WE DID IT! The legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Judges unanimously rejected an appeal by landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall who said people should not be able to camp without permission from landowners.
Pockets well and truly… ripped out!
Greatest gratitude to The Dartmoor National Park Association and the Right to Roam movement for battling for our right to wild camp.
We share the freedoms that should be at the doorstep of all, to sleep under the stars tonight.
Thank you to the powers that be, now onwards… let’s continue to campaign for this wonderful right to camp, to be extended over the county into our other national parks.
Let’s continue to join together in community to heal the land, the environment and ourselves.
Today marked the beginning of our giantmaking project with Leedstown School, as part of #ArtsLab. We were delighted to have Stephen Polglase with us, who shared his tale “The Last Giants” featuring Giants Wotholga and Tregonna from the nearby Godolphin and Tregonning Hill. Safe to say students in years 4, 5, and 6 enjoyed the …
We are pleased to share that Old Crockern is on display at Museum of Dartmoor Life as part of the Magic and Myth exhibition! Crockern is the land that can’t be owned. Land and folklore are inseparable. As ownership structures and land rights shift, we not only lost our connections to land but also many …
Tregona is the creation of students in Years 4, 5 & 6 at Leedstown School and The Lost Giants. She is inspired by the character in Stephen Polglase’s tale ‘The Last Giants’ and made possible by #ArtsLab Arts Lab is a creative wellbeing programme by and for young people in Cornwall, delivered by HeadStart Kernow, …
Historic Victory for Wild Camping Rights!
WE DID IT!
The legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Judges unanimously rejected an appeal by landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall who said people should not be able to camp without permission from landowners.
Pockets well and truly… ripped out!
Greatest gratitude to The Dartmoor National Park Association and the Right to Roam movement for battling for our right to wild camp.
We share the freedoms that should be at the doorstep of all, to sleep under the stars tonight.
Thank you to the powers that be, now onwards… let’s continue to campaign for this wonderful right to camp, to be extended over the county into our other national parks.
Let’s continue to join together in community to heal the land, the environment and ourselves.
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