Sadly I don't think restricting usage and access is productive or positive. Education and changing public perception and behaviour is very hard, no matter the legal penalties. The self-entitlement to leave gear and rubbish at concerts shows what an uphill struggle it is/would be.
Unfortunately the "Right toRoam" is understood by some to include their campervans in beauty spots and anywhere else, often blocking up car parks for walkers etc etc. leading to overnight parking bans for those who wish to wild camp, or even going for a day walk. e.g. would you expect to find a campervan (s) on the Ridgeway, or multiples of them on a bridleway in Wiltshire*. - But they do, with tents. (* a regular spot for "fairies" they informed me, hopefully).
The Peak District reference was meant as an example of the damage caused by excessive numbers/usage. Opening up more areas might reduce it or it might not. Media influencers & TV etc tend to cause mass migrations of sheeplike behaviour to the same places/routes. Ditto the insistence on having a campfire or it's not a wild camp.
A Scottish friend of mine, now resident in the south, was very pro Right to Roam per the Scottish model. However, it didn't take long for him to get around, and having seen how the softy southerners campers and walkers conduct themselves, is now very against it.
Unfortunately the "Right toRoam" is understood by some to include their campervans in beauty spots and anywhere else, often blocking up car parks for walkers etc etc. leading to overnight parking bans for those who wish to wild camp, or even going for a day walk. e.g. would you expect to find a campervan (s) on the Ridgeway, or multiples of them on a bridleway in Wiltshire*. - But they do, with tents. (* a regular spot for "fairies" they informed me, hopefully).
The Peak District reference was meant as an example of the damage caused by excessive numbers/usage. Opening up more areas might reduce it or it might not. Media influencers & TV etc tend to cause mass migrations of sheeplike behaviour to the same places/routes. Ditto the insistence on having a campfire or it's not a wild camp.
A Scottish friend of mine, now resident in the south, was very pro Right to Roam per the Scottish model. However, it didn't take long for him to get around, and having seen how the softy southerners campers and walkers conduct themselves, is now very against it.
