Book review – Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You – Edited by Nick Hayes and Jon Moses
Packed with enchanting essays about people’s personal relationships with nature. Several brought a tear to my eye.
It looks at why many people have lost the deep connection with the natural world that was once taken for granted.
Another theme is Right to Roam. Unlike in Germany or Scotland, citizens in England and the US are unable to walk where they wish without trespassing.
Thinking Climate Change will rule in favour of the Right To Roam side.
#UK #catsofmastodon #righttoroam our neighbour complained about our cat going to their balcony...I guess people still think she's a tom just because she is ginger, she is neutered and doesn't spread but does enjoy her range of patrol. Not sure what to do.
The annual Dartmoor hike-and-camp trip with G is done for another year. I wouldn't mind being back there now with this view, although I'd happily skip the torrential rain that arrived the following morning as we walked down from the moor. #hiking #walking #camping #righttoroam #dartmoor
Devon campaigners call for ‘right to riverbank’ after finding #RiverDart has 108 owners
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/29/devon-campaigners-call-for-right-to-riverbank-river-dart?
🌟 Free Range Liverpool - Sat 5 Jul, 11am-4pm 🌟
A celebration of joyful meandering through places known & unknown. Not a guided tour, but a chance to reclaim our right to roam Liverpool's streets, waterfront & hidden corners.
Part of Ignite Liverpool's "Who owns the land?" theme & Liverpool Makefest.
Challenge the commodification of urban space!🚶♀️🗺️
#FreeRange #Liverpool #UrbanExploration #PublicSpace #Community #RightToRoam https://bit.ly/ODM-FRL1
Dartmoor ponies.
#Dartmoor #RightToRoam #hiking #backpacking #bnw #blackandwhite #landscape
At Metheral Stone Circle, recently rediscovered last year by Alan Endacott. Most of the stones are hidden in the grass and peat of Taw Marsh, but the setting between Metheral Hill and Oke Tor, overlooked by Steeperton Tor is striking. I hadn't visited this valley before, so it was good to explore new ground.
#Dartmoor #hiking #backpacking #RightToRoam #wildcamping #StoneCircle #megalith #BronzeAge #Neolithic #StandingStones
In the #BBCnews article on the judgment upholding the right to wild camping on Dartmoor, they make it clear that this is the only place it’s permitted in England. But they can’t bring themselves to point out we have the #rightToRoam, including responsible camping, across most of Scotland, as is the case in many other northern European countries.
So pleased to hear about the win for wild camping on Dartmoor!
Woo hoo! In the words of the Right to Roam campaign:
"The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of wild camping on Dartmoor. A right that was under threat has been upheld. For now, the last place in England where people can legally sleep under the stars, without payment or permission, remains open to all."
Happy Kinder Trespass day everyone
“The Land Reform Act 2003 gives everyone rights of access over land and inland water throughout Scotland, subject to specific exclusions set out in the Act and as long as they behave responsibly. These rights are sometimes referred to as 'freedom to roam'.”
This is a peninsula on Loch Bracadale which has no inhabitants beyond a certain point. It is a glorious place in which to roam. The paths you can see were made by sheep.
#RightToRoam #scenery #isleofskye #scotland #solitude #easter
Very excited to announce a new episode of the Peakrill Podcast, featuring legendary #Sheffield rambler & #righttoroam campaigner Terry Howard talking about his history of #trespass in the #PeakDistrict, and more.
https://audio.peakrill.com/episodes/003-terry-howard-moorland-notebook.html
Fabulous seeing Terry Howard in Ramble On at #SHAFF #Sheffield Adventure Film Festival yesterday.
We've got a crowfunding campaign currently running, to publish a new edition of Terry's "A Moorland Notebook" - please take a look at it:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dansumption/a-moorland-notebook-by-terry-howard/
Originally published in 1992, A Moorland Notebook contains:
📍 History of lost rights-of-way & ancient footpaths
📖 Personal reflections on the wild places of the Peak District
🌿 Evocative nature writing capturing the changing seasons
🗺️ old causeys & hollow-ways that once connected villages
🪨 The standing stones & boundary markers removed to erase old paths
🚧 The battle to reclaim access, from the enclosure movement to today
🎭 The uses of the moors – poachers, shepherds, ramblers, and dreamers
The new 2025 edition from Peakrill Press includes:
✅ The original 1992 text in full 📖
✅ New reflections on what’s been gained—and what’s still at risk
✅ A bonus extra ramble through the landscapes that inspired it
#RightToRoam #HikingUK #PeakDistrict #KinderTrespass #ramblers #hiking #walking
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dansumption/a-moorland-notebook-by-terry-howard/
🪨 Terry Howard’s A Moorland Notebook blends history, landscape, and memoir, charting lost rights-of-way & enclosures, and containing 10 Peak District "trespass" rambles:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dansumption/a-moorland-notebook-by-terry-howard/
#RightToRoam #HikingUK #PeakDistrict #KinderTrespass #NatureWriting
I have a friend who is pretty much a #Republican by default (i.e., he claims to be apolitical but only consistently avoids political topics when the Republican position is the status quo; he will comment on other issues). He might be trying out a new "open mindedness" thing, though, and he once even claimed to be "more or less an #Anarchist" at heart.
I'm making a list of #questions to ask him about #anarchy. They were significantly more provocative until my partner (who is very good at this kind of thing) offered some rewordings:
Anarchy questions
How do you feel about the unrestricted movement of people? (i.e., #OpenBorders)
What are your thoughts on loving relationships (romantic/sexual) with multiple partners (i.e., more than 2), where everyone consents, up to and including marriage? (i.e., #polyamory, #RelationshipAnarchy, etc.)
How would you feel about your children having an equal voice in their education, along with all other individuals that are a part of their school around decisions like hours of operation, topics taught, hiring, etc.? (i.e., #AlternativeSchools, #AlternativeEducation)
What are your thoughts about individual police accountability when officers break laws?
What is your cost/benefit analysis of the existence of #police?
What is your cost/benefit analysis of the existence and/or current implementation of #prisons?
What are your thoughts on people inhabiting abandoned houses they don't own? (i.e., #squatting)
What do you think about #RightToRoam (i.e., even private land should allow people to freely pass through, temporarily camp, etc.)?
Notes:
