Going wild.

yaurt

Hello,

Long story short...i have no job...my girlfriend either...so rather than saying "homeless" we decided to call it "outdoor hippies" so we have 1k euros left. the main plan is to buy a 500 euros caravan...and other esential equipment for the other 500. She loves to write and i love nature, so we settled to find a remote place in a forest, where we can do our things, preferably for the lowest costs posible. i might have to become an expert mushroom picker pretty fast.
We are located in the wocklow county, so wicklow park was our first choice.
Does anyone know any places we should consider ? we will need a river/stream...and if fishing is posible would be great.
We have been camping before, and we love it, but we would greatly apreciate any insights, because we kind of feel once we start it there will be no returt. at least for a while. lol
So...survival tips ? easy to find food in the forest ? Locations where the park rangers won't shoo us away ?

emo72

that all sounds like a really bad idea. sorry. i wish i could be more positive but there is so many things that could go wrong with that plan.

edit. first of all if you have to enquire on a forum about what to do, then you should definitely think of an altenative plan. i would try go camping for a week in the wilds first to see how that goes for you. best of luck!

juice1304

I agree it's not a realistic idea at all, i would be looking at how i could turn that 1k into more money instead of wasting it. because that is all you will be doing.

yaurt

is it really that unplausible these days to find a forest and live in it ? maybe its just because im from a diferent part of the world...but...we're not talking about hunting bears here...

emo72

we dont really have a lot of "wild". the country is too small, and a lot of the forest in wicklow is really protected.

yaurt

this post is being reposted in the "survival & self sustainance" thread.

Alun

yaurt wrote: »

is it really that unplausible these days to find a forest and live in it ?

Yes, because all forests, or indeed all land come to that, belong to someone, either private individuals or state organisations, neither of which is going to be too happy with random people wanting to 'live' in them Maybe where you come from there's still land that doesn't belong to someone, somewhere, but not here.

yaurt

yeah...im from romania, so there are large forests...no one watches them....teaming with wildlife...but lots of big predators too...bears/wolves..but they are usually to afraid to come close to camps...so...bottom line is....ireland is not the place to have that experience ? anyone any insights about the continent ? i know the farther we would go towards the east (even ukraine, my grandparents are from russia) the easyer it would be to be "free" from that point of view...but...we also want the "peacefull western european people" thing going on...so...

Alun

Have you thought about maybe being a warden for a mountain hut somewhere? Usually very remote, especially in winter, but with visitors to break the monotony. I was in Northern Spain, in the Picos de Europa National Park last year, and there were some very remote cabins up in the mountains with live-in hosts, some with families.

Doc Ruby

He's got three children with him too, just so we're all on the same page.

yaurt

hahaha love the lack the of judgement. also the open mindness. and just so you won't trace my ip and call the authorities...we have where to live...and we can live there...by expecting money from people whom are expecting things from us. either way. have to say it. not many tips.

cuddlycavies

best tip for you mate! Go Home! We have enough problems here!

magicbastarder

Alun wrote: »

I was in Northern Spain, in the Picos de Europa National Park last year

fantastic part of the world. we were in ribadesella; fantastic eating, cave paintings, and big dinosaur footprints all about a ten minute walk from the hotel.