When you start out with your Bongo, you may wish to begin with staying on proper commercial camp sites. This gives you an opportunity to try out or test your equipment in a secure and controlled environment. Another good way of gaining experience, is to join a local group of Bongo enthusiasts, who often arrange meetups for their members and offer a lot of support, Bongo related advice, and group friendship.
However, there may come a time when you want to go it alone, or set off on your own adventure, without having to fit in with a specific schedule or pay for facilities you can manage without. You are now in the territory of what is sometimes known as, ‘wild camping’.
Some links to get you started
Brit Stops – used to produce a book of free wild stops. (facebook page)
Campingpubs (facebook group) (Over 74,000 members)
Cheap Campsites In The U.k & Ireland (facebook group) (Over 87,000 members)
Dartmoor’s Edge Campsite (no ehu) (facebook page)
Nearly Wild Camping – a network of diverse locations across the UK offering Nearly Wild Camping experiences
Under £10 sites – No Chat (facebook group) (Over 43,000 members)
Park4night Sharing spots to relax with your camper, your equipped van or normal van. (Also an App available)
Pitch Up – search for campsites, holiday parks, and wild camping
Practical Motorhome – Nightstops
Search for Sites – Campsites and motorhome parking places in Western Europe
Caravan and Motorhome Club – included here for impartiality, but check allowable motorhome variants before joining
Camping & Caravanning Club – less concerned with motorhome variants than above
UK Campsite – online destinations for caravanners and campers
UK Motorhomes listing of (non-campsite) overnight stopovers for motorhomes in the UK and Ireland. (Under new ownership – South West Motor Homes Ltd.)
Via Michelin – route planner
Drew Peacock at a rather bleak Tan Hill Inn, Swaledale, mid February.
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