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Country diary: Thatching in the rain is unpleasant, but not impossible

Poundsgate, Dartmoor, Devon: At one point, bundles I have spent hours preparing in the barn are lifted off the roof and scattered across the garden 30ft below

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners urge Prince William to rewild Dartmoor farmland

William became largest private landholder in the national park when he inherited Duchy of Cornwall

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Quick thinking to save a slow worm

West Dartmoor, Devon: The shape of these legless lizards is smooth and uniform, as if rolled by a child from Play-Doh

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The best hotels in Devon 2023: Where to stay for romantic getaways, spa weekends and outdoor adventures

With miles of coast, green countryside galore and a happening capital, this county has it all

The Independent UK

Walker claims he saw big cat roaming on Dartmoor – and says he’s got the picture to prove it

Walker claims animal spotted on Darmoor had metre-long tail

The Independent UK

Country diary: A tiddler in the shadows

Creason Wood, West Dartmoor: The river is in spate, meaning there’s more food than usual. And lurking in the murk are brown trout

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The long legal fight for the ‘right to roam’ England’s countryside

In today’s newsletter: Will a court case over wild camping on Dartmoor spark bigger campaigns to open up more private green space?

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‘It’s for the people’: wild campers enjoy court victory on Dartmoor

Outdoor adventurers return to national park after ruling in appeal that restored right to wild camp

The Guardian - UK

Labour would extend right to wild camp to all English national parks

Move comes as campaigners call for wider access to land after court of appeal ruling on Dartmoor case says activity is lawful

The Guardian - UK

Carry on Bikepacking (and Wild Camping) as Dartmoor National Park wins appeal against previous ban

Dartmoor is once again open for bikepacking and wild camping after wealthy landowners' lawyers arguments are thrown out by High Court judges

Bike Perfect

Dartmoor and the right to roam in England

A ruling that members of the public have the right to wild-camp in Dartmoor National Park has been welcomed by “right-to-roam” activists who claim that swathes of England’s countryside are unfairly off limits.

The Week

Dartmoor wild camping allowed again after campaigners' successful court appeal

Campaigners win court appeal that banned right to camp in English National Park

Advnture

Dartmoor wild camping: What next and how did we get here?

A bitter dispute between a millionaire hedge fund manager and campers he tried to ban from pitching up on his land may have come to an end, Matt Mathers reports

The Independent UK

Tell us: are you planning to wild camp on Dartmoor?

We want to hear from people who plan to camp on Dartmoor following the court appeal victory

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The Independent UK

Dartmoor wild camping ban lifted as campaigners win battle against wealthy landowners

Judges rule unanimously to overturn decision removing rare right to wild camp without landowner’s permission

The Guardian - UK

Wild camping allowed on Dartmoor again after court appeal succeeds

Dartmoor National Park Authority had appealed against January high court ruling that outlawed practice

The Guardian - UK

Camping not recreation ‘because you are just asleep’, Dartmoor appeal told

Court told wild camping is not open-air recreation as park authority appeals against recent ban

The Independent UK

Court of Appeal hears challenge over right to wild camp on Dartmoor

A judge previously ruled that people do not have the right to camp overnight on Dartmoor Commons with landowners’ permission.

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The Guardian - UK

Prince William to expand Duchy of Cornwall’s temperate rainforest

Duchy hopes to at least double size of Wistman’s Wood, a 3 hectare fragment of ancient woodland, by 2040

The Guardian - UK

King Charles and Prince William face fight over taxpayer funds on Dartmoor

More than £13m of subsidies mainly paid to tenants of Duchy of Cornwall have done little to restore nature in national park

The Week

Bovey Castle review: a truly beautiful stay in Dartmoor National Park

Originally opened in 1930 by Great Western Railways as a hotel and golf resort, Bovey Castle – or Bovey Castle Hotel and Spa to give its full name – is a genuinely impressive site. Those railway people knew what they were doing frankly as, it must be said, do current…

The Guardian - UK

Fears Natural England may lose powers amid row with Dartmoor farmers

Tory MPs call for ministers, not watchdog, to make decisions on sites of special scientific interest

The Guardian - UK

Bannau Brycheiniog: new name for the park but poor state of nature harder to fix

The former Brecon Beacons has acknowledged it is facing an onslaught of environmental threats – with the UK’s national parks from Dartmoor to the Cairngorms facing similar pressures

The Independent UK

Park authority members back appeal against Dartmoor wild camping ruling

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought the successful legal challenge against the DNPA, claiming some campers cause problems to livestock.

The Guardian - UK

Landowner accuses Dartmoor officials of ‘acting like campaigners’

Dartmoor National Park Authority is preparing to appeal against court decision to overturn right to wild camp

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