An attempt to ban backpackers from one of England’s most beautiful national parks has failed. Now we need a wider conversation about access to nature
It rained again. Across Britain, skies were mostly variations of grey, as they have been for weeks. But notwithstanding the weather, the last day of July deserves to be remembered as a vintage one for lovers of life lived outdoors.
In evening sunshine at the Oval, an outstanding Ashes series produced an improbably poetic climax, as Stuart Broad won the fifth Test for England with the last ball of a stellar career. Over 200 miles away in Devon, celebrations were also taking place at Dartmoor’s famous Haytor Rocks after a legal victory that opens up new vistas on how we might enjoy and cherish our national parks.
