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  1. Mike King

    Wild Camping in the UK

    Scotland rules on camping below is the Scottish Government access code which gives the current rules http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/Practical-guide/public/camping includes changes that come into effect this year.
  2. Mike King

    UK members

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  3. Mike King

    OB Europe meet at ABENTEUER & ALLRAD – Bad Kissingen Germany 15th to 18th June

    Camping from 14th this is a major show that ranks with the biggest in the States
  4. Mike King

    OB UK Meet up 26-27 Sept

    Meet up at LRO Show Peterborough
  5. Mike King

    UK Meetup

    Agreed Scotland is stunningly beautiful when the sun shines but "Doris" her of the sat nav goes into alarm condition as I approach the 52nd parallel between 1 Oct and 1 May but always goes into happy holiday mode as we approach the 43rd parallel, and my father hails from sakatoon where it will...
  6. Mike King

    UK Meetup

    Berty, do you have a fetish for cold places what with camping in the snow and now even further north in a wooden cabin.
  7. Mike King

    UK Meetup

    Few of us are hoping to meet up at Donnington 4 x 4 show on the 19th watch the thread in Europe
  8. Mike King

    Requirements For Driving In Europe

    Open question, before this thread starts to get difficult to follow, would it not be an idea if we asked for a new region to be created titled some thing like "European Driving and Overlanding Information and Resources" we could then create threads for each country and put factually known...
  9. Mike King

    Netherlands

    In short yes there are other members in the Netherlands the best person to talk to is Robert for what is happening there but he is away for the week end. Mike
  10. Mike King

    Requirements For Driving In Europe

    yep pool our knowledge and stay out of trouble, another one that might help is children 14 and over riding mobilettes must have insurance but to get it they must have cert of competence, if you are french you do it at school with the gendarmes who issue the cert. For none french you can get one...
  11. Mike King

    Requirements For Driving In Europe

    I might add that in France there are special requirements for new drivers (those who have passed their test within 12 months of date of driving in France) these generally place speed restrictions on the driver. Details are also on the AA web site worth reading as they again could save you some...
  12. Mike King

    UK members

    After HMS Raleigh was rebuilt it used to be referred to by some of the old hands as legoland based on the module appearance, the old barracks on the north side of the road were wooden and used to have earth floors where as the new blocks on the south side had proper floors
  13. Mike King

    UK members

    Take it you did part one in legoland, did you come across a Comander Tricky when you were there?
  14. Mike King

    UK members

    don't forget the crampons, weather don't look that good for next 28 days, if you need ground base monitor to check in with let me know, would be quite happy to monitor would not want to loose you up there.
  15. Mike King

    UK members

    which ones are you thinking of bagging? (for those that don't know what we are talking about especially our US friends there are 282 munros in Scotland, for each one you complete "bag" you can register it and work through the list and keep a running total with the aim of bagging the lot.) bit...
  16. Mike King

    Donington 4X4 Show 19th Feb

    Guess we should arrange somewhere to meet, any one got any suggestions ??
  17. Mike King

    UK members

    Damm it Polaris, it can get real cold up the munro's (for those that don't know they are small mountains over 3000 feet in Scotland) used to live close to the Trossachs and walk the dogs up there so well familiar with the weather. Survival gear and petrol heat only way to go, just a pity we...
  18. Mike King

    UK members

    Berty can I suggest you invest in a coleman petrol stove they work in sub zero temps and will boil a copper in 2 mins. jet boil is great when you got plus temps but all gas stoves fail sub zero.
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    UK members

  20. Mike King

    Donington 4X4 Show 19th Feb

    Hope to make it