Would you go camping alone?

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I love the idea of taking my car and a small tent and just camping a few days alone near a beach or some hills.

I am usually very anxious in crowds or p

If you love the idea, go for it. I wouldn’t go camping alone, or in company. The idea horrifies me. I have been on holiday alone though. I enjoyed it and found it quite empowering.

I would do it on a site where there were families and I felt safe. No way with anything like wild camping.

Sorry my dog jumped up on me saw a cat out the window

I never had the bag packing experience in my twenties and I just want to sleep on a beach and do something for me spontaneous! My anxiety is telling me it’s super dangerous to do this alone!?? Thoughts..

I love peace and solitude. I have camped alone both on actual camp sites and wild camping and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Take a phone, tell someone where you're going and agree to check in if you feel like you want a little extra security x

I absolutely would! A small easy to pitch tent and a site that I knew already. The chance to sit peacefully and enjoy sunsets and stars with no children/DH pestering me for things, to sprawl out while sleeping and not have to worry about waking anyone up by going for a midnight wee, bliss!

Thanks @AltitudeCheck I have a whole two weeks off work for the first time since 2019 (my work load has been massive in the pandemic although I do work from home but it’s been a LOT) I just want a few days peace and quiet! Read a book, look at the sea and not have any cares.,

Absolutely, with an easy to pitch tent (that I’d have already practiced in the garden). I’d be quite happy to wild camp, long as there was a nice pub nearby.

Not totally on my own, I used to take my dogs with me. I found other campers to be very friendly and supportive, and quick to offer a hand if they thought I was struggling.

I'd still be doing it now if arthritis hadn't got the better of me.

I'd be terrified personally but would have a lot of respect for any woman who did this. I remember reading an interview with a young woman who is an artist in an interiors magazine and she said she regularly goes off with her one man tent, hikes to the top of a mountain and just camps there and I thought "how brave and fantastic to do that". I'm too much of a wimp but I have been to stay in a hotel on my own (not quite the same I know)

I wouldn't go camping on my own, no. That said, nor would I go camping with my husband, in a group, with my family, for a significant amount of money or even with 1995 Colin Firth (even if he turned up at my front door dressed as Mr. Darcy and carrying a pop-up tent).

I can see if you liked the idea of camping in the first place and like your own company though, it might be quite nice except for the bit in the tent

I think I'd get seriously creeper out in the middle of the night so I wouldn't do it.
I love the idea in theory though!

I love this idea and have always fancied doing this myself. If you do it please come back and tell us how it went.

I camped on my own at the foot of Snowdon. It was fine. Valuables in the car or under my pillow. Most annoying thing is people talking loudly and the weather.

I have no problem going on holiday alone, in fact I quite enjoy it. But hell would freeze over before I'd go camping at all, let alone by myself.

Sorry, that was flippant - camping isn't my thing, but I would be even less keen going alone, I'd be scared tbh. I might do it in a campervan but not in a tent.

Dear Lord no! Have you not seen Blair Witch? 😱😱😱

Sorry my dog jumped up on me saw a cat out the window

Take your dog, sounds like he/she will chase off anything that moves so can be your guard dog!

I thought about this for ages then recently I did it. It was really good. I went to a camp ground, not too remote but only accessible by foot (5-6 hour hike). No phone reception. I enjoyed myself and had a relaxing time. There was one man camping there as well but we didn't bother each other, just waved hello.

I'd be too afraid.
I LOVE solitude, and my own company but, you're pretty defenceless in a tent and I know It's unlikely but not impossible..
I'd be totally freaked out.

Yep, I've been camping alone, my two dogs came along too. Not wild camped alone, I like a hot shower in the morning!

My DH wild camps all the time. He loves it. Just plan where you will go and pitch your tent carefully so you are not harming the environment or upsetting a farmer etc

Maybe try somewhere like Hillend in the Gower or Ferryside at Kidwelly where you’re camping and it’s a couple of min walk to the beach over the sand dunes? I love camping and the beach and would happily do it alone or with others.

Try and weigh out where the anxiety comes from - ie fear of what others would think, fear of getting something wrong, of having no one to rescue you if it goes wrong. Then identity what you can do to manage that.

Ah so you have a dog so that makes a big difference. You won't really be alone and he will give a bit of extra security.

There are loads of videos about solo female wild campers on YT, I have posted an example below. Just browse and pick up some great tips and dos and don't s, kit etc and go for it.

I turned our car into a tent and went for 2 nights on my own, but I went to a campsite, helped not give me the heebie jeebies in the middle of the night and I felt safer because I could lock the doors

We (DH&I) spent a lovely night on a river bank recently. We arrived and left by canoe. (Although there is road access). There was a pub, toilets and showers. On the river bank bit it was just us and a couple of fishermen. The main bit with campervans was busier, but our bit was very quiet (accept the sound of water down the weir)

I would camp there alone.

Do it, nothing like a bit of solitude in a beautiful setting to nourish the soul.