TANYA GOLD: Wild camping touched my soul… but I will NEVER go back!
Tanya Gold braved the wilderness with her husband, son and terrier, Virgil DogREAD MORE: Rules explained on where you can pitch a tent in the wilderness
The wild camping is all the rage now. Europe is burning and prices are rising, so why not turn off the M5 and treat Dartmoor National Park as your personal hotel?
Dartmoor is the only place in the world. England where you can "wild camp" without permission from the landowner.
Wild camping has only one principle: no facilities except those that nature offers you. Your running water is a stream, your toilet is a hole in the ground (that you have to dig), your shower block is a waterfall. . . or nothing.
You must carry everything you need in your backpack, only stay a night or two in the same place and above all leave no trace : no large groups or large tents and take your rubbish with you.
Local landowners, a hedge fund manager and his wife who own a 4,000 acre estate, recently tried to get wild camping banned on Dartmoor, arguing it cannot be considered 'outdoor recreation' - which is allowed in the national park - and wanting to revoke the access to their land for camping.
A High Court decision was in their favor, but their decision was overturned on appeal. It is therefore a particularly valuable right – and campaigners are drafting legislation to expand the right to wild camp across the country.
My interest is piqued and I decide to wild camp for two nights with my husband, Andrew, our son, who is ten, and my terrier, Virgil . Dog.
I'm not a natura...
The wild camping is all the rage now. Europe is burning and prices are rising, so why not turn off the M5 and treat Dartmoor National Park as your personal hotel?
Dartmoor is the only place in the world. England where you can "wild camp" without permission from the landowner.
Wild camping has only one principle: no facilities except those that nature offers you. Your running water is a stream, your toilet is a hole in the ground (that you have to dig), your shower block is a waterfall. . . or nothing.
You must carry everything you need in your backpack, only stay a night or two in the same place and above all leave no trace : no large groups or large tents and take your rubbish with you.
Local landowners, a hedge fund manager and his wife who own a 4,000 acre estate, recently tried to get wild camping banned on Dartmoor, arguing it cannot be considered 'outdoor recreation' - which is allowed in the national park - and wanting to revoke the access to their land for camping.
A High Court decision was in their favor, but their decision was overturned on appeal. It is therefore a particularly valuable right – and campaigners are drafting legislation to expand the right to wild camp across the country.
My interest is piqued and I decide to wild camp for two nights with my husband, Andrew, our son, who is ten, and my terrier, Virgil . Dog.
I'm not a natura...
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