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Idaho

Idaho

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Looking for a perfect spot to wild camp looking out on the Atlantic - ideally one where we can have a camp fire without attracting any notice - so nearby trees would be helpful. Anyone know of any hidden spots?
 
I used to do a lot of beach camping here.

Wrong side of the coast for you but i'd thought i'd mention it. Go to Downderry & turn left. It has the added advantage at high tide of being cut off from Downderry so if you time it right everyone buggers off & you get the beach to yourself.

Waking up for a morning dip when your right on the beach is one of the finer things in life :)
 
Yeah I have been a few times and although much of that coast is beach, cliff and scrub, occassionally there are small copses which follow streams down to the sea.
 
You can camp in the sand dunes at constantine bay. I've done it a couple of times myself. Just take a disposable barbie and your set. They've even got toilets at the carpark (which fits roughly 8 cars, so arrive really early/late).

Constantine is loverly. North cornwal, white sands, great sunsets etc. pics
 
madzone said:
Wel, if you know all that, why are you asking us? :p
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And even without looking I suggests those are facing the Irish Sea...not the Atlantic Ocean? :rolleyes: ...'''aving now looked I can't be arse...yeah stay up near Devon...it's well nice and treeeey... best bit of Co0rnwall imho...build a fire where you want...best to do it under a tree as close as you can too the trunk...the flames should do nicely...you can watch the leaves burst into flame...well trippy...or if you get bored...why not pull of the branches and have a fire of the beach with it...or takes a couple of sacks of charcoal some firelighters and few oily pallets...tops!...or why not go to Boscastle...there's loads of old scaffolding boards in the harbour...loads of places to go, loads of fires to have hidden in copses..... really! :p
 
fractionMan said:
You can camp in the sand dunes at constantine bay. I've done it a couple of times myself. Just take a disposable barbie and your set. They've even got toilets at the carpark (which fits roughly 8 cars, so arrive really early/late).

Constantine is loverly. North cornwal, white sands, great sunsets etc. pics
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he wants trees and copses and fires on a beach////...ffs can't you read!!!!!! :mad: :rolleyes:
 
squelch said:
And even without looking I suggests those are facing the Irish Sea...not the Atlantic Ocean? :rolleyes: ...'''aving now looked I can't be arse...yeah stay up near Devon...it's well nice and treeeey... best bit of Co0rnwall imho...build a fire where you want...best to do it under a tree as close as you can too the trunk...the flames should do nicely...you can watch the leaves burst into flame...well trippy...or if you get bored...why not pull of the branches and have a fire of the beach with it...or takes a couple of sacks of charcoal some firelighters and few oily pallets...tops!...or why not go to Boscastle...there's loads of old scaffolding boards in the harbour...loads of places to go, loads of fires to have hidden in copses..... really! :p
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Hmm.. I am not normally one to pick battles on bulletin boards, but in this instance I will make an exception.

There is nothing witty about Lawrence Logic style pedantry, so can you take your Cornish martyr chip on shoulder elsewhere as you are neither helpful nor amusing. Heaven forfend anyone should ask a simple question and get a simple answer when it comes to your own holy barony. Cnut.
 
I think what squelch is getting at here is that there aren't a lot of woodlands left in Kernow as we chopped them all down to feed the mine pump engines (you know, those lovely icons of Cornishness) or prop up the mine roofs etc, so coming on and asking where there are some trees near a beach so you can carry on burning the fuckers might just be a red rag to someone who has spent a lot of time and effort in sustainably managing what little woodland we have left - like wot squelch has...

...so you're probably better off stopping off in Devon somewhere and filling your boot with firewood there. ;)
 
Backatcha Bandit said:
I think what squelch is getting at here is that there aren't a lot of woodlands left in Kernow as we chopped them all down to feed the mine pump engines (you know, those lovely icons of Cornishness) or prop up the mine roofs etc, so coming on and asking where there are some trees near a beach so you can carry on burning the fuckers might just be a red rag to someone who has spent a lot of time and effort in sustainably managing what little woodland we have left - like wot squelch has...

...so you're probably better off stopping off in Devon somewhere and filling your boot with firewood there. ;)
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Very eloquently and succinctly put :) If I didn't know better I'd say you're quite an intelligent young chap.
 
No foolin' you, is there? :D

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If you put your ear up to the screen, you can hear it softly moaning "Feeeeed meeee...." ;)
 
madzone said:
Very eloquently and succinctly put :) If I didn't know better I'd say you're quite an intelligent young chap.
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what he and she(...with the piece of tin in 'er cleft) says! :p


Ironically I've also spent hundreds of back breaking hours planting Marin grass to preserve and extend dunes..only to then watch fkkkn surfers and Army_type twats pulling the stuff out to throw at each other...what jakes! :mad:

Support your Cornish woodsman/shops...find some log nets(look for oak/ash/hazel/hardwood as opposed to softwoods.... at a local garage/shop...build a sensible fireplace in a sensible location on a beach,,,prolly best above the high tide mark and AWAY from ANY vegetation at all...for the obvious reason!!!!,,,have your fire and camp by it...only clearly defined Private beaches can really really really put a stop to you...make sure the fire is out and throw heavier lump of char left above high tide line for others to find for bbq use?<<<<fkk bringing charcoal to a beach...go find shed loads of driftwood...good exercise for all...burn ...leave to emberficate and cook on when only white ash is covering entirity...and don't call me the Cornish Mears! :oops:
 
My apologies for the tantrum. I am usually moderately reasonable.

so coming on and asking where there are some trees near a beach so you can carry on burning the fuckers might just be a red rag to someone who has spent a lot of time and effort in sustainably managing what little woodland we have left - like wot squelch has...
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Well I'm not going to start hewing down live trees to burn am I? Pitiful smokey old fire I would get if I was stupid enough to try. Credit me, if not with environmental sensitivity, then basic firemaking skill. I'm going to look for old dead wood. And not old rotting trunks either (not because they are an important part of woodland ecology but because they don't burn well when all soggy). Even a small copse of 6 or 7 trees can usually easily provide enough dead wood for a few fires quite sustainably. And even when I do get my little fire going for cosiness sake, I am not going to site it in the middle of dry grass with my tent 6 inches away. I know plenty how to get the right wood, how to light a fire and how to tidy up after. And in that regard a beach is pretty ideal as there is unlikely to be anything nearby to accidentally catch light - and there is an abundance of firefighting material at hand (sand and water).

Flippin' urban. Never safe from a self-rightous lecture.
 
So you know how to make a fire safely and ethically, you already know half a dozen beaches with copses in the area you want to visit - pretty pointless thread then :p :D
 
Idaho said:
Examples of copses near sea on the Atlantic coast:

Coombe

Marsland Mouth

Tregragon

Port Quin

I presume you haven't been to Cornwall much either :rolleyes:
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coombe is lovely btw, spent a week there in May, stayed at a landmark trust cottage in the valley , they own a little hamlet of about 6 cottages, short walk to duck pool bay...beautiful area....
 
Oh Penryn give me strength!!!!

Idaho said:
Flippin' urban. Never safe from a self-rightous lecture.
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Nah oh wise_one...Cornish beaches are never safe from stupid fkkkrs trying to exactly as you lecture us you don't...noted...always provided shit advice to Urban Enquiries....yeah I know just the place you want....lully spot!

And note this...why on earth would you think people in Cornwall would want to recommend a place,,,a nice secluded one,,,a peaceful one...to a complete ffkn stranger just coz they say they are going to be good'ens?

Quite often the Meeeedja publish list of very nice spots as recommended...they should do follow up stories to the twattage the spots get... :(



Blllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh! :p


Oh and

Even a small copse of 6 or 7 trees can usually easily provide enough dead wood for a few fires quite sustainably.
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...bollocks! :mad:

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And in that regard a beach is pretty ideal as there is unlikely to be anything nearby to accidentally catch light - and there is an abundance of firefighting material at hand (sand and water).
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more bollocks... :mad:

but you know it all...so back to the fkU2s!!
 
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