Can't help you with sites in Wales, but I have solo camped (with a dog or two) on and off for many years.
I've always felt very safe, and found other campers to be friendly and helpful without being intrusive. On a couple of small sites, the owner/manager has made sure I don't have a pitch that is too isolated or secluded, and generally kept an eye out. I've also been invited to join total strangers for a drink or barbecue, offered help with pitching/striking, loading/unloading etc and, on one memorable occasion, a lovely group of bikers not only kept an eye on my dogs while I had a shower, but shared their breakfast sausages with them.
We mostly motorhome now, but I miss my tent camping.
Beddgelert forestry site is fab for solo camping. If you want to feel safe, this is a site for you. I've done solo camping and with son. Wardens and campers a like are friendly. Clean facilities, a small shop for basics can even order breakfast. Lovely walks straight from the site and down to the village
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Fascinated to see all the different outfits solo campers use.Some would present mw with great problems erecting them by myself !
I have just bought an Outwell Arizona L which is ideal in terms of height and space.It is recommended that 2 people put it up ,one lifting the centre whilst the other inserts the ring and connectors etc. I have managed to put the tent up by myself but would not like to attempt it in any wind, (visions of taking off like a kite) .Anyone else have a strategy for putting this great tent up solo? It has excellent reviews in all other aspects.
Hi, as a 60 yr old woman, I was just too nervous to sleep in my tent alone when my family didn't want to camp any more. So I swapped my hatchback for a Berlingo car. The model I have has rear seats that simply lift out with a pull of a lever and get stored in my garage. The nice man at B&Q cut a piece of plywood to size for a sturdy floor and I made some cute curtains. I still pitch my tent, and use it as a storage and day living area, but at night I sleep on my mattress in the locked car where I feel snug and safe. In the winter, the floor comes back out and the seats go back in!
Quote: Originally posted by Mike Warren on 09/5/2017
Fascinated to see all the different outfits solo campers use.Some would present mw with great problems erecting them by myself !
I have just bought an Outwell Arizona L which is ideal in terms of height and space.It is recommended that 2 people put it up ,one lifting the centre whilst the other inserts the ring and connectors etc. I have managed to put the tent up by myself but would not like to attempt it in any wind, (visions of taking off like a kite) .Anyone else have a strategy for putting this great tent up solo? It has excellent reviews in all other aspects.
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You probably have one of the worse tents possible for erecting on your own and although it is possible, as you say, it must be a bit of a struggle and I wouldn't like to take it on in a wind either.
There are videos on Utube but they show it being erected by two people.
Although I camp on my own usually, most of my tents have been quite large, but I always buy tents with 3 poles all in line rather than the type that cross over in the middle. Very basically I then thread all the poles, pin the front pole and pull the front pole to a standing position using the guy ropes. In this way the others follow like a pram hood. I then go round and pin the other poles and straighten it all out...none of which helps you with your tent of course.
I cannot see any easy way of erecting yours except one pole at a time and that will put a lot of strain on the poles. Failing that you could ask another camper to jump inside and hold the tent up in the middle while you run round and pin all the pole ends.
Welcome, Berlingobabe - that sounds like an ideal solution to your security concerns! You have the best of both worlds. Wouldn't work with my Corsa... though I did sleep in my Astra estate year ago on a very rough windy night. I miss that estate... I still tent camp (70 next birthday) but I'm used to it as I mostly camp alone anyway. Camping with the family & grandsons is a novel change for me.
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