Alexander Darwall, the landowner at the centre of the legal battle over wild camping on Dartmoor, explains why he has chosen to go to the Supreme Court about the issue.
Dartmoor is one of England’s last and most valuable wildernesses. It is also one of the most vulnerable. There are an estimated 8-10 million visitors to the Dartmoor National Park each year, a massive increase over the past 40 years. Those visiting the open moor, the Dartmoor Commons, have a…