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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Ireland and France
I've camped at public monuments in Ireland, private property in Ireland
(farmer field's with permission), and with permission on farms in France. One time a tourist agency representative (very pretty and polite, I might add) in Amboise France pointed me towards a spot on the Loire where "unofficial camping" took place. She did this in part because it was late October and official campgrounds were closed. I've explained to friends and relatives here in the U.S. that attitudes towards free camping are different in Europe and the U.K. . Does anybody know the formal rules ? Or what is generally acceptable protocol ? Or where this is discussed on the web ? Naturally, Borde Failte, the official tourist board of ireland doesnt discuss this topic on their website. Thanks in advance. Bobby O'Neill slOmaha NE USA |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Ireland and France
On 25 Feb 2006 04:33:54 -0800, "roadwarrior" wrote:
I've camped at public monuments in Ireland, private property in Ireland (farmer field's with permission), and with permission on farms in France. One time a tourist agency representative (very pretty and polite, I might add) in Amboise France pointed me towards a spot on the Loire where "unofficial camping" took place. She did this in part because it was late October and official campgrounds were closed. I've explained to friends and relatives here in the U.S. that attitudes towards free camping are different in Europe and the U.K. . Does anybody know the formal rules ? Or what is generally acceptable protocol ? Or where this is discussed on the web ? Naturally, Borde Failte, the official tourist board of ireland doesnt discuss this topic on their website. In what sense are attitudes different in Europe than in the US? Unofficial camping is pretty common in some parts of the US. Are you saying that it's less common or more common in Europe? -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Ireland and France
It's not common in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming, to name a
few. Maybe because these states have so much national forest lands or farm/ranchlands. Thirty years ago you could get away with hunting on cornfields w/o permission; now that act will likely get you arrested and/or shot. I am saying it is way more common in Europe. |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Ireland and France
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
roadwarrior wrote: Thirty years ago you could get away with hunting on cornfields w/o permission; now that act will likely get you arrested and/or shot. As it should! I'm sure the household pets no longer shot by over-eager hunters with "buck fever" are grateful! Do you have as much sympathy with hunting companions as you have with household pets? -- PB The return address has been MUNGED |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Irelandand France
Padraig Breathnach wrote: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote: roadwarrior wrote: Thirty years ago you could get away with hunting on cornfields w/o permission; now that act will likely get you arrested and/or shot. As it should! I'm sure the household pets no longer shot by over-eager hunters with "buck fever" are grateful! Do you have as much sympathy with hunting companions as you have with household pets? If they're hunting companions of our vice-president, I do! (But at least huntig companions are also armed - when the household pets begin toting shotguns, I'll rethink my position.) |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Irelandand France
roadwarrior wrote:
I've camped at public monuments in Ireland, private property in Ireland (farmer field's with permission), and with permission on farms in France. I've explained to friends and relatives here in the U.S. that attitudes towards free camping are different in Europe and the U.K. . An excerpt from my "EXPERIENCES in YUGOSLAVIA" http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Yugo.html at the site at Right in the sig. After a while [the policeman] returned . . . and told me to follow him. He explained that the owners of the land where we had stopped had given permission for me to spend the night there. Promising to return in the morning, he rode off into the night. I could see nothing, so lay down on the ground and slept well, completely undisturbed by animals or insects. -- __________________________________________________ ______________ Un San Francisqueño en San Francisco. http://geocities.com/dancefest/ --- http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 ------- IClast at Gmail com [Content below asterisks not mine.] ************************************************** ***************** *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Ireland and France
see? a decent place to sleep and a breakfast of tomatoes, potatos, hot
coffee and freshly baked bread ! sweet ... I think landowners in the states became too paranoid to extend that hospitality years ago |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Ireland and France
DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
On 26 Feb 2006 09:03:49 -0800, "roadwarrior" wrote: I think landowners in the states became too paranoid to extend that hospitality years ago I suspect that all comes from the 'suing culture' in the US. People are scared to do anything nice for anyone else, just in case they may be liable for anything that happens. In fact, this fear may not be paranoia, but be perfectly reasonable given some of the lawsuits that have succeeded. There's also the reasonable fear you might get shot by the landowner. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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free tent camping on private property and elsewhere in Irelandand France
roadwarrior wrote: see? a decent place to sleep and a breakfast of tomatoes, potatos, hot coffee and freshly baked bread ! sweet ... I think landowners in the states became too paranoid to extend that hospitality years ago Possibly with reason? |
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