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

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