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[alexmurison]

Wild camping under the haze amongst the heather filled mountain side. Llyn Hywel, Eryri National Park

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[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

A small victory for the people over landowners.

#uk politics #Dartmoor #wild camping

[concretenfells]

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[just-anka]

As usual, hike has been a complete rollercoaster. Very high highs and very low lows. But the views are simply amazing and after some rest in town yesterday and today I'm excited for the last stretch!

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[itsagrimm]

a friend got me the best gift of all times: dry frozen kimchi.

why is it the best gift of all times?

1) it's great to take camping and if i could i would live in the woods.

2) spicy food.

#can't wait to try #grimmwriting #camping #wild camping

[postcardfromsalzburg]

Dartmoor @ sunset 🌅 August 2023

#me #mine #plants #ginger #selfie #dartmoor #wild camping

[valiantdust]

I am too angry to sleep so I may as well post about this.

Alexander Darwall is a hedge fund manager who owns 4000 acres of Dartmoor. He has contested the right of the public to camp on his land. And he has won.

This has been portrayed in the media as a loss of the 'right to roam'. This is a stupid way to phrase it. We never had the right to roam. We have never had the right to wander and live on the land. The Romani people and travelling communities whose way of life is criminalised know this - but of course there isn't so much of a mention of the 'right to roam' until white middle class people think their children's dofe expedition might be threatened.

Anyway, I digress. Despite my badly-worded cynicism, this is a loss, and I am furious.

I am local. I have always lived in Devon, between the two moors. My dad knows the westcountry like the back of his hand. He and I could cross the county with our eyes closed. The tors and rivers and moorland raised me as much as he or my mum did.

And still, neither of us would claim Dartmoor as our own. Because it is not our land to claim.

But, as is the insurmountable self-centredness and inconceivably egotistical nature of the rich, Alexander Darwall visits the westcountry a couple times (as all rich people do, to recline in their seaside holiday cottage for the two weeks of the year that the ghost town they've driven all local people out of is actually populated, by other posh pricks, only to fuck off again and leave behind poverty and a decimated housing market), and decides that the local people can't be trusted with such beautiful land, and thinks he deserves to own it. And manage it.

Because of course the local peasants couldn't know anything about conservation. We don't have a connection to this land, oh no, nothing as strong as the connection between a rich man and the estate he can shoot pheasants on.

It makes my blood boil. The evil of it, the condescension. People like Alexander Darwell know nothing about the moor. It's not just about walking on it a few times: when you're local, you know it. You've seen it in all of its forms, all months and all seasons, you've seen it at its most beautiful and most ugly, you've endured its cold to stare at the stars, you know its history and you've followed its standing stones, walked silently and respectfully past its tombs and barrows, you've replanted trees and held the earth in your hands, you've counted the deer bolving, you've built the structures that will rewet the moorland and return its life, you've sampled the soil from the bottom of trenches and carefully replaced every layer to disturb it as little as possible, and you've sweated and ached to see all of these things and give all of this to the moor.

And still, the land is not yours to own! You can do all of this - I have done all of this - and still the land is not yours, and it is not mine.

And you can do none of this, and you should still have a right to access it. That is the point of our conservation efforts.

Conservation is the old men and women who I've planted trees with, the archaeologists I've uncovered my county's history with, my dad and his colleagues working on projects to protect the moor and the climate that is harmed by the loss of carbon-rich peat.

Conservation is not a hedge fund manager privatising the land for profit. It is not the mindless, evil promise of capital, that compels Alexander Darwall to build fences around Dartmoor and lock up his land. His land. I feel sick typing it.

Because ultimately, this was done for profit. There is contempt in it - Darwall has no respect for local people who aren't far-right politicians he can buy - but the main motivation is money. The national park will now give him money, money which should be spent on conservation projects but is now going into an evil millionaire's pocket, and the rich cunts who can't wait to butcher the pheasants and deer that should be existing wild, in naturally-sized populations, will give him money to shoot and hunt on his land and leave the carcasses there to rot.

I am angry. I am so, so angry.

I have every intent to camp on Darwall's land. I will break his locks and tear down his fences, and every local who can should do the same.

Dartmoor is no one's. But if it must belong to someone, it should belong to us, and not to him.

#alexander darwall #right to roam #dartmoor #uk news #uk politics #devon #westcountry #exmoor #somerset #dorset #cornwall #moorland #conservation #wild camping #protest

[bikepackinguk]

Day Ninety-nine

It's a very grey start to today, with a light cloud cover coating the skies.

Up out of the bridleway spot and back onto the road near Constantine, it's straight into the hills as the road leads up into Cornwall's high surroundings as I continue my heading east.

It's some rolling hills to tackle as I slog along the road through some busy morning traffic, until finally riding in to the edges of Falmouth.

The busy port town is full of climbs as I track around and make my way down to the harbourside, where I get a beautiful view across Carrick Roads whilst waiting for the ferry.

After a brief stint afloat and savouring the waves, I put in across the water at the beautiful town of St Mawes.

Heading up past the castle, with some lovely views back across the water, it's up the steep hills once more to start slogging along the road again.

The rising sun is doing its best to burn off the light cloud cover of the morning, and the heat is rising once more as I get to rejoin NCN Route 3 for its stint along the coastline here.

Dropping down past Carne Beach, the route begins a heavy section of steep climbs and drops as it tours around the beautiful coastal area, zig zagging round to take in the many bays and watersides as it makes its way around the cliffsides.

Around and past the steep drops through Portmellon and Mevagissey, the route finally heads off the roads for a long hard climb over the lovely gardens of Heligan, before crossing the road and heading on to St Austell River.

It's a wonderful stretch of off-traffic riding herr as Route 3 follows up the river's course, through some beautiful forested areas, until heading in to St Austell at the heaving A390.

With Route 3 continuing northwards, I head off the cycle route and in to town for a resupply stop and break, before carrying on around the very busy roads to head on towards Par.

Whilst riding along the trails here, the bike lurches to a very sudden stop. A glance down has my heart in my mouth as a rather large branch has managed to find its way into the spokes of my rear wheel, catching the struts of my mudguard, and wrenching everything round. The mudguard has folded near double on itself and is sticking out towards my knee, and the branch is firmly wedged in amongst the wheel.

I stop to assess the damage as this could be pretty disastrous. After managing to extricate the offending piece of wood, I get the mudguard to unfold and slot back into its place without much harm done, and a check of the wheel finds that it's not even much out of true.

What on earth is with this bike?! An absolute tank! I can barely believe that no serious damage has been caused from this incident, but everything seems to be rolling ok, so I guess that means on with the show!

Round to Par and through it's looping one-way system, it's up another big sharp hill to head over to Fowey, with a steep descent through some narrow paths leading to some steps down to my second ferry of the day.

After a short wait and chat with some other tourists waiting, it's aboard the small ferry for a short cruise over the River Fowey to land at the working harbour at Polruan.

With the day wearing on, the heat and work haven't ceased yet, as from the waterside the road leads up and up a long and steep hill to get through and out of the pretty seaside village.

Finally up onto the coastal moorlands, I think it's been another long and tough day's work, so it's time for me to get scouting for a spot to lay my head. Tomorrow should hopefully have me pushing on and out of Cornwall's challenging hills.

TTFN!

#bikepacking #bicycle touring #wild camping #cycling the coast of great britain

[adanethel]

different world

#kapadocja #kapadokya #capadoccia #turkey #turcja #photography #travel #adventure #live the adventure #travel photography #night sky #grain #timeless #sony alfa 7iii #sony a7iii #camping #wild camping

[zanech-blog]

Welsh travels 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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[alexmurison]

My little home from home illuminated in the misty mountains

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[horizon5adventure]

#nepal #adventure #trekking #horizon5 adventure #khumbu #himalaya #hiking #mountains #rab #camping #wild camping

[brummagemsona]

Absolute disgrace. The landowning classes won't be happy till they've legislated the rest of us into all living in one car park in the centre of London. So entitled that they don't even know how to share something as fucking massive as Dartmoor.

#eat the rich #right to roam #landscape #hiking #uk #common ground #free camping #wild camping #dartmoor

[saerdna86]

“ non aspettare di essere felice per sorridere “

#madagascar #tsingyrosso #lemures #africa #red #wild camping #summerinwinter

[outdoors-pete]

So just a few of the things I like in the outdoors, apart from photography, as I also enjoy landscape photography & look forward to sharing some of them on here! I have many other hobbies, but apart from the outdoors, music & going to see my favourite bands & artists live are my two favourite. But I'm sure as I post more you'll see more into my life!

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[stargirlaesthetics]

Visit to the cottage part 2 🧚🩷🫶

#cottage aesthetic #cottagecore #cottage garden #cottage vibes #fairy cottage #cozy cottage #weardale #england #flowers #countryside #wild camping #camping #summer #september #september vibes