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Heavy rain forces Right to Roam to abandon Dartmoor mass trespass

Campaigners were due to stage right to roam event to highlight lack of public access to open landscapes

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Dartmoor has once again been targeted by Right to Roam campaigners
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Dartmoor has once again been targeted by Right to Roam campaigners

Organisers of a planned mass trespass across Dartmoor this weekend have been forced to cancel the event owing to bad weather. In a letter to its supporters, Right to Roam said it had made the ‘difficult...

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