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15/11/2023 at 12:35pm
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DK 
Nothing wrong with your input DK, nor would I expect there to be from your long past helpful history.
Wild camping is not my thing, need a few of life's luxuries at my age and a formal campsite suits better, but it's a popular topic and from what I can gather in the loosest terms, in Scotland wild camping is permitted as a legal right with a few places excluded (wild campers have abused the privilege too much with left behind rubbish and soiling and blighted certain popular spots to such an extent that they are now banned by law!), England is the opposite, wild camping is generally banned by law, and can only be done with express permission from the landowner. There are exceptions where a blanket acceptance exists, Dartmoor being one (after a legal skirmish this year where one landowner got it banned, but has now been overturned in the courts!), and the Lake District, where it is ONLY permitted above the highest fence/wall on the fells (believe me, that can be pretty inaccessible to anyone but the fittest and with lightest burden!).
Of course people camp anywhere and everywhere, but not necessarily legally, and are at risk of being moved on and/or having their kit removed if absent, I suppose they could be charged with Trespass!
As a fell walker, it is upsetting to find otherwise pristine wilderness despoiled by human litter and waste, and fire damage from open fires (that can SO easily turn into a massive wildfire in the right terrain!) that so many wild campers seem to find acceptable these days. I'd urge you to be one of the responsible campers who leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but photos/memories. If you can carry it out, you can carry it back and dispose of correctly! - EVEN your dog's waste if on grazing land as it can be seriously injurious to other animals! (I've got a dog, it's a bit of a pain to carry bags of poo for miles, but the right thing to do!) https://www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot/sites/default/files/2018-09/Risk%20of%20th........
If you can 'suffer' without the extreme isolation of true wild camping, there are formal camp sites that exist with the most basic of amenities, so it's much like wild camping in a technical sense. Possibly a good way of starting to hone your self sufficiency skills without putting yourself at immediate risk in a true wilderness.
Good luck.
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