Camping not being stimulating is one of the nicest sounding things about north America. Here in Europe, everywhere is so densely populated that you can't just camp everywhere. You have to go to a campsite. Wildlife has sparse enough space as is, so it makes sense that you can't just pitch a tent in their habitat.

And campsites are always so full of strangers. Not relaxing or understimulating at all. Kinda wish I could just go out into the wild and pitch a tent and be by myself the way north Americans seem to do. Sounds super relaxing.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wild camping is legal in large areas of Scotland. Come visit!

Here is a site that gives more detail.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Oooh that's so cool, I'm actually going next summer for a wedding anyway, might as well combine it with a nice camping trip!

[–] BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While we do have access to places where we can camp in the wild, in reality 99% of camping here is done in the same kind of campgrounds you describe.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting! It always seemed like more. I have a friend who lives in Vancouver, and he did say that camping in the wild was kinda scary with all the predators there. But he's born and raised in Europe, so I figured that was why it was too daunting for him.

[–] BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

In my home state of Pennsylvania (think Southern Germany) we have a lot of hiking trails in the mountains where some people like to camp. All through my 20's I would solo hike forest trails with all of my supplies. Sometimes I would stay out for 4 or 5 nights and I would average 15-20 miles per day. Honestly the best times of my life were spent deep in the woods by myself.