Bushcraft Basics Ep05: Land Access Northern Ireland

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In this video we take a look at the Land Access Laws including Wild Camping in Northern Ireland.

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Useful Links:

Mourne Mountains - http://www.mourne-mountains.com/mournes/staying-in-the-mournes/wild-camp-spots/

NI Wild - http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php

National Forests NI - http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/public-forests-in-northern-ireland

Ordnance Survey - https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/?gclid=CKesguLC4cUCFQTHtAodGRsAGQ

Scottish Outdoor Access Code - http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/

Visit Scotland - http://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/activities/walking/outdoor-access-code

Wild Camping Dartmoor - http://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/43909/vi-camping_map_309.pdf

Pitch Up - https://www.pitchup.com/wild-camping/

Rights of Way - https://www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land/overview

Natural England - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

Ordnance Survey - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/

Just some of the Places you can visit:

Brecon Beacons - http://www.breconbeacons.org/

Exmoor National Park - http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

Lake District - http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/

Scotland - http://www.visitscotland.com/about/nature-geography/national-parks/

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Video Transcription

hi there guys Smike from mcq bushcraft here and welcome to episode 5 of bushcraft basic skills in last week's episode we have a look at Scotland and the land access laws up there which extends to most waters and also wild camping as well and they have some very liberal laws up there to accompany the beautiful landscapes that they have but in this week's episode episode 5 we're having a look at the land access laws for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland is a very beautiful place some very picturesque landscapes up there and well worth visiting if you've never been but in Northern Ireland land access is a little bit different than it is over here in England and Wales and especially Scotland have a legal framework over here called the countryside rights-of-way XT thousand and it's Scotland they have the land reform act 2003 which sort of oversee land access and right to roam at the top of the triangle overseeing and standing for all those kind of things all that all that legislation is in place underneath them and in Ireland it's it's more done on relationships that local authorities and councils build with landowners so local authorities will often set up relationships with landowners and those landowners will create a public rights-of-way in the form of public footpaths public rights-of-way you can also have permissive footpaths which are temporary foot parcel footpaths that landowners have set up in agreement to someone and it's a footpath that they can shut down you also have bridle ways as well that can be used with horses you can have byways as well which can be used with horse and carriage and also with four by fours for example but they do have common land over there as well and like England and Wales common land can take many shapes and forms you can have very large areas of wilderness like the more mountains for example and it's important to note that wild camping in Northern Ireland is is illegal completely it doesn't mean you'll be locked up for it Alessia calls criminal damage you'll probably be asked to move on like you would over here and like you would in Scotland if you're not supposed to be somewhere but it is illegal and you're not supposed to do it unless you're on a designated campsite but if we take the more mountains as an example and you look at their website like the common land over here in England and Wales a lot of violent they have their own bylaws a lot of these these common areas that that people have the right to roam all over and they don't have to stick to a footpath so a lot of bylaws will be attributed to them and they can be different to one another but in the morn mountains if you look at their website they actually talk about wild camping and even opened fires on the website they don't condone it in any way but they're saying if you do do it please get out of the way I mean it's a large area of wilderness and an upland mountainous terrain so it's not difficult to get out the way in all honesty but keep a low profile get out of the way don't have a ridiculously large fire and just be respectful and a lot of people still go out there a bit like the Brecon Beacons where they're not technically allowed to do it but they still do and they do it respectfully and because of that it's tolerated over there and I can't contain it in this video office Lee but I'm just giving you the facts and the information that's actually out there and a lot of people still do it so common land has it same bylaws and it can take many shapes and forms for example the mourn mountains you may be able to wild camping get away with it and have a small fire or taker with burning stove my advice would be to not have an open fire we'll take a wood-burning stove and actually um take a gas stove if you're up there simply because there may be lots of Bracken dry grass being upland areas and you don't want things to go out of hand with high winds but um other types of common land maybe woodlands they have a lot of woodland over in Northern Ireland and a lot of it is common land but it's managed by the National Trust and they don't allow wild camping at all in fact they've they outright banned it and they don't like it and you're not technically allowed to wild camp you can visit these woodlands and you can roam around them it really depends on the that are attributed to that area but while camping is generally not allowed or technically not allowed but people still do it I've spoken to people have been over to Northern Ireland and they've wild camp they've hammocks and tarp this in various Wiggins almost like the one I'm in now and you know have they run into troubles no technically they shouldn't really be doing it but people are respectful and you know they do these kind of things regardless because we all want that freedom and we we know if we're responsible or not and we don't need to be told if we are and some people take it upon themselves to go out and explore these areas and do the things they wish to do and they keep a low profile and they're respectful and they leave very little trace of themselves being there and as a result have a very low impact on that environment I can't condone that in this video obviously and you can understand why not but I'm just giving you the law and the reality of the scenarios over there so you can then do some exploration and make your own mind up four OS maps in Northern Ireland it's called the Discoverer series and in Republic of Ireland it's the Discovery Series and os Maps I can't stress it enough it may be that you wanted to go to an area of remote wilderness and see where the wild camping is okay there and get out the way so buying an oasis map will allow you to see where you can go and it also means that if you've got a family with you of children you can see the contours of the landscape and actually plan a route in advance alongside campsites and other amenities so they can be really important and it's a bird's-eye view of the field in front of you but this episode here really concludes our final episode on land access in the British Isles I live in the British Isles and I owe it to a lot of people out there to share the legalities of the DS and don'ts of what they can do which is why I've covered it so extensively to be quite honest with you over a series of five episodes but I appreciate a lot of my audience aren't from the British Isles and they may have found it tedious but again is something that needed to be covered and it has been so in next week's episode we're going to be covering and really from next week onwards this is where we start covering gear we start looking at its functionality seeing what it can do the pros and cons and actually using it in the field with skills as well and next week we're starting with backpacks backpacks for me really signify the beginning of a journey in terms of building kit in getting outdoors because it's a container it's the extension of your home it's the foundation of your kit it affects your kit mentality and it also affects the kit that you put in it its shape its weight its size what it can do and how it will develop in the future so having a backpack will allow you to start putting things in it and taking them out in the field it's your toolbox and your home out in the woods in some respects it's it's really important so join me next week for episode 6 I've got a range of backpacks to show you including mine and we'll go through some things look at some pros and cons and hopefully you'll get a good idea by the end of it of the kind of packs that are on the market and what you're looking for so thanks for watching please see the links in the description below that are attributed to this video and I'll see you next week in bushcraft basics take care guys