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
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@iainrowan One good thing about the US is the area is simply too big to completely lock down or buy up and the population is too belligerent to tolerate it even if it wasn't.

Looking from the outside, the UK does seem like one of those creepy artificial utopias sometimes.

Dec 10, 2022 at 8:53pmWeb