Wild Camping on The Pennine Way
Q. Like the others, [I am] wondering if I can pitch a tent anywhere along the Pennine Way as long as we are discreet?
There's only two of us.?
Catherine Thomas, London
A. See Wild Camping in the UK
A. I completed the Pennine Way in May 2006 and wild camped on quite a few nights.
The trick is, as you say, to be discreet - pitch late and leave early.
One of the main problems in the South Pennines, though, is to find good water supplies, but these improve significantly after crossing the Aire gap.
The Kielder Forest area has some designated wild camping sites close to the Pennine Way, although some of these aren't too pretty(!) - and there are bothies at High Withens (well, sort of! ), Gregs Hut, Haughton Green and on the Border ridge The Cheviots provide some of the best wild pitches, just off the main Pennine Way.
And if you go down into the Scottish valleys to camp, there are no legal issues as the Scottish access legislation allows wild camping.
Mike Knipe, Crook
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