Wealthy landowner to launch legal fight to end wild camping on Dartmoor

​Alexander Darwall lodges papers seeking end to camping on moorland without permissionA wealthy landowner is pressing ahead with legal moves that could threaten the right of backpackers and youth groups to wild camp on Dartmoor.A small group of right-to-roam activists built a protest camp over the weekend on the estate owned by Alexander Darwall and his wife, who are challenging the legal basis of bylaws that allow for wild camping on the moor, despite a growing outcry from local people, hikers and environmentalists. Continue reading…