They say a right to roam law south of the border would give people better access to rural areas which would benefit their health.
Right to roam campaigners have staged a mass trespass near the England-Scotland border calling for the Westminster Government to adopt the same land reform laws as the Scottish Parliament.
In England, right of free access covers 8% of the country, excluding footpaths, and wild camping is illegal everywhere except a small area in Dartmoor, which was temporarily taken away earlier this year when a local landowner argued for its prohibition at the High Court. Guy Shrubsole, one of the founders of Right to Roam, said introducing a right to roam law in England would give more people access to nature with the associated benefits that brings.
The campaigners then trekked through a sodden field to the edge of a stream, greeted by a man playing bagpipes on a small rise.Nadia Shaikh, representing the English side, and Adhamh O Broin, representing the Scottish, waded into the water and exchanged a slug of beer and whisky before pouring the remainder into the stream in a small sacrificial ceremony.
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