I walked 505 miles from Hastings to Gretna – here's why we need a right to roam

I walked 505 miles from Hastings to Gretna – here's why we need a right to roam

I didn’t know I was in a nature reserve behind a Wagamama when the security team at Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre in Northamptonshire interrupted my wild camp and politely insisted I move on. I eventually spent the night a few hundred metres away, in a field beside a dual carriageway.Sleeping rough wasn’t out of necessity, but I got used to moments like this during the 26-day responsible trespass and wild camping trip I embarked on last summer. …