Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
Stock up on Deet
seriously - I think there is only 1 site
http://www.kieldercampsite.co.uk/
Not the head of the reservoir in summer if you value your sanity. Midge-hell.
You will get eaten alive. One of the nastiest places I've ever slept in a tent.
So best stay somewhere else for the 100 in September then?
There's a YHA right next to the start - that's where I'll be
http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/northumberland-north-pennines/hostels/kielder/index.aspx
wild camping if you into that sort of thing?
some nice places to stay nearby like bellingham if you need a solid roof 🙂
We have 2 of the Kielder lodges..........Living the high life!! 😆
A few of us camped at the site in Kielder for a week over the (short-lived) summer... Only had 2 evenings of midges, the rest of the time it was clear. We still used deet, came back with plenty, mind... AND the pub's down only 2mins away... 😀
I heard there were some bothies in the area?
thankfully I got sick of camping at races last year and bought a cheap caravan 😉
I camped there for the Kielder Avalanche last year and I don't remember it being too midgy.
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I camped there for the Kielder Avalanche last year and I don't remember it being too midgy.
That was April though, so midges wouldn't be too bad. Was a bit bloody chilly on the night mind.
The Demense campsite ([url= http://www.demesnefarmcampsite.co.uk/index.html ]link[/url]) at Bellingham is very good.
If we stay at the Kielder campsite we'll take a fire bucket (holed metal bucket on legs) and have a fire going to whole time to keep the midges away. You'll still need some kind of repellent, though.
Midges are around at Kielder 100 time, but I dont remember it being too bad. And I usually get bitten to pieces. Plenty of DEET and trousers and not shorts!