Response to Darwall in Country Life

We responded to Alexander Darwall's spurious claims that wild campers are to blame for the ecological woes of Dartmoor – Lewis Winks unpicked Darwall's arguments and made the case for wild camping rights as a way to reconnect and deepen our relationship with - and care for - the natural world.

Read the full article in Country Life here.

"The gift wild camping extends is one of freedom and choice. The freedom to decide how far one walks that day, the opportunity to choose whether to lay down next to a stream, or in the granite shelter of a tor. No one will bring you breakfast in bed, but Dartmoor is the ultimate one-billion star hotel; furnished with all the trappings of the cosmos."