Not Fuel for an Open Fire
Most of you probably know that there was a wildfire on Burbage Moor recently, suspected to be caused by a disposable BBQ. I also read a fascinating blog post about the work the Peak District wardens do, and was surprised that people were reporting that they had no idea open fires (and probably BBQs) are not permitted in the National Park:
thepathlesstravelled.co.uk/2023/05/29/three-days-in-may/
This section struck me on having open fires:
"They said that nothing on their social media feeds about wild camping had explained risk".
Which made me wonder where the hell were they getting their information from, and what it said. I Googled "wild camping Peak District", and found that whilst mentioning the risk of open fires (they obviously hadn't got their info from there), none of the top results mentioned BBQs and the fact they are not permitted in the National Park. I have now started a bit of a one woman crusade to get that rectified 😁 The top result, now clearly displays this information, and Bex moved the section about fires to the top of the page as requested:
www.theordinaryadventurer.com/advice/wild-camping-peak-di...
Another success here:
abrokenbackpack.com/camping-peak-district/
The page previously actively encouraged BBQs by saying, and now states. I'll try a few more over the next few days, but my other bugbear is the "Peak District Wild Camping" Facebook group. The information when joining the group states:
"Fires can be a fundamental element to a camp out but we’ve decided to ban fire posts to avoid possibly promoting any unnecessary damage to the National Park."
Is it me, or does this send entirely the wrong message? To me it reads as if fires are central to a wild camp? I mean, when was a fire ever part of leave no trace camping? I wrote to the Admin of the group, asking for this to be reconsidered, and also to add some info about BBQs being banned, but was ignored.
Not quite related, but latest I was read was him recommending Burbage Valley as a wild camping location to a first timer. Burbage Valley? You're never more than 10 minutes from the road! Not to mention the aforementioned wildfire.
Happy for you to tell me I'm being a complete killjoy, but I might be difficult to convince 😂 The same bloke runs the Snowdonia and Lake District wild camping FB groups too, all with the same group information.
And breathe 😂 Right, off to write to the supermarkets and ask them to stop selling disposable BBQs!
Not Fuel for an Open Fire
Most of you probably know that there was a wildfire on Burbage Moor recently, suspected to be caused by a disposable BBQ. I also read a fascinating blog post about the work the Peak District wardens do, and was surprised that people were reporting that they had no idea open fires (and probably BBQs) are not permitted in the National Park:
thepathlesstravelled.co.uk/2023/05/29/three-days-in-may/
This section struck me on having open fires:
"They said that nothing on their social media feeds about wild camping had explained risk".
Which made me wonder where the hell were they getting their information from, and what it said. I Googled "wild camping Peak District", and found that whilst mentioning the risk of open fires (they obviously hadn't got their info from there), none of the top results mentioned BBQs and the fact they are not permitted in the National Park. I have now started a bit of a one woman crusade to get that rectified 😁 The top result, now clearly displays this information, and Bex moved the section about fires to the top of the page as requested:
www.theordinaryadventurer.com/advice/wild-camping-peak-di...
Another success here:
abrokenbackpack.com/camping-peak-district/
The page previously actively encouraged BBQs by saying, and now states. I'll try a few more over the next few days, but my other bugbear is the "Peak District Wild Camping" Facebook group. The information when joining the group states:
"Fires can be a fundamental element to a camp out but we’ve decided to ban fire posts to avoid possibly promoting any unnecessary damage to the National Park."
Is it me, or does this send entirely the wrong message? To me it reads as if fires are central to a wild camp? I mean, when was a fire ever part of leave no trace camping? I wrote to the Admin of the group, asking for this to be reconsidered, and also to add some info about BBQs being banned, but was ignored.
Not quite related, but latest I was read was him recommending Burbage Valley as a wild camping location to a first timer. Burbage Valley? You're never more than 10 minutes from the road! Not to mention the aforementioned wildfire.
Happy for you to tell me I'm being a complete killjoy, but I might be difficult to convince 😂 The same bloke runs the Snowdonia and Lake District wild camping FB groups too, all with the same group information.
And breathe 😂 Right, off to write to the supermarkets and ask them to stop selling disposable BBQs!