tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post3240389189804519205..comments2024-03-27T21:31:59.376+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: Forests and BackpackingChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-22626284379906434472011-02-07T02:32:33.500+00:002011-02-07T02:32:33.500+00:00It's not just accepted in Scotland - wild camp...It's not just accepted in Scotland - wild camping is a legal right so the FC can't object.<br /><br />When there was a proposal to sell Scotland's forests a few years there was a great deal of opposition and it was quickly withdrawn. <br /><br />It's not just about access it's also about the quality of the land to which you have access. A clear-cut forest isn't somewhere Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-10952442907752005692011-02-07T01:35:13.573+00:002011-02-07T01:35:13.573+00:00You just need to look at the forestry commission&#...You just need to look at the forestry commission's policy towards wild camping. On FC land in England it is illegal, whilst on FC land in Scotland it is completed accepted. <br /><br />English people are upset about the public forests being sold because we have never really been free to enjoy our countryside because the rights of the private landowner rein supreme. If the individual had Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-25642016339848035462011-02-06T16:59:24.688+00:002011-02-06T16:59:24.688+00:00'A night in a forest' is a great piece Chr...'A night in a forest' is a great piece Chris.<br /><br />last week we went for a walk on the North downs way - it was disconcerting to see so much of the woodland cordoned off by farmers...but what was there does contain some variety at least. Our nearest very old woods is the New Forest, which is an amazingly various landscape - we go there every year at least once. The woods in the selfpoweredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690224905896399570noreply@blogger.com