Iain RowanDec 10, 2022

The *only* legal place to wild camp in England is Dartmoor. And now a hedge-fund owner who's bought a chunk of it is taking legal action to prevent it across the whole area.

What a morally impoverished country we live in. Walk the paths. Don't climb fences. Visit the gift shop. Take a photo from distance. Don't step off the path. Not that one, it's closed now. Behold, behind the fence, the beauty of the countryside. Now visit the gift shop.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/10/wild-campers-protest-dartmoor-landowner-ban-attempts

Wild campers to protest against landowner’s bid to ban Dartmoor camping

High court will rule next week on challenge brought by Alexander Darwall to remove right to wild camp on moor

The Guardian
Show threadAral Balkan

@iainrowan Almost as if it were still a monarchy or something 🤔

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-england-thousand-secret-landowners-author
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Estate

Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population

Research by author reveals corporations and aristocrats are the biggest landowners

The Guardian
Dec 10, 2022 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadTushar ChauhanDec 10, 2022
@aral @iainrowan Property rights still boggle my mind. How does one 'buy' entire swathes of wilderness ? How weak are the laws that protect the commons. There has to be something wrong there.