tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81942396794798776872024-02-20T08:47:26.528+00:00 Photo-Wild .... from Motorhome and Narrowboat 'Willow'.Nick Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383433206203701628noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194239679479877687.post-3291617927669246912021-12-30T23:19:00.001+00:002021-12-30T23:36:24.811+00:00About Photo-Wild<p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Use the above drop down menu for Page/Area Selection:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The best photos of the Wildlife and Wild Places of Scotland Wales and England are from Wild Camping in a Motorhome, Campervan, or Narrowboat.... Simple.</span></span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4316411000134069843" itemprop="articleBody"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Introduction to Nick & Irene Scott:</b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nick and Irene are retired Hotel Boat owner/operators from the Scottish and English/Welsh canal networks. </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVksi5kAGXnd89AcGBTFifPeSN2TO7uHhSSO4G19I_UtvZSpwKP5jgb7eHYTh-rUG63eb8LoTpFGTpVnAGEAGLK4Ti6aOU4KRXQYixHGzh4vnpvVUg9pqsgKnaMQyHGqwCWuYkDDfxTu7/s458/EWBlakemere5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="458" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVksi5kAGXnd89AcGBTFifPeSN2TO7uHhSSO4G19I_UtvZSpwKP5jgb7eHYTh-rUG63eb8LoTpFGTpVnAGEAGLK4Ti6aOU4KRXQYixHGzh4vnpvVUg9pqsgKnaMQyHGqwCWuYkDDfxTu7/s320/EWBlakemere5.jpg" width="443" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now
retired, we kept our much loved narrowboat Willow, but just as a
private boat on the English/Welsh canal network...But now 6 years on we have sold Willow on (now once again a hotelboat under new ownership). So we now spend much of
the year either touring in our elderly motorhome or tending to our garden aviary<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0WNLi8aJW_5TonVtnbEsJAjiQceSHXwmtzoyI71yj8bONZCofA7uDyR-bzjncGGzHhh2g8KTJblaevy-yriSDriytP7S9oWACz8JzmtIX6xemxtdpFhGR7o4xZeJjPIO1uTpgFBWzKxg/s1250/DSC01780.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1250" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0WNLi8aJW_5TonVtnbEsJAjiQceSHXwmtzoyI71yj8bONZCofA7uDyR-bzjncGGzHhh2g8KTJblaevy-yriSDriytP7S9oWACz8JzmtIX6xemxtdpFhGR7o4xZeJjPIO1uTpgFBWzKxg/s320/DSC01780.JPG" width="426" /></a><span>Most
often the best wild scenery and wildlife photo opportunities are to be
found away from such sites and marinas - and 'far from the madding
crowd'. Very often we need to wait at a particular location for the
right light (or even weather) to get the best shots - confining
ourselves to being on official sites or marinas just doesn't work for us
- we need to be 'on location'.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We love our own grandchildren dearly, but not other peoples' using our motorhome as a frisbee target. Of course there are many motorhomers and boaters out there that quickly recognise these concepts.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Wild Motorhoming:</b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also just prefer the wild motorhome option - 'Camping Wild': <span>What could be nicer than pulling off a single track road beside a burn, or overlooking a lochan - during the Rut in the Highlands. With not a house in sight and waking up to the calls of the stags, challenging each other across the hills and forests - Just Magical. </span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or perhaps amid the Welsh Cambrian Mountains during July and August - with fewer midges than the North West of Scotland.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then let's make a 'photo record' of these magical stops. </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are scrupulous in the ethics of our wild motorhome camping (and mooring). In particular our motorhome is properly equipped with on-board toilet facilities. We dispose of all waste (human and dog) in a proper fashion and leave no litter - indeed we pride ourselves on the principle of leaving no 'footprint' of our very temporary stay at any particular location. </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5n9Qt7d1MFCqm2QcMnEv_9T6fUtsDAeBrI2zIZldPhbcevJPSAoBc0gASa78awiUme-oiG5JhyphenhyphenbGPhyphenhyphenK2dH4O3u2-8bj319t-x-QR_E824lZwze9Rc6zQNpuPLt-qxMuQIwBx6ZT34jk_/s1000/DSC02935+-+small.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5n9Qt7d1MFCqm2QcMnEv_9T6fUtsDAeBrI2zIZldPhbcevJPSAoBc0gASa78awiUme-oiG5JhyphenhyphenbGPhyphenhyphenK2dH4O3u2-8bj319t-x-QR_E824lZwze9Rc6zQNpuPLt-qxMuQIwBx6ZT34jk_/s320/DSC02935+-+small.jpg" width="413" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our
motorhome is elderly, but adapted to suit 'wild camping' with
additional fresh water storage tanks, diesel heating, solar charging and
enhanced battery capacity.<span>We don't use or need an electric hook up, so why should we pay for it, by being on a formal site.</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, with additional effluent storage, we need to empty sewage only once a week - so why should we require to be on a formal caravan site for the other days.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So here's a bit of a rant...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><i><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local communities in Scotland could take a lesson from the French 'aires' - typically areas at villages where motorhomes can stop overnight free of charge or at minimal cost. Village shops/pubs/restaurants get trade and the motorhomers get toilet emptying / water facilities etc if required. <br /></span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><i><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As an exercise we priced staying on a Camping and Caravan Club site at Glencoe for a week in June 2021. The club has a good reputation for value, but the cost came in at about £250/week - non club sites are likely to be much more (often charging for extras such as a wife and a dog). </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As pensioners, a typical tour in our motorhome might be for 6 weeks - using this example it would cost us £1500 in sight fees for the period....Oh, and I've got a wife and two dogs </span>- remember for most of the time we don't need their charging/water/toilet facilities - which are needed typically only one day in seven...</span></i></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rant over.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course there is also a converse rant...<i><span style="color: #351c75;">Those people who visit our stunning countryside and shores who leave all manner of litter, abandoned tents etc, scar the ground with barbecues and fires, and even human excrement. That applies to some such folks visiting by car/bus; some tent campers; some fishermen; and (yes) some motorhomers. Such folk don't deserve our beautiful contryside, and should stay away</span></i>...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We fully comply with the 'responsible behaviour' principles outlined within the Scottish Outdoor Access Code 2005 made under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 - for more on this select '<a href="http://www.photo-wild.co.uk/p/scottish-outdoor-access-code.html">Land Access Code</a>'.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course this brings us back to our raison-d'etre - we want to experience and record the wild beauty of the more remote parts of the UK and it's wildlife - why would we spoil that with a litter footprint - and how could we do that effectively from a formal caravan site, or marina berth.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmlfIDsOEhCWYEBGtlT5yz5WnQM9352hLwtfDSjgy6LhMPuxxJRB_KQEgDXIWe26AQkONYOZ_sayj46CZRwGPM6SKqXKVLVWcW_SrN9THM6TlD2JLgNq2RrWIkDhPIzTagkOqYPhyphenhyphenpupV/s458/160917southstack7.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="458" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmlfIDsOEhCWYEBGtlT5yz5WnQM9352hLwtfDSjgy6LhMPuxxJRB_KQEgDXIWe26AQkONYOZ_sayj46CZRwGPM6SKqXKVLVWcW_SrN9THM6TlD2JLgNq2RrWIkDhPIzTagkOqYPhyphenhyphenpupV/s320/160917southstack7.jpg" width="415" /></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Our photography work:</b></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neither of us are professional photographers, although we like to think we're 'getting better all the time'. Technically, the photography displayed on the this website will be relatively low resolution, designed merely for economic use of data display....deliberate for the following reasons:</span></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Data file uploads will generally be by mobile internet connection (3G or 4G), direct from the photographed locations - we don't have unlimited fibre broadband either in the motorhome or on the boat. </span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big data uploads would therefore be problematic particularly in some rural areas with limited internet coverage.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pages and blog entries may be displaying a number of photos. If the files are large, mobile web users (perhaps also on mobile data plans) will have page loading problems.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our general intention is to display the locations and wildlife, rather than win photo competitions.</span></span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you would like to use a displayed photo, please ask first. We are generally non-commercial.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have appropriate photos of your own that you would like us to display, we will certainly welcome that as a consideration. We would, of course, display a photo credit (and web link if you wish that to be arranged).</span></span></span></p></div>Nick Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383433206203701628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194239679479877687.post-18957280353620544592021-12-30T23:09:00.007+00:002021-12-30T23:33:52.517+00:00Wild Camping.... The Land Assess Code<span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">The land Reform (Scotland) Act, 2003,
was brought in by the Scottish Government to establish a statutory
framework of public Access rights to most of Scotland's land and
inland water. These legal rights are based on the principle
of reasonable access with obligations both on the access
users and on the managers of the land/water. Guidance on
these responsibilities is set out in the Scottish Outdoor Access Code
2005.</font></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3"><b>In England & Wales:</b> Having researched the
subject, this page on photo-wild aims to give guidance to other
motorhome users as to what is (and what isn't) acceptable in terms of
our use of a motorhome in Scotland and even, in some repects, within
England and Wales. Certainly Road Traffic law in England & Wales
is broadly the same as in Scotland - so in the absence of a Traffic
Regulation Order you can stop and sleep in any road layby - complying
with drivers hours legislation, HGV drivers do so regularly. Before
leaving the subject of England and Wales, I understand that 'law of
trespass' south of the border is generally a civil matter - and not a
'trespassers will be prosecuted' criminal issue. So treat the adage
that 'wild motorhoming' in England and Wales is illegal, with some
suspicion. There is certainly no UK statute that creates a blanket
offence of staying in a motorhome elsewhere than on a caravan
site.</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Although the main content of this page deals with the
law in Scotland, we use the same Scottish code and principles of
responsibility when motorhoming in England and Wales. Like most
Scottish legal principles they are, after all, based on common
sense.<br /><br /><b>In Scotland:</b><br />So most of this page deals with the
Scottish Outdoor Access Code, under the Land Reform (S) Act. It may
also be of interest to local land owners and land managers who have
not, perhaps, researched the subject.<br /><br />The full Scottish
Outdoor Access Code 2005 can be downloaded in various formats, from
their official site - <a href="https://www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot/" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br /><br />In summary, however,
the following points seem to be of particular note:</font></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">
</font></span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Everyone has access rights under
the code to most of Scotland's land and inland waterways, but only
if that access is exercised responsibly. Importantly access rights
can be exercised at any time of Day or Night.</font></span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Such rights can be for
recreational pursuits such as cycling, wild camping, walking, and
photography (there's a long list).</font></span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">There are places where access
rights are specifically excluded, such as:- land adjacent to houses
and gardens, land with growing crops, schools, playing fields/golf
courses etc, military bases etc, quarries and construction sites,
and places which charge for entry (a full list in the code).</font></span></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Local Authorities can make by-laws
limiting access if there is a local need, but only with due regard
to the general principles of the 2003 Act.</font></span></p>
</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">
</font></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">The next points are of particular
importance to motorhome use....</font></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">
</font></span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Motorised
activities such as motor
bike scrambling and off-road driving are (rightly) excluded as an
activity (presumably due to the damage and disruption this might
cause). However, the mere parking of a stationary vehicle,
responsibly in a suitable place, is not a 'motorised'
activity. Neither is merely sleeping in a stationary
vehicle. Indeed para 3.19/20 of the code specifically deals
with the need for access rights to be exercised at night when
visiting remote places (provided it is done in a way not to cause
alarm to local residents). For example parking to wander off with your
camera to photograph a group of red deer on the hillside is not a
'motorised' activity. </font></span></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Section 34 of The Road Traffic Act
1988 creates a criminal offence of driving a motor vehicle elsewhere
than on a road, without authority. HOWEVER the Act specifically
states that it is NOT an offence if such off road driving is for the
purposes of parking the vehicle within 15 yards of a road. So,
for example, pulling off a few yards from a single track public road
(perhaps onto an informal unfenced layby) to park your motorhome is
not an offence.</font></span></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">Traffic Regulation Orders can be
enacted by local authorities to limit or charge for parking (perhaps
prohibiting overnight parking), but they can only be made in certain
circumstances (where there is a particular local problem). Similarly
by-laws can be made to restrict access to land where there is a
genuine local need, but in making the by-law they must take into
account the provisions of the Land Reform (S) Act. In particular
local authorities must display authorising signs (usually white with
blue bands) - advising the public of the existence and provisions of
a Traffic Regulation Order - otherwise it has no legal effect.
Moreover the ordinary yellow 'No overnight parking' signs are not
legally enforceable and in some cases are now prohibited under the
Land Reform (S) Act. If there is a sign it should be a legal one.</font></span></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">In general terms the code requires
the public to exercise their access rights responsibly - BUT equally
it also requires land owner/managers to act responsibly in any
limiting of access. Specifically para 4.8 of the code comments
that land owner/managers must not obstruct or hinder people from
exercising their right of access either by physically obstructing
access or by discouraging or intimidating them.</font></span></p>
</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">
</font></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3">To sum up we fully endorse the code. We
even avoid stopping overnight in places where there are unauthorised
no overnight parking signs - we prefer to avoid unpleasantness.
However it is very clear that the Scottish Government has, rightly,
had a desire to open the Scottish countryside to responsible public
access, and to prevent unfair prohibition of that access by
landowners. Thus the need to legislate to bring about that principle.
It also serves the need to explode certain myths. <br /></font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><font size="3"><b><font color="#990000" style="background-color: #f1c232;"><a href="http://www.photo-wild.co.uk/p/scottish-outdoor-access-code.html"> TOP </a></font></b></font></span></p>Nick Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383433206203701628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194239679479877687.post-10089168339585930132020-08-18T12:07:00.006+00:002020-08-19T13:31:58.287+00:00Maps and AppsMany wild motorhomers will already be aware of the 'park4night' App
available on Android (not sure about IPhone). We've used it a number of
times if we've been struggling to find a suitable locàtion during the
days 'cruise'.<p>However our main source is from our own experience.
To keep track, we have our tablet (most have GPS) mounted on a
dashboard bracket and plugged in to a 12v supply. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKISmKUNhiSihprCI2JcYtVIwoHMaLpOgvBHfiJD5FBtJ0T986IyhHVTTkMsbZhjtb623_ymR43-_GGrXHl6qJXL88WidOZ9W9l0hYMfmdczLdVynUZE5NyXT59C9aPho2s6EifeA0c4u/s1280/Screenshot_20200807-111702.png" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="800" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKISmKUNhiSihprCI2JcYtVIwoHMaLpOgvBHfiJD5FBtJ0T986IyhHVTTkMsbZhjtb623_ymR43-_GGrXHl6qJXL88WidOZ9W9l0hYMfmdczLdVynUZE5NyXT59C9aPho2s6EifeA0c4u/w320-h512/Screenshot_20200807-111702.png" width="375" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">On
the tablet we have the free Memory-Map App. It has the OS UK road atlas
map included (most of time that's all you need, but we also bought the
OS Landranger). Once logged on to the GPS signal, a red marker centred
on the map indicates your position on the map. Nice feature as you
drive, because the red ring position mark stays centred, with the map
moving to keep indicating your location. But now, for us, the main point
of Memory-Map for motorhomers. When you discover a useful overnight
stop, or water point etc, you simply tap on an icon to produce a 'mark'
on your map at the GPS point. See the graphic...the mark is indicated by
a small blue flag (but you can change the symbol/colour etc to suit).
That mark indicates your find on the map for future reference. You can
apply text to the mark EG "Nice stop with forest walks, but no phone
coverage". You can vary the symbol of each mark to indicate different
features...a different symbol for water point from an overnight stop
etc.</p><p>You might think that all this can be achieved with Google maps, but can you rely on an internet connection?</p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: #ffa400;"><b><a href="http://www.photo-wild.co.uk/">TOP/POST INDEX<br /></a></b></span></span></p>Nick Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383433206203701628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194239679479877687.post-69346947818804047382020-08-17T09:34:00.025+00:002020-08-18T13:18:18.551+00:00Temporary Suspension of our Motorhome Trips in Scotland<p style="text-align: justify;">Due to current irresponsible and diabolical behaviour of many 'wild campers' using Scotlands rural parts, we have paused our normal use of our Motorhome in Scotland. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Seems the miscreants are 'staycationing' due to covid-19 travel/quarantine restrictions to Europe. We will wait until the guilty go back to holidaying in Minorca or wherever. They seem set to ruin responsible motorhoming in Scotland. We would hate for folk to associate us and our responsible use of our Motorhome, with those that leave human excrement and other rubbish strewn around our Scots beauty spots. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Photos of the rubbish and excrement do suggest that it's mainly folk other than in motorhomes - the photos on social media of faeces with loo paper suggest folk pooing in the open, rather than the slurry-like effect of emptying an elsan toilet. Motorhomers don't have or use tents etc to discard.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There may, nevertheless, be some irresponsible motorhoming. As far as the influx of motorhomes on the NC500 is concerned, the creation of 'aires' would undoubtedly help both motorhomers and local communities. Seems that much of the increase of motorhomes has come from expansion of the motorhome hire fleet market - filling up existing caravan sites. Many such inexperienced users, perhaps as an overflow from full caravan sites, may be inexperienced in the ethical ways of wild motorhoming (some perhaps uncaring). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">More caravan sites charging £30 per night is not the answer. Such sites might suit those on a week's holiday - but for the many retired folk wanting to spend a couple of months in their self sufficient motorhomes (not needing electric hook-ups or shower blocks) upwards of £2000 is too rich for many - us included.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So in the meantime you may see us moving en-route between Cairnryan and Willow's home mooring in Shropshire, but that will be it. Our 'motorhoming' will just be on Willow for the time being. Maybe come the red deer rut in October, we might see things a bit different.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: #ffa400;"><b><a href="http://www.photo-wild.co.uk/">TOP/POST INDEX</a></b></span></span></p>Nick Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383433206203701628noreply@blogger.com0