Heavy rain forces Right to Roam to abandon Dartmoor mass trespass

Campaigners were due to stage right to roam event to highlight lack of public access to open landscapes

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Dartmoor has once again been targeted by Right to Roam campaigners
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Dartmoor has once again been targeted by Right to Roam campaigners

Organisers of a planned mass trespass across Dartmoor this weekend have been forced to cancel the event owing to bad weather. In a letter to its supporters, Right to Roam said it had made the ‘difficult...

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