Easiest option?

[dbv8]

With most of the car parks now converted to caravan/campervan fields on the east side blue route im wondering if the hike with camping gear etc will be twice as bad, especially with the hill of death involved.

What are the other entrances like?

Im looking for an easy/shortest route from the car park to the campsite.

I dont mind trying a new place to camp this year. We aim to be coming from the North at 7am Wednesday morning

[dbv8]

ermmmm Hello.

Anybody?

[redrog]

In my experience, you just can't predict or control how far you are from a gate. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.

Best advice is to plan to make one trip only by taking as little as possible and the use of a sack truck.

[dbv8]

I have a decent sack truck with inflatable tyres but when loaded up with all the camping gear and a few beers gets very heavy to pull up hill.

I need to take it easy to a degree as i currently have a hernia.... which is nice

[p.pete]

I asked a very similar question and didn't get much of a reply - only one who said they always camped in the East until this year but now they're planning to switch.

I'm a bit concerned about it!

[IamChappu]

You're probably best off if you go for the West car parks. There's no hills involved to get to gate D (well a very short gentle slope) & plenty of flat camping areas - sounds like just what you need!

[dbv8]

Yes i will reroute to come in on the White route and hopefully a car park monkey will let me park as near the gate as possible. I dont mind the gentle miles of hiking while on site.

It should make for a very different experience this time as ive come in gate C and camped in Kidney mead 4 times.

[crow]

If you need to take it easy then do - just take tent, few clothes and beers for the first day - and do a second trip the next. With less stuff you can over take all those struggling along and get set up all the faster and more comfortably!