Book review – Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You – Edited by Nick Hayes and Jon Moses
Packed with enchanting essays about people’s personal relationships with nature. Several brought a tear to my eye.
It looks at why many people have lost the deep connection with the natural world that was once taken for granted.
Another theme is Right to Roam. Unlike in Germany or Scotland, citizens in England and the US are unable to walk where they wish without trespassing.
Thinking Climate Change will rule in favour of the Right To Roam side.
Devon campaigners call for ‘right to riverbank’ after finding #RiverDart has 108 owners
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/29/devon-campaigners-call-for-right-to-riverbank-river-dart?
Dartmoor ponies.
#Dartmoor #RightToRoam #hiking #backpacking #bnw #blackandwhite #landscape
At Metheral Stone Circle, recently rediscovered last year by Alan Endacott. Most of the stones are hidden in the grass and peat of Taw Marsh, but the setting between Metheral Hill and Oke Tor, overlooked by Steeperton Tor is striking. I hadn't visited this valley before, so it was good to explore new ground.
#Dartmoor #hiking #backpacking #RightToRoam #wildcamping #StoneCircle #megalith #BronzeAge #Neolithic #StandingStones
In the #BBCnews article on the judgment upholding the right to wild camping on Dartmoor, they make it clear that this is the only place it’s permitted in England. But they can’t bring themselves to point out we have the #rightToRoam, including responsible camping, across most of Scotland, as is the case in many other northern European countries.
Fay
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
阜日木
Matt
Jules she/her
Open Data Manchester CIC
Jasper
Whistling Treason
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