Alison Clarke recalls her honeymoon spent hiking on Dartmoor, while Val Mainwood remembers an eventful Girl Guides expedition in North Yorkshire and Jim Grindle calls for beauty spots to allow wild camping

Sam Wollaston’s article on camping in Dartmoor (‘Doctors should prescribe it!’: the joys of wild camping – and why it is under threat in England, 5 July) reminded me of our July 1974 honeymoon, partly spent hiking and wild camping on Dartmoor. The walking was invigorating, the views spectacular – and there was excitement.

As a local (I grew up in Tavistock on the western edge of the moor), I knew to check at the local police station for any planned military exercises. So I asked, and was told that there were none on the dates in question.

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