“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.” So said the American humorist Dave Barry in his skit about ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). There’s no denying wild camping takes a lot of work. The buy-in costs are steep, too, if you can’t borrow (or rent) your gear — tent, ...

Until recently, the most dramatic news coming from Dartmoor National Park, the 368-mile windswept jumble of jagged tors in south Devon, revolved around sporadic sightings of the ‘enormous, coal-black ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. When the owners of the 4,000-acre Blachford estate in Dartmoor, a vast moorland in south-west England, recently won ...

Autumn time is one of the best periods in the year to enjoy the great outdoors in Derby and beyond. The weather is crisp and cool, which means you don’t have to worry about getting hot and bothered in ...

Even though much of Europe is off-limits to wild campers, there are pockets of solitude where you’ll find magnificent landscapes as well as open-minded attitudes to pitching a tent. Here are seven ...