Wild Camping It's A Good Thing Right ? - Marsden Moor Fire
Channel: Robert John Kerr
Date: 29/04/2021

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One of the great joys of wild camping is the chance to sleep under the stars in beautiful rural locations. Our essential beginner's guide shares expert tips on how to camp safely, kit to take and how to wild camp legally in Britain.
What is wild camping?
Wild camping involves setting up camp outside of a campsite or caravan park and sleeping in your tent the wilderness. You might be doing a multi-day hike and camp in a national park (checking first it is legal to do so) or fancy a micro adventure sleeping in nature. Tempting though the peace of the wilderness may be, wild camping can be daunting for first-timers,

Marsden Moor Fire:
Around 70 firefighters have rushed to the scene of a huge fire on Marsden Moor, which has been burning since Sunday.

Crews have been battling a massive blaze on the moorland since Sunday evening, with around 70 firefighters from West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service at the scene.

The fire, near Black Moss Reservoir, has been burning since around 7pm on Sunday night (April 25).

Crews were able to bring the blaze under control yesterday afternoon, extinguishing most of the flames and leaving just four crews remaining at the scene to dampen down the area.

But the response was stepped up across the evening and a helicopter was deployed to help target pockets of fire that continued to burn - with the blaze reigniting with a vengence.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that the blaze had grown, covering over two square miles of moorland.

They said: "The fire currently has a flame front of 2 miles, with an area of 2 square miles affected by the blaze.