Camping where the foxes say goodnight #2083

- The direct entrance to the site is currently blocked by concrete bollards. Parking is available across the grassy strip of the driveway. The driveway continues on and it is possible to access the property from multiple locations.
- The size of the central paved grassy camping area is 15x20 m. Additional sites can be found around the property at will without campers interfering with each other. There is plenty of space for camping, the whole plot is 7000 m². Years ago, the scouts camped here several times. In order to limit mutual disturbance, the optimal number of reservations for the whole plot is one, no matter if it is one or 20 tents of one big group of campers. The tents can be spread out in several partially separated locations on the property. Sleeping outdoors is explicitly at your own risk due to wildlife, but is worth it due to the near-zero light smog. Cars can be parked along the entire property on the driveway, which is wide enough.
- The property is not fenced and therefore is freely accessible to wildlife from the wider area. Foxes and badgers live here permanently and the land forms their habitat. Although armed lunatics try to poison and burrow them, they still come back and occupy the vacant dens and badger castles. Roe deer roost here and in recent years there have been signs of wild boar. Please keep calm in any encounter with game, do not provoke their defensive reflexes and give them plenty of room to escape. Game is shy and usually knows about us long in advance. However, it may not notice us until the last minute. Then it gets frightened and attacks in self-defence. This is the result of being too quiet and inconspicuous. Therefore, when staying in your own interest, make a reasonable noise - laugh, sniff, clear your throat, sneeze, sing, stomp to the beat, have fun and clap your hands, letting everyone know that you are there and "the wiser ones will retreat". The proximity of the game can be detected by the sound it makes. Roe deer bleat, foxes bark, badgers grunt, pigs snort and cluck menacingly (snap their fangs) when in danger. As well as not underestimating safety, hygiene should not be underestimated, as game can somehow become sick. You are simply not in a camp here, but in the real wilderness.
- The dry toilet is located in the northwest corner of the central campground. It is not a traditional latrine, but a metal barrel buried in the ground with a traditional toilet seat and a folding screen with a small canopy. This toilet definitely does not include anything non-degradable and no waste, especially not food scraps, wet wipes, diapers, pads, tampons, condoms, etc. The collected contents are composted as required. Grey and green water can be poured down the toilet, preferably with a minimum of chemicals. Please always clean up after yourself before you leave and cover the lid with the screen.
- Please store all waste carefully in sealed containers and take it all away with you, do not bury anything anywhere - it will be dug up by animals and spread around. It is best to hang your waste up overnight so that the animals do not spread it around.
- There is no electricity or water on the property. However, the Srpina river flows under the property and I recommend taking water from it about 1 km upstream.
- There is a rocket stove in the western part of the campsite for cooking food. Only dry branches and twigs from the clearings (there are plenty of them in the area) and rake from around the campsite are used as fuel. It is forbidden to break trees and bushes! The stove works by first starting a fire in the fire pit with a piece of paper and small twigs with a small amount of rake. DO NOT use any chemicals, kindling, or plastic to get the fire going!!! Once melted, add branches and sticks with a strong forward motion. It is not necessary to break them into smaller sticks, just let them pass through the fireplace entrance hole. Push the protruding branches in gradually as necessary until they reach the fireplace stop. This also regulates the intensity of the burn. To extinguish, simply lift the inserted branches a little so that the burning parts still remain in the firebox. The fire will gradually diminish itself quite quickly until it goes out. Do not use any extinguishing agents (water or earth) to speed up the extinguishing, as this will damage the stove and scald you. Of course, in the event of an uncontrollable fire, throw whatever you have on hand. Do not sweep or clean the stove before or after use. Leave that to us.
- There are no other fireplaces here, nor are we allowed to build any. Due to the drought, it is also necessary to check that there is no open fire ban in this area. To be on the safe side, it is advisable to report burning on the property through the registration on the Fire Department website. You may use your own barbecue provided that you only throw the ashes and embers into the firebox of the stove afterwards. As the stove is used to grill food, it is permanently forbidden to use any chemicals for melting, burn any waste, plastics, etc. During the whole time the stove is burning and for some time afterwards, the surroundings must be monitored within a radius of at least 20 metres to see if any sparks have been caused.
- Pet restrictions - foxes and badgers are permanent residents of the property. Foxes inhabit the cellars in the south-western part of the garden. Badgers inhabit the castle on the north-west slope. Foxes can occasionally be seen during the day, otherwise mainly at night. Badgers are easiest to see about an hour after sunset and are most active at night during the new moon (invisible moon, dark night). Badger Castle currently has 16 setts (burrows) and the ones in the middle of the north slope are currently in active use. It is therefore advisable to keep all dogs under control at all times and not allow them to run into the labyrinth of the castle. Furthermore, the western part of the garden is being retreated by the high from the surrounding area. It is common to see rabbits and the occasional pheasant throughout the garden. And ticks, of course, like everywhere else. Mosquitoes are rare, sometimes there are more ovipositors.
- Warning to parents and children - danger of falling into the hollows! On the secluded south-western part of the property are the cellars of a demolished building, now inhabited by foxes. There is also an unsecured former well which is yet to be resealed and capped. These two hazardous areas are bounded by warning tape for the time being.

Arrival from: 13:00
Departure until: 13:00
Can I come anytime?

pets allowed Rules for stays with dogs

campfire not allowed

own grill allowed

parties and noise prohibited, please keep quiet also during the day More info