Wild camping petition
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Thats a great idea
The people most likely to leave a mess will just carry on as usual and the ones that might not make a mess have to pay for a permit...
Errrr:bluThinki
When we had the hillfarm right on the border of the fell and had hefted sheep that pretty much stuck to a particular area there were often people who came and camped on the fell, by the farm can't say it made the slightest difference to our sheep.
as long as people keep their dogs under control and closed the fell garte after they went through things were fine.
To be fair though the amount of fell that anyone in their right mind would set up camp on near us was fairly limited byt the fact that it was either really boggy or just too lumpy.
They never caused problems and we were never tempted to tell tales on them for "illegal" camping.
Sometimes we let them camp in the fields but that depended on the time of year.
We found that if you give someone the chance to behave with a degree of responsability they rose to it and we made some long lasting friends that way with two german lads coming over a few years running.
I really am all for people being able to set up camp pretty much as they are allowed to in Scotland, are English people less able to handle responsability than them?
I do however have some concerns about the MOD land bit, I don't think its going to be a good idea to set up camp on Warcop when the red flags are up
Im glad im not the only one that thinks a permit system is not the way forward. I forgot to mention although I signed the petition im very scepticle that this petition will have much of a effect at all. I have no miracle answer.
Hi there folks - Nightwalker kindly let me know of this forum's interest concerning the E-Petition on wildcamping in England/Wales.
Which jolted me to include you in the current debate. After all you are a group of people who more than any other (I suspect) share our love of the outdoors, especially living as part of it where possible. My mistake to not have realised this much earlier than now.
And that's not meant to schmooze you all BTW ;-)
The recognition is genuine on my part.I've lurked around the various bushcraft sites over the years, as much of the approach - both gear and mental overlap easily. Especially for the ultralight 'packers amongst the walking fraternity.
So with the introduction over, a quick update if I may........
The votes continue to pile up & have just passed the 600 mark earlier today (Fri 22/2)
One of the supporters recently posted a piece to try to clear up the ambiguities & answer many of the recurrent concerns being raised within the outdoor community.
I'd really recommend working through this article if you feel so inclined
http://beardedgit.com/?p=349
Which jolted me to include you in the current debate. After all you are a group of people who more than any other (I suspect) share our love of the outdoors, especially living as part of it where possible. My mistake to not have realised this much earlier than now.
And that's not meant to schmooze you all BTW ;-)
The recognition is genuine on my part.I've lurked around the various bushcraft sites over the years, as much of the approach - both gear and mental overlap easily. Especially for the ultralight 'packers amongst the walking fraternity.
So with the introduction over, a quick update if I may........
The votes continue to pile up & have just passed the 600 mark earlier today (Fri 22/2)
One of the supporters recently posted a piece to try to clear up the ambiguities & answer many of the recurrent concerns being raised within the outdoor community.
I'd really recommend working through this article if you feel so inclined
http://beardedgit.com/?p=349
Woohoo!
Although sadly I hear we're going to need much more if the government are going to consider it, from the response from the MP that guy on that blog got (I can't remember where I read it
)This one?
http://www.outdoorsmanning.co.uk/index.html
Whilst not immediately encouraging it was never going to be an easy one. All this takes time, which is one of the things that may be its eventual downfall
The CROW Act took about 70+ years to get reasonable access, so early days on this, but it needs backing and evidance - and that last point is the hardest
http://www.outdoorsmanning.co.uk/index.html
Whilst not immediately encouraging it was never going to be an easy one. All this takes time, which is one of the things that may be its eventual downfall
The CROW Act took about 70+ years to get reasonable access, so early days on this, but it needs backing and evidance - and that last point is the hardest
Just starting to catch up after a period of hibernation.
Spotted this petition and it is something I feel strongly about so have signed up.
However to achieve anything we need to get many more signatories. It may have been suggested before, (I have not had the time to read all the replies), so why not poll all your friends, neighbours, workmates etc? If they know and respect you well enough I am sure a large proportion would be prepared to add their names to the petition. By this I mean that they are confident enough that you are a serious person who will act in a responsible way given the opportunity to wild camp
Go for it - Lets do it
Spotted this petition and it is something I feel strongly about so have signed up.
However to achieve anything we need to get many more signatories. It may have been suggested before, (I have not had the time to read all the replies), so why not poll all your friends, neighbours, workmates etc? If they know and respect you well enough I am sure a large proportion would be prepared to add their names to the petition. By this I mean that they are confident enough that you are a serious person who will act in a responsible way given the opportunity to wild camp
Go for it - Lets do it
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