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.
We were delighted to be invited on to The Forest School Podcast to talk all things Giants, Beasties, Environmental Activism, Folk Tradition, Community, Masks, Slugs and more… You can listen to the episodes below.
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 …
Day 3 of our giantmaking project with Leedstown School, as part of #ArtsLab. Our Giant Tregona in all her glory revealed to the students who had made her, then work on Clare Youngs inspired collaged tiles and Celtic inspired mosaic tiles to decorate our GIANT mirror. Topped off with some fairy folk that helped bring …
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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