Wilderness ??

[Khriss]

Interesting little article on BBC , where is Remote in the UK for us ?? K

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42104894

 

 

( Silly answers acceptable )

[Woodworks]

Down her in the SW I think it's Cut Hill on Dartmoor. Might be the most remote place in England

[Haironyourchest]

Highlands and Islands I would have thought.

[Stubby]

Out in a boat just off the Needles I.O.W. in a force 8 .

[Ironbark]

The most remote place in the UK is "The Great Wilderness", which is the area east of Poolewe in the NW Highlands. Think it's about 7 miles crows flight distance from a road. I used to go walking up there every December bagging the Munros and Corbetts.

[Rough Hewn]

Dartmoor isn't as remote as you'd think.
The army use it Monday to Friday and have dropped dangerous stuff over lots of it. Walkers and day trippers drop rubbish a lot.
Even in mid winter, the ten tors and oats walk kids start training.

[billpierce]

  On 05/12/2017 at 10:10, Rough Hewn said:

Dartmoor isn't as remote as you'd think.
The army use it Monday to Friday and have dropped dangerous stuff over lots of it. Walkers and day trippers drop rubbish a lot.
Even in mid winter, the ten tors and oats walk kids start training.

Ah ten tors, haven't thought of that in a while! Good times

[Woodworks]

  On 05/12/2017 at 10:10, Rough Hewn said:

Dartmoor isn't as remote as you'd think.
The army use it Monday to Friday and have dropped dangerous stuff over lots of it. Walkers and day trippers drop rubbish a lot.
Even in mid winter, the ten tors and oats walk kids start training.

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Not sure that's a fair representation. Yes the army do use large parts of it from time to time but it's nothing like Monday to Friday 52 weeks a year  https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664327/20171204_Dartmoor_Six_Week_Firing_Notice_-_04.12.17.csv/preview 

 

As for rubbish yes there is a bit around a few overly used honey pots but the open wilderness is almost completely devoid of rubbish and people for that matter. Ten tors weekend is probably a different matter but I steer clear then.

Edited December 5, 2017 by Woodworks

[Rough Hewn]

Ten tors and oats walk train every weekend from January.
(when I was a kid).
Lots of the moors were heavily used the last few thousand years. It's covered in all sorts from stone circles to hundreds of miles of dry stone wall.
Cattle, sheep and other live stock cover it too.
Not to mention all the mining activities etc.
But it can be a very wild place. (Especially the weather)
Just not true wilderness anymore. ☹️

[hplp]

The UK is just soft . There is little true wilderness.

 

I remember my most humbling occasion when in outback Australia. I was dropped out in a helicopter to fix a 4x4 that had broken down and it wasnt until I had it running (always the absolute first priority before even going to the toilet!) that I sat down and realised that I was at least 100 km or 60 miles if not 150km from another living soul......

 

Im not sure if there are many other places in the world (on land anyway) that thats the case.

 

H