Right To Roam: In Conversation with Guy Shrubsole & Nick Hayes

Its Not The Length

Have recent events made you double down on your appreciation of our coastlines and the waves that break on them? More specifically your right to access them? In this episode, Paul Evans chats to land justice campaigners Guy Shrubsole and Nick Hayes of LandJustice.uk about Right to Roam, and their books Who owns England? (Guy) and The Book of Trespass - Crossing the Lines That Divide England (Nick). While surfers and other coast users generally benefit from access to the intertidal zone in most of Britain, what about rights to free camping, wild swimming and broader access to the Natural Health System - the great outdoors - most of which tends to be walled off and inaccessible in England and Wales (Scotland introduced R2R in 2003.) With government plans afoot to change trespass from civil law to a criminal offence, Nick and Guy want you to get involved to protect rights to access our open spaces. Running Time: 49m20s Topics: Lockdown vibes Guy & Nick's relationships with wave riding Surfers as a subculture Paganism The current status quo & SW Coast Path The 11th Duke of Beaufort Scotland vs England The Natural Health Service MoD land Enclosure & abolition Free camping, nomads & New Age Travellers Romani 'gypsies' & Henri VIII Criminalising trespass Guy's book 'Who owns England?' The National Trust Nick's book 'The Book of Trespass' How to get involved Cover Illustration by Nick Hayes Get involved: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300139 Extra special thanks to: @nickhayesillustration @guyshrubsole www.wavelengthmag.com @wavelengthmag