Right to roam
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:10 am
The right to wild camp in Dartmoor, the last place in England where this right existed, was recently struck down in a court case brought by a wealthy landowner.
https://www.thebmc.co.uk/landowner-exti ... n-dartmoor
Today in Dartmoor 3000 people protested against this ruling and our lack of access to the land.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -wild-camp
The protest was organised by the Right to Roam Campaign, which is supported by the BMC and other organisations like British Canoeing and the Ramblers, and who have been campaigning to extend our right to access woodlands, rivers and other open spaces in England (in Scotland these rights are already universal).
This builds on a history stretching back to the Kinder Mass Trespass of the 1930s, which helped us to eventually gain our current rights under the CRoW Act to access moorland and commons. Of course, these rights are vital for climbers and mountaineers.
If there are any similar protest actions in Yorkshire I will be fully in support, this is something I care strongly about and I think it's pretty relevant to what we do. Watch this space...
https://www.thebmc.co.uk/landowner-exti ... n-dartmoor
Today in Dartmoor 3000 people protested against this ruling and our lack of access to the land.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -wild-camp
The protest was organised by the Right to Roam Campaign, which is supported by the BMC and other organisations like British Canoeing and the Ramblers, and who have been campaigning to extend our right to access woodlands, rivers and other open spaces in England (in Scotland these rights are already universal).
This builds on a history stretching back to the Kinder Mass Trespass of the 1930s, which helped us to eventually gain our current rights under the CRoW Act to access moorland and commons. Of course, these rights are vital for climbers and mountaineers.
If there are any similar protest actions in Yorkshire I will be fully in support, this is something I care strongly about and I think it's pretty relevant to what we do. Watch this space...