The Great Outdoors

When it comes to wild camping, we all need to step back and share

HE FIRST TIME I went wild camping, I was 27 and nervous. My friend Hannah was appalled. “Are you even allowed to do that? Where are you going to sleep? Where will you go to the toilet?! And when you get murdered, they won’t even know where to look for the body…” she finished flatly. My friend’s fears curdled my confidence, but it was too late to back out because I’d already bought an army

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