🌲 An Honest Introduction to Wild Camping: From Three Lads Who Grew Up in the Woods

Wild Camping: Why We Do It, Why You Might Too

Wild camping isn’t about “survival mode,” special forces training, or pretending you’re Bear Grylls while eating a slug.
It’s much simpler than that.

For us—Three lads from the same Yorkshire village—it started as bunking off the modern world for a night. The woods were our playground growing up. We'd build dens, lie about the fire, put the world to rights, and argue about whose turn it was to carry the snacks.

Wild camping, even now, still feels like tapping into that.
It’s freedom. Proper freedom. No campsite rules. No neighbours shouting at their kids. No generators. No queues for the toilets. Just trees, fresh air, and that weird sense of peace you only get when your phone finally dies.

Why Hammock Camping Became The Upgrade We Didn’t Expect

We’ve done the full tent thing. Everyone has.
Pitching on lumpy ground. Waking up in a puddle. Condensation dripping on your forehead like the world’s most depressing water torture.

One day, we tried hammocks, and that was it. Game changer. Sleep quality doubled. Pack weight halved. And comfort? Ridiculous. Like floating.

What we realised quickly is this:
If you can hang a hammock between two trees, you can sleep anywhere.

Flat ground? Doesn’t matter.
Rocks? Doesn’t matter.
Sloped hillside? You’ll still be level.
Frozen grass? You’re above it.
Snoring mate? You can drift further away.

Our mission with Two Trees is simple:
Help more people experience nature properly—and comfortably—without overcomplicating a thing that’s meant to be freeing

 

 

How to Start Wild Camping Without Making It Weird

Plenty of beginners think wild camping is illegal, dangerous, or something only beardy men with titanium mugs do.
Reality is calmer than that.

Here’s the basics:

1. Leave No Trace

If you bring it in, take it out.
If you find a spot, leave it looking untouched.
Nature isn’t a nightclub—you don’t have to leave evidence you were there.

2. Keep It Quiet and Tucked Away

Wild camping is allowed in parts of the UK, and tolerated in plenty of others as long as you're respectful. Don’t set up on someone’s doorstep or a farmer’s prize sheep field. Stay discreet.

3. Don’t Overpack

You don’t need half of Go Outdoors strapped to you.
Hammock + tarp + strap system + warm layers = sorted.

4. Fire? Keep It Sensible

If fires are allowed, keep them tiny and safe. If not, use a stove.
We love a good fire, but we love forests more.

 

Our Favourite Part: The Morning After

Waking up in the woods hits different.
You unzip the bug net, stick your head out, and the cold air snaps you awake better than any flat white.

There’s birdsong, proper quiet… and that mad moment where you realise the ground is freezing cold but your hammock kept you warm like a cocoon.

That feeling is why we built Two Trees.
It’s nostalgia mixed with adventure mixed with a bit of grown-up wisdom we didn’t ask for but somehow picked up along the way.

 

Best Places in the UK to Try Wild Camping (Without Getting Shouted At)

• The Lake District (with common sense)

• Snowdonia

• Parts of the Yorkshire Dales

• Scotland (legal basically everywhere—dreamland)

• The quieter corners of the Peak District

And if you’re going abroad, hammock camping becomes even better.
Rainforest? Forest? Mountain forest?
Two Trees and you’re laughing.

 

Ready to Give It a Go?

Wild camping isn’t fancy, but that’s why it works.
It strips life back to what matters:
good mates, good views, and a night under the stars.

And if you want to experience it the way we do—lightweight, comfy, and without waking up in a puddle—you’ll want a proper wild-camping hammock that’s built for real conditions, not catalogue photo shoots.

Check out our Two Trees Original Hammock and come join the chaos in the woods.