Backpacking and Wild Camping Adventure Days
Beginners two day Backpacking and Wild Courses Camping & Adventure Days.
Join one of our 1 or 2 night backpacking courses on the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire
Fully immerse yourself in the great outdoors!Â
The best method in my opinion, is to put your home on your back, and go backpacking;.
If you want to enjoy this experience, then only pack the essentials, the more you carry, the heavier your load.
You will quickly regret adding those little extras, just in case……
If you haven’t been backpacking before, don’t expect to walk long distances per day,
until you get backpacking fit
If you are a beginner to Backpacking and Wild Camping, it’s easy to think you need to spend £1000’s
to get all the kit, if you watch certain YouTube channels.
You don’t have to buy a Hilleberg tent, costing over a £1000 alone
There is some fantastic kit, that costs a fraction of that, and is nearly just as good.
So before you go out and buy all this gear, then find out it is not for you, give it a try first.
Crawling in and out of a tent on the side of a mountain, is not for everyone.
The reality can be different from your expectation!!!
Watching a beautiful sunset or sun rise, now that is!!!!
So you have just spent £500, £800 or maybe over £1000.Â
Now what do you do, if its not for you?
Try before you buy!!!
We are now offering the chance to go on an accompanied two day
backpacking and wild camping courses consisting of a one night backpacking expedition, with all the backpacking kit provided, on the
 North York Moors or Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire,
apart from your clothing, sleeping bag and personal use items.
We are offering two different options.
Using the equipment provided
1) We navigate around the hills during the day but make our way to a organised campsite, with all the basic amenities, and camp there over night. There may even be a pub nearby.
2) We navigate around the hills, then find a secluded spot to wild camp overnight.
In the UK, the only places you can legally wild camp are on Dartmoor in England and in wild areas of Scotland.
In England if you wild camp, without the permission of the land owner you are trespassing and can be told to move on.
Often, it is not practical to get permission, so we do the following
a) We find an isolated location, above the last fence line on a hill or mountain.
b) We set up camp late, just before sun set.
We cook our own food, maybe have a drink or two as we watch the sunset, then have a good nights uninterrupted sleep.
c) We leave early, and we ensure we LEAVE NO TRACE of our being there.
The principals of:-Â Leave no Trace click on the link to view advice from Wilderness England
The equipment we supply
- Quality Expedition Rucksack
- Rucksack liner
- 1 or 2 person tent
- Footprint
- Inflatable sleeping pad
- Inflatable pillow
- Rechargeable tent light
We do NOT supply a sleeping bag, as this is aÂ
personal item.Â
We can give advice on what to purchase.
- LPG stove & gas
- Windshield
- Lighter
- Pots and pans for cooking
- Knife fork and spoon
- A collapsible mug
- Washing up kit
- Water filter
- Water bottle
- Maps
- Compass
- 10,000 mAh power bank & leads
- Head torch
- Basic First aid kit
- Seat mat
- Toilet trowel for digging a cat hole
What, Where & When
- You get the services of the instructor, who is there to give you advice on navigation, moving safely on rough ground & camping skills. You are provided with a comprehensive backpacking kit
- The two day expedition will take place on the North York Moors or Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
- The expeditions can take place between early May and late September, to avoid frosts & high winds if possible.Â
[You don’t want to be put off before you even start] - Camp craft skills, where and how to pitch your tent. What food to bring and eat. How to obtain clean water.
How and where to go to toilet (wild camping) - WARNING, we will be in remote locations, on rough ground, inclines, boulders etc. There are trip, slip and fall hazards.
A reasonable level of fitness is required, as you will be carrying
a lot more weight than you are used to on a day hike!Â
Do not expect to travel long distances - YOU WILL NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN FOOD AND PERSONAL ITEMS – A LIST WILL BE PROVIDED.,
The cost and how to book?
What you DO NOT need to bring.
A hunting-style knife or similar
An axe or a wood saw.
Any form of weapon.
These are backpacking trips, NOT
survival camping/bushcraft.
Too much damage has been caused since COVID & the subsequent YouTube influencers.
The cost for the two-day, one-night expedition, including the use of all equipment, is £180 per person. (No discounts for multiple bookings)
In addition, if you wish to stay at a campsite, the overnight camping fee will be extra.
The cost for our three-day two-night course is £225, including the use of equipment (excluding campsite fees, extra).
You will be sent a payment link to make a 25% non-returnable subject to conditions deposit to secure the date, via Sumup/Square/PayPal
[To cover admin fees.]
The remaining 75% is required to be paid 7 days before the course date.
To book or discuss further, please either call me on 07597 165258
Or email me on admin@map-skills-moors-and-dales.co.uk
                    Or use the contact page
As part of the “LEAVE NO TRACE’ ethos.
When you are with me any way, there will be no camp fires, they leave scorch marks. Damage is caused to obtain fire wood etc.
There is a fire risk to the tents.