I want to reiterate some points that were not made clear in the video. I'm not "naming and shaming" anyone as the track leading up to the lake is owned by the power and water company and there are a few farms nearby. This was a crime motivated by anger as more time was taken to destroy the car than to look through it - the go pro was still in the glove box which was massively on view if someone had the motivation to look Inside it. The car hadn't even been unlocked at the back or passenger side and nothing was looked through or stolen Inc lots of camera gear in the back of the car. To anyone thinking I'm in the way, have a look at when the breakdown truck was parked parallel to me, there was still such a vast amount of room left over. Also If I was in the way do you think that logically the tactic would be to strand the car for the whole next day? The other car had moved way before sunset - when the sheep came in (we saw him leave) but even so, a hgv sized vehicle/ sheep truck could have still fit between us both, with room to spare. So once the other car had moved, there is just absolutely 100% no way any access was blocked, for any sized vehicle wanting to back up to the gate. This is why I parked nearest to the road to be considerate of this. As the track leading to the lake was narrow and broken and would have only fit a small van down it, so the only access for a large vehicle would have been to back up to the gate. I thought about all this before parking there, as I live in the country myself. We were heckled on the way back down to the car, a frantic strange shouting was happening at one of the farms over the way - either at us or to warn someone we were coming back. We didn't think much of it at the time untill we saw then damage. We felt a bit intimated at the time, and thought how odd it was. Ozzie also was scared and refusing to move as we neared the car (which we never does) so he obviously sensed some kind of danger at the car. No one passed us in the morning going up to the lake, so whoever left that dry patch in the morning was the perpetrator. Whether it was a quad or a regular vehicle. Who else would have stopped on a barely visible pull in on an A road, on a rainy weekday morning to just damage a car for no reason and not look through it? Somebody that is angry. As people have said in the comments, they have parked there many times, and so had the local photographer we encountered whilst getting our stuff together. He probably took one look at the messy ass car and presumed we would leave rubbish, as I'm sure countless inconsiderate people had done over lockdown. The only person that saw us was a local farmer, who didn't see our tent because it was behind a big rock. So clearly when he saw that the car was there in the morning, he felt annoyed and angry that he hadn't seen it and moved us on last night. When he came into view we purposely moved away from the tent and acted as though we were just there taking photos. And finally if it was a sheep truck that dropped the sheep off, and they hadn't just come from one of the various other sheep fields, then they clearly were able to get access without the need for the car to be moved.

I don’t condone and vandalism what so ever, it doesn’t prove anything. But I can’t get over the reason for your car being scrapped. Everything that was damaged was replaceable “tyres and windscreen”.

How can you blame a farmer? You don't know who did it? Unreal. Whoever did it obviously shouldn't have.

Wow! My mouth was wide open watching that. Id like to say that the way you both handled it was amazing. My heart goes out to you for your car. Thank you for finishing the video and sharing it. Good luck with everything

Christ, what an absolute nightmare. So sorry to watch your vid and see what happened to your car. What a reckless, stupid and dangerous thing to do to anyone's vehicle, but hats off to you two for the way you handled the situation. On your new car - tint the rear windows so people can't see that it looks like a 'campers vehicle'. I hope the 2022 is a better year for wildcamping for you. ATB Donna :)

I must have missed something. Did anyone see the farmer do this? If so report it to the police. That close to the road, I would have thought some passing yobs took the opportunity when passing. Very sorry you had such an experience. I think your insurance company was very poor. You should name them so we can avoid them. In terms of the camping spot. I imagine the farmer does get annoyed. A lot of people go there and abuse the place which is infuriating. I have given up wild camping now and use camp sites. Its a shame but so many people are doing it and sadly amongst those are some people that do leave a trace, along with poo near water supplies etc. Its got out of hand.

So you where wild camping on private land? Also a Farmer can legally shoot your dog's if they're deemed to be causing stress to his sheep, particularly if they're pregnant. Sheep miscarry very easily. You can't just roll up and do what you like in the sticks, there has to be a bit of respect given.

So sorry ladies! Hope you get back on the road soon! X

As a local to the area i am embarrassed that this has happened!

That isn't childish, it is pure vandalism and who ever did it should be prosecuted. Disgraceful, I hope you were all ok

I've been to that area many times, such a beautiful location and that track is pretty steep :) So appalling what happened to you - I know it was a while ago now (I just found your channel) but I hope you continue to explore and enjoy the countryside.

Really enjoyed this video,hope you have a lovely 2022@stay safe debs xx..

This is a real shame to see, I’m sorry this happened to you. I get how people would get frustrated but there’s a way to act and this is not it. Thank you for sharing, I will ensure I am extra vigilant from now on. Take care.

Am really sorry your trip ended like that 😣 You are so positive tho and that is awesome ☺️ Wishing you both better wildcamps in 2022 Xx

Oh wow that was a bit savage! Might be worth digging a little bit and seeing if any other vehicles have been vandalised like that there?😲🤔

Good luck in future endeavours don’t allow this to deter you both in any way!

Unless there was damage that you didn't show, there's something wrong with your insurance company. Tyres are replaced at your own cost anyway and windscreen replacement is trivial and cheap. A driver's side window for a car of that age could be picked up for a song. To write a car off for that damage sounds negligent bordering on corrupt, assuming that you described the damage accurately.

I'm so sorry to hear what happened to you! What an utterly crap thing to happen to such nice people. I really hope or doesn't put you off wild camping or making videos - wishing you a lovely Christmas and better 2022 :-)

What an absolutely disgusting person to have done something like that. I'm so sorry for you all, Like you said the actions of an angry child. Stay strong and positive you two as you have been actually, sending you all my best wishes from Madrid x

It's obviously the owner of the gate you were parked at. I swear he'd lose every f*cking sheep in that field if that was my car.

Having also been the victim of a 'car attack', but over here in Canada, I would suggest that this was NOT a farmer. There are people all over the world who are just malicious. Our car was parked on the side of a highway, but a quiet one. We own the property there, but can't drive the car in due to the lane being 4x4 only. All 4 of the side windows got smashed out, stuff stolen and the door frames themselves bent when they tried to pry the doors open before smashing the windows, This made the car a write-off for insurance. It was not some angry local. It was malicious vandalism by people who passed by and figured they could get away with it. I think this was what happened to your car as well. If there had been garbage strewn around the road you hiked, where you camped and where you parked, I could understand la local farmer being upset and taking it out on your car. But, this did not look the case. I think it was just a passer by idiot who was looking for something to wreck and thought it was funny. Sadly, there are people like that in the world. The dry spot could have been where they parked, but there could be other explanations as to who had parked there.

That just doesn’t look like the work of a farmer to me, more the work of a few yobboes with nothing better to do. Having said that, your car could very well be an obstacle to a large tractor and trailer which needs a large arc to get in - and particularly to get back out of - that gateway. Also, the land may be owned by a utility company but that utility company will almost certainly have leased the land out to a farmer to ensure it is managed appropriately, so a farmer is paying rent to use the land. It is best to ask a farmer if you can camp - some may say no, but in my experience they really don’t mind if you ask first and they know where you are and can see you are responsible people. It is the courteous thing to do :)

Glad you were able to get home safely! Can't believe breakdown wouldn't cover it. You assume if anything happens to the car you're ok.

I am so sorry this happen to you:( I cant even image how upsetting that must of been and scary! Yet I cant help that feel that I am glad for you both and the dogs, that you wasn't sleeping in your car when this person came. This could of been so much worst. thank god you was all by the lake and safe.

That is a shocking, nasty thing to do. I am so sorry! Insurance companies are terrible too. Especially if it was only the windows and tyres damaged and to think three of those were new! You are both considerate, caring campers everywhere you go and this was a blatant act of vandalism. You had not blocked the gate and a combine harvester could have got through there. As for taking your card too, I hope nothing else was missing. A real coward, no note saying why, even so still no reason for any of that. I also feel bad hitting the 'Like' button as I like all your videos and hope there will be more. The person responsible needs a reality check! I am glad you all got home safely after such an ordeal!

Unbelievable! I hope you've got this sorted now with insurance or whatever? It does seem like the locals are getting pretty peed off with it in Snowdonia lately with nobody being able to go abroad they have been there instead. Makes you worry about parking up there and I'm due to go there soon 😬 I probably would have driven it closer to the gate for a while and sorted it out in a few days

That’s appalling absolutely appalling!! It’s also a criminal offence whoever’s done it ( criminal damage ) your all home and safe that’s the main thing 🙏❤️❤️👊xx

Warning to all farmers.. If you ever fuck with my car, you WILL lose your farm. 🔥

This is absolutely horrible, you were parked well out the way , this is honestly my worst nightmare when wild camping

Oh my effin hell!!?? What is wrong with people, so gutted for you guys! Glad you got sorted in the end and you managed to get home safely! Thanks for sharing and hope your next trip goes better Ash

I've had something similar happen to me . I left my car on an access road with plenty of room to pass by. When I came back my window was smashed and the wing mirror was on the floor. I was so annoyed that I went and brought a couple of good paddlocks and made sure the access road wasn't as accessible 🤷‍♂️ not a very grown up response but treat pettiness with pettiness. If you're vandalising cars and not there to face what you've done expect retaliation

I'm sorry that happened to you. People can be truly awful.

Who ever did this to those poor innocent girls should be ashamed of themselves

A standard size vehicle will leave a patch smaller than the vehicle, the size of the patch does not indicate it was the quad, unless you saw the farmer vandalizing the vehicle it’s just speculation. This could be just random vandals.

It doesn’t help 🤷‍♀️but can I just say I was so impressed by your absolute respectfulness and responsibility towards, initially thinking about where you Parked ( even if it turned out to piss someone off!) keeping your dogs on leads and in control at all times ( love them by the way… sooo cute!) and leaving the spot where you camped exactly as you found it! I can totally see how you didn’t in anyway go out to do anything to annoy or be disrespectful and hopefully the person/s that did this feel ashamed! X

You're really a good calm girl. I admire you. He wouldn't do that kind of thing here in Malta without suffering a deserving reprisal. He could've arranged a towing if it was obstructing. Destroying something which belongs to others means that he will have the same fate over here.

So sorry to hear that this has happened to you. We are still getting our car organised for next year and have just got a puppy that we pick up next Friday. You are a big inspiration to us as we are in our mid to late forty's and it's the first time we are going to be doing something like this. Will definitely be trying to find places where we can stay with our car. If you can recommend places for this I would be very grateful. Hoping we see you out wild camping again with your doggies also looking forward to seeing your new set up in your new car, as we thoroughly enjoy watching your videos 😃

This is not the way to handle the situation. I'm gutted for you guys. Love your videos, really helped me dream of freedom while suffering covid recently. I went out and got a roof box and am making sleeping platform! I hope you continue when this isn't so raw. Hugs you to both and the dogs x

I amazed by you calm composure.

I'm half way through, it's still a happy innocent positive video, such nice people. I'm dreading the next bit.

That was horrible to watch but you took it on the chin like true champs. What goes around comes around - hopefully. Bless you both.

Next time when you park your car, Put one of them trail hiden cameras up watching your own car, Any movement and hay presto you will find out who did it and send them the bill for being dumb arses!

I’m so sorry for the treatment you received in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. I live on the North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Coast and had I known at the time you could have had my Vauxhall Zafira which is a good camping car and has loads of space especially if you take the third row of seats out. Ahh well I hope you’re back out safe and sound 👋🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

when your cars not even worth 4 tyres and a couple windows jeez, never trust insurance companies, they will pay out pennies and up your premium to get it back over the next year and then some

I’m not defending the farmer by any means, but how do you know it was him/her? It’s all guessing? Either way it’s a terrible thing to happen

its shocking to see it happened etc & then to hear the cars possibly being written off.. I'd just source the door glass via a local scrap yard, new tyres "again"& then get a windscreen via the insurance "glass cover... hopefully" if not you could possibly find/source a replacement without the insurance involvment

No way! 😮. I've just got back from doing the West coast of Scotland, roof box full of fishing gear and food, airbed in the back of the car. It was my first time car camping, and I loved it!😊.

Such a shame that the mantra 'be kind' hasn't been adopted by many people. You've seemingly taken it well, I would have been angry to find my car in that state. Hello by the way! New Subscriber 😀

Jesus Christ! So sorry to hear you had to go through that. Nice to know the insurance company is happy to take your money but leave you basically in the s***! Gutted for you

Wow, don't get it? Tires slashed, windshield and a window smashed and for that they scrapped the car? What did I miss? Glad you guys were rescued.

Omg! How horrible for you both and the doggies 😥. Some people 🤬🤬! Hope you get back on the road soon💕👌🙏💕

No way is the car writen off, tyres, £60 each, windscreen £100, window, £25 from a scrappy.

There's a public car park 150 metres to the west of where you parked. It's at the entry to the campsite that is about 200 metres away from where you parked.

This is vile! I've parked in exactly that spot several times without issue......suffice to say I won't be doing it again. I hope there's a happy ending somewhere for you guys ❤️

These farmers should be very careful when vandalising people's property, there are many people who will not react so placidly to this kind of atrocious behaviour. I hope the perpetrators in question see this comment and heed the warning.

1 puncture and 3 new tyres? 😂 I’m in the wrong business lol

That sucks, but why would an "angry local farmer" take a debit card? It sounds more like an opportunist thief/vandal to me.

I’m a farmer who probably wouldn’t want someone camping on our private farmland anyway, sorry to say, as our land is not common land, but this is not how most farmers would deal with this. If your vehicle had been parked annoyingly in our local area I’d have expected one of the farmers to have splattered it with muck or blocked it in with silage bales. I don’t see what a farmer stood to gain from having you stuck around any longer? I was expecting a farmer to have an altercation to prove it was them. Also a bit surprised it was completely written off for tyres and windscreen. 😳 I’d have also moved on the night before when the farmer saw you, as you knew it was not technically legal. You even said were trying to hide the fact you were camping from them. Still a horrible thing to happened, all the same. Thank heavens for uncles coming to the rescue

That stinks, I can't imagine scrapping a car for 4 tires and a windshield/side glass. That's crappy all around though and I hope things have since turned around for you guys.

Absolutely gutted for you. Wether you was in the way or not that was savage and well over the top. Good luck on your next trips...Jon

You did lock the gate tho. Why do you think the entrance is so wide? It’s to get a tractor with a large trailer through you should park in lay-bys not infront of gates

In my youth ( my 20s ) I used to do lots of camping and at the time I thought I was very respectful and responsible to the land , but I have to say most of the farmers I ran into were miserable angry human beings,

You are right. You were not blocking the gate if a car wanted to enter but it's most likely that it was a farmer with a large trailer on the rear that couldn't make it onto his own field. But never mind, you learnt the hard way

This is quite common in Scotland i hear.love the dogs. 🐶👍

I would of left the car there still taxed and insured for weeks 😁

How you deal with your car being totalled and how I dealt with my car being totalled, are two different things lol.

What a lovely spot for a wild camp I love watching your video's. I hope they get what's coming to them or who ever did this which I'm sure they will at some point in there lives. One day they will do this with someone with a dash cam that records when it gets a shock as some do when parked up. I'm glad your ok and got home safely thats the main thing I hope your able to get another car at some point and carry on. As always stay safe and take care.

Criminal damage like this is very worrying, a sharp knife/tool was used to slash those tires. The police need to find this culprit. Good to see that you are both safe.

Your excuse of ...any car could fit by..so why do that...is a lame excuse.. How about getting permission to go on people's property??.. Not saying what they did to your car was right..it wasn't at all. But you can't just leave your car on property..trespass and then expect them to accept it..and then say..don't know why..they had room to get by.. Hope you gotta another car and learned a lesson...

soooo, you parked infront of a gate where a sign said not to park. you then went on private land without permission. and to top it off when ur car was messed up you had no plan to deal with it yourself like insurance that includes a tow on a flatbed truck and carriage for you to your destination or at least spare cash in the bank to pay for a train. THEN you go on utube playing the victim................. yawn PSno excuse for anyone to do that to ur car but everything that u could do wrong...... you did

Quick tip I learned in America, get yourself a dash cam and backing camera that record footage. If anyone comes near the car you have it all recorded and they can go to jail

Very sad what was done . Great video . Your out look Is awesome keep on adventuring .

Gutted for you but literally ¼ of a mile up the road there's bags of free parking 😬

Wow what a shame. I wouldn’t be too sure it was a farmer as they would be more likely to not allow you to stay the night in the tent had they seen you and damaging the tyres only keeps you there longer. I’m sorry to see you’ve had to deal with such a awful situation, it’s totally unacceptable.

So sad and your such a lovely girl. Sickening. Hope it all worked out in the end

So sorry this happened to you. Ill never leave my bike unattended again

I'd be very careful the farmer doesn't get shown this and pursue legal action against you. Farmers generally don't destroy cars, passing criminals do. You shouldn't of been parked on someone else's land in the first place! Throwing liable accusations around on social media? Rather you than me!!!!

Gutted for you girls. I'm a Welsh wild camper who follows the countryside code as close as you can when 'illegally' wild camping, leave no trace, etc, but unfortunately there are a few farmers that think themselves gods in their own little kingdoms. Most over my 40+ years wild camping have been great as long as you show their land the respect it deserves, some begrudgingly allow it, but a small minority are right arseholes. We had a problem a few years back for one of our English friends, came down from Cumbria and all, while wild camping in the Brecon Beacons, that was until my other butty, who used to live local got involved. It was only because the farmer knew my buttys father that he backed off. Threatened our friends car before we arrived the prick. This is why we need designated wild camping areas in wales.

I hope this unfortunate bummer doesn't clip your wings, looking forward to the continuing journey of getting out n about, I've enjoyed what you've done and encouraged me and lots others . Good luck.

WOW, I really feel so sorry for you, I cant believe someone would do this to you in such a remote place leaving you stranded, were they ever caught, I have a tracker in my vehicle, so any movement or vibration sends an alert to my phone, maybe something to think about. Keep Safe.xo

Sorry that you had to learn a hard lesson. But I have to say. The number one rule of wild camping is, do not park in any driveway. No matter how wide it is. Although you say the land was owned by utilities. It is obvious that it is only the part where the lakes and sheds are situated. If you researched it. You will probably find that the land is owned by the farms and small areas are leased to the utilities. It is ignorance such as this that turn people and landowners against those of us who do our due diligence and stick to the etiquette of wild camping. May I say you were very lucky not to have had your dogs shot off leash. Farmers have the right to shoot dogs off leash where their flocks graze. 🙄

What a lot of people don't understand, every piece of land in the UK is owned by someone. So if you wild camp you are trespassing.

WOW...sad about your car, but amazed at how you dealt with it.

Holy moly that’s crazy!

a farmer would not nick your bank card?

Surely four new tyres and a new windscreen would have got you back on the road? Why did the insureres write it off - very strange. Name the insurance company so we can avoid them.

You had four tyres to buy, a windscreen and a side window.... And it was scrapped because of that? Tyres and windscreen are typical things to get replaced.

Hi guys, I'm very sorry to see this happened to your car; but I have to say there is no evidence whatsoever that a farmer is responsible for this act - which amounts to criminal damage - this is purely speculatory. Sadly, in the absence of CCTV or other witnesses, this crime will never be solved. It's such a shame, as there was no obstruction of the gate, which leads me to believe this may have been caused by mindless vandals - I hope this doesn't put you guys off wild camping and I hope you get everything sorted and back out soon 👍🏕️

Don’t camp on private property without permission. Here endeth the lesson.

This is awful, especially when it happens away from home. Sorry to hear you had to go through this. Some people have absolutely no brain and heart😡 I hope you are better now and will be able to travel again soon🤗🙏 P.S. Paid campsite is located very close to that place. This suggests thoughts that someone might have been pissed off by the fact that you stayed nearby for free.

I’m not sure if this was a farmer. While this is absolutely appalling and I do feel sorry for you was there a reason not to park in parking bays which are perhaps 500m from here?

That's so sad what a nasty thing to do a sad way to end what looked like a lovely camp girls.I have camped up around that lake once, luckily we parked elsewhere. We did encounter a farmer who informed us not to wild camp here on future trips.Atb Ana

Who were the insurance company , no one wants to be insured by such a company

Shame to write off a decent car for that, it puts insurance up for cases like that

Without visitors to north Wales it has nothing. They’ll do well to remember that before they go on about the English, economy is totally propped up by England and I’ve never met a friendly farmer ever always horrible obnoxious angry people

So sorry to hear this awful news but glad you two are ok. The person who did this is clearly a coward they could have just politely asked you to move but instead did this stupid childish act. I hope this bad experience hasnt put you off wild camping you are an inspriration to many x

I hope you dogs were OK and yourself as well hope you got everything all sorted

So you scraped a decently good car because it needed 4 new tyres = 120 and a new window screen £200 ? My mind boggles wish we could have a fix for stupid world would be a great place then

If it was a farmer that did it he must be careful as he must have a shed full of highly combustible hay or straw! I'm a farmer and would welcome two lovely girls like you to camp in my fields but then I'm also a keen wild camper. The best thing to do is to travel by public transport and your vehicle is not vulnerable. If you can find the farmer or landowner just ask. I've always found most of them very sympathetic. I recon a new windscreen and glass plus tyres would get your car back on the road.

So sad to see this, beautiful spot too. Definitely set up a just giving page. Get a new camper and carry on Xx