthewgreen1466 Год назад

Me ,the Mrs and 2 dogs are about half way through our 90 day tour of Europe. We were on a park up in Spain and some neighbours put a dogs water bowl and lead outside their van and went out for a cycle ride. We both thought surely they haven't left their dog in the van. They didn't have a dog just a bowl and lead 😀😄😅

@matty6848 Год назад

Brilliant Matthew, that’s exactly what camper vans and motorhomes are exactly for. I think people who own motorhomes I just tour the U.K. are doing themselves a disservice. My parents are currently in northern Spain on tour. They’ve done France, down through Spain onto Portugal then their going straight across too Italy, then slowly working their way up through too Austria, Germany, Holland then back home. Their retired the jammy sods so have the time, unlike me🙄😂

@simonrain862 Год назад

Dana, you are looking good like the new hair style and beard trim. Looking like rag n bone man. Get some that’s. But seriously looking good and fashionable. You were getting unkempt. But on point now brother. Big up the dazza

@TheUrbanMotorhome Год назад

luckily the money maker can pull off any look but I had to get a fresh cut for all the new content coming out 💇🏻😉

@simonrain862 Год назад

@@TheUrbanMotorhome yessssssss got a reply from the big man. Cheers made my day. Always watch your vids best on here. Take care. Big up the dazza 👊🏻

@Zetheek Год назад

This is a really cool video, great job.

@nickaf5262 Год назад

You. Hear of trucks getting fuel pinched but never motorhomes is that correct 🤔

@michaeldelaney5405 Год назад

Hi Darren, Thankyou for the great, very informative videos. Please forgive my ignorance on both my enquiries, I'm looking at starting van life but I was hoping you could tell me why you chose a motorhome instead of a self build? Also, I've moved all over the country for work, so don't have close friends & don't have family, how do you register a vehicle if you don't have a permanent address? Hope you don't mind me picking your brain! Many thanks. Mick.

@angelofthenorf 4 месяца назад

I bought my motorhome in November. Planning my first trip next month. First wild camping stop is going to be The Science Centre in Glasgow. Any experience there?

@Jet2471_ Год назад

hey there I'm currently 19 and i want to be a camper like use ive watched so many cool videos of people building there's and your advice is amazing but also i need to do my driving lessons to get a licence any advice or tips to and what's the best way to get yourself a camper van for a beginner you may see this you may do or if anyone has advice please feel free to reply to this comment thank you

@Mevi Год назад

Check out Max. youtube.com/@RustyRoseAdventures He's a similar age to you and is working through a lot of the challenges you are facing. Insurance is likely to be the killer for a new driver. Good luck!

@PK_Blinder Год назад

I see Lou forgot to mention the scariest deterrent.... An Emily... 😲

@kimdeabill8540 Год назад

No it's AJ. Mind you the threat of Em eating everyone's snacks perhaps you are right. X

@connorsawyer3411 Год назад

Have you lived in your camper for 5.5 years full time? First video I’ve seen of yours so sorry if you’ve done a video about this already lol

@christoguichard4311 Год назад

Truck lay-bys? 🤔

@Mevi Год назад

Noisy sometimes, but popular. It's a legitimate place for to stop and get some rest. As long as you don't get out levelling ramps, camp chairs and a BBQ. 😁

@TomFirth Год назад

Do you have a home address to register the vehicle to? Send parcels to?

@thepaulclayton Год назад

thanks, guys really interesting from all sides. Now a question about having a drink, I like a couple of glasses of vino and was wondering how you all managed. I know Darren likes his fizzy pop. was wondering how you went about it. Easy for couples as one could have a drink the other one not, but being a single bloke doesn't want to have to be moved on if I have had a drink. Does it mean I have to go teetotal unless I am on a weekend off at a campsite? Thanks again am loving all the tips and info Paul in sunny Bournemouth

@Mevi Год назад

I'm mostly off the booze, which Vanlife friends will attest to as being a GOOD THING. I murder the karaoke. anyway.. Drunk in charge is a serious offence if you're intoxicated by yourself, even if your in the back and not in the drivers seat. I've known some go to the extent of putting on steering wheel locks, rotating the driver's seat, parking ramps, etc to show there is no intent to drive. Personally, I never take the risk.

@thepaulclayton Год назад

@@Mevi thanks for taking the time to reply me thinks its time to check into the bette ford clinic LOL

@ajisroadtrippin5505 Год назад

I don't have nor want FB. Is there an app that helps nomads to connect?

@endencker6845 Год назад

What was the name of parking app? Also other app recommendations are welcome. I use iPhone.

@roamer1588 Год назад

Park4night

@georgeleelee6246 Год назад

Can I ask where does the money come from if you are constantly on the road

@graemestevenson6065 Год назад

just come to scotland to wild camp,,only grief you get is someone rocking up to your van with some beers wanting a blether,,(chat)

@matty6848 Год назад

Yeh you have a lot more camping freedom in Scotland than England. In England you can’t camp anywhere. We hired a motorhome for the N.C 500 last year, and every night we just pulled over where we liked and camped the night. The north east and west coast spots were stunning. Beautiful clear blue seas and golden sand beaches, it could pass for the Caribbean.🙂👍🏻

@keithdonnelly8636 Год назад

How do you manage about your mail and things like renewing driving license and needing a postal address?

@TheUrbanMotorhome Год назад

New video coming this Friday about just that Keith 👍🏻😊

@1ords Год назад

we went to a lovely (what we thought) spot, an old road (now layby) divided from the main road by trees etc, there must have been 10 or more cars with 'old' men therein, like you said my gut didn't like the spot, we moved on later checked and it was a dogging site..oops..not interested

@SEB78765 Год назад

Wonder if there are chicken wings in the woods 😜

@danhurley6152 Год назад

the nice lady on here with her husband is typical of my wife puts a dampner on anything ! remotely exiting off the cuff or cheep

@nickaf5262 Год назад

I want to live in a motorhome

@hikingwiththeshackletons Год назад

Great advice from all of you, however, my thoughts spring to what was said, NO ONE was worried about the environment they park up in, their concerns lie with the fear of other people, which is sad really that society has come to this.

@Mevi Год назад

because it's not explicitly mentioned, doesn't mean that anti-social behaviour or harm to the environment is being encouraged. Leave no trace. Clean up other people's litter. 😎👍 It's really hard to make one big video that covers each and every element of every possible scenario.

@hikingwiththeshackletons Год назад

@@Mevi I think you misunderstood my comment, it was a positive comment not about the omission of certain elements 😊

@marklittler784 Год назад

Yeah in the wild you could end up having wild dreams.

@davidholliday32 Год назад

What I worry about more then any thing ells about wild camping is getting water and toilet cleaning

@matty6848 Год назад

Yeh true but if you’ve got a motorhome you’ve got a flushing toilet, shower and water storage. There’s plenty of places you can get water. Just stop at any shop, hotel etc ask politely and most will let you have their water. When we did the N.C 500 in Scotland that all me and the wife did. Most places let us use their bathroom facilities for water waste and fresh water.

@mandycape Год назад

Have you ever been moved on ??

@marklittler784 Год назад

Having a big dog with sharp teeth helps.

@matty6848 Год назад

And pepper spray. Straight in the face as they come through the door😂

@christoguichard4311 Год назад

Get a big dog? 🤔

@Mevi Год назад

Or aggressive cats.

@travelandtech2185 Год назад

Ladies do generally struggle as they tell me, if you got a man its much safer and better to share the exsperiance.

@christoguichard4311 Год назад

Carry a starting pistol? 🤔

@Mevi Год назад

Firearms act. Even if it's not a real gun, if you were to waft it around like a real gun you can be charged with a firearms offence.

@philipgreen5224 Год назад

You forgot to say make sure you’ve got a phone signal just in case somebody tries it on Phil and Shaz Bollington Cheshire

@marklittler784 Год назад

Anything wild sounds a bit iffy.

@matty6848 Год назад

Nooo don’t be daft. Wild camping is the best. Especially in Scotland where you can literally pull up next to the nearest Loch with views to kill.

@DeaDlyCorpsE528 Год назад

You just start by getting a van and parking any damn where you want cause this is america, anyone knocks you give em some 2nd amendment for good measure and further peace of mind

@alantouchwood Год назад

the new law is now in force it is now illegal see web site

@alantouchwood Год назад

@@joline2730 you gov uk

@alantouchwood Год назад

@@joline2730 not in the Uk now as new law passed in the uk parliament this month there is a you tube video on this subject

@elaineeden6319 Год назад

The new trespass laws have been passed and in force since June 2022.

@trustmetours57 Год назад

Parking a motorhome anywhere in the UK without the landowners permission is trespassing.

@jtwin1000 Год назад

Nahh im gonna get abuse for this, but you cant 'wild camp' in a van or a motorhome, you just park it up. Same as you would do anywhere else but the scenery is different

@brecklandwildcamper6258 Год назад

This is not wildcamping. You are doing vanlife, not wildcamping. Stop hijacking our genre with misleading titles & descriptions. #vanlifeisnotwildcamping

@Mevi Год назад

Just as nobody here is hammering tent pegs into a glacier, you're not parked with a sea view eating sandwiches. Who on earth gets mixed up between two entirely different "genres"? #justwords