I want to take my son (nearly 4) camping and I've told him we'll pack our kit into his trailer and ride somewhere into the "wilderness" and pitch the tent.
Has anyone got any suggestions for a site with or without amenities that's a bit off the beaten track, but quite close to a...er.. beaten track.
The trailer is a Croozer -pretty robust but no suspension. Three options for the region - South Wales, Warwickshire, or not too far from west London.
Have visions of campfire, stream etc. pub would be nice...
Any other tips for kid camping?
Mid-Wales, so outside your area but Mawddach Trail and Graig Wen near Dolgellau.
Callow Top is right on the Tissington Trail in Derbyshire, that's trailer friendly.
Bit far from Landan though.
[url= http://burnbake.com/ ]Burnbake[/url] in Dorset, near Corfe Castle.
Fire pits onsite for hire, non marked pitches in a wood so feels wild (but has a toilet and shower to hand!). Little shop for a few hours a day, and a take away/cafe too if you're lucky.
Easy ride out along the old tramways (now marked as bridleways) to Studland beach for some RnR if sunny, and tea + cake from the NT shop if not.
Easy access across the ferry from Sandbanks too, if you can leave the car there somewhere and save 25 miles of driving and add a degree of excitement to getting to site - the road from the ferry to the NT parking and bridleway to campsite is NOT nice but can be over with fairly quickly if Daddy's towing (mini-est brassneck was egging me on from the gatorbar attached HotRock, as he was at last beating his brothers).
Not so easy rides over the Purbecks if you turn left out of the site!
Bring lots of clothes and some good ground insulation (see Hora's camping with kids thread - this is a good use case for a decent sleeping mat + bag).
Only issue is it's a turn up and hope there's space sort of place. go out of holidays / weekends and you'll more or less have it to yourself though.
Callow Top is right on the Tissington Trail in Derbyshire, that's trailer friendly.
Ditto Rivendale, I was there last week. There's a pub on site too.
Some good ideas, thanks. Getting the trailer and bike and boy into the car is no small task, so driving somewhere will probably inspire me to do more to make it worthwhile.
Camped near the Elan valley a few years ago and really enjoyed the feeling of being a long way from anyone-walking for 8 hours without seeing another person was great but not sure I'd be so relaxed in those circumstances with a child in tow.