W


ild camping is a thing some of us have done for a long time, most of us without even knowing what to call it.


Some would say it was only a few who wild camped but I think numbers where vastly under estimated but in the last few years has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of people going out on to land and camping, I wouldn’t even be able to carry their ice box, let alone the rest. The return to nature that has had a resurgence has been fantastic but we have also seen the downside unlike those who ‘leave it like you found it’, we are being tarred with the same brush as some who just don’t care. The BMC had the Dartmoor wild camping issue brought to its attention and join in talks trying to get a result that pleases us all, not all will agree but we try and will continue to try to get the best for us all. We can no longer fly under the radar, wild camping is out and we cannot just hide it again, so I think we must help protect this, educate and inform. Keep working for what we believe and keep doing what we love.


Wild


Camping Tony Bird, BMC Access Representative


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