In reply to keith-ratcliffe:
I think you’re right, with the campsites shut, the pubs and restaurants shut, no cheap flights, and football behind closed doors many people are just chancing it. I think they know perfectly well it’s against the current restrictions, but just assume they can blag their way out of it.
Wild camping has never been legal without the landowners permission, but as we all know, done discreetly and well any from roads, farms etc has not been a problem. Problems occur when it’s just groups wanting to have a party and have little or no respect for the locatio.
The biggest disappointment is the amount of crap and rubbish that’s left behind, and the lack of respect for our environment. It’s not just the LDNP that’s suffering at the moment though, the beaches, town parks and the other NPs have all ended up looking like the aftermath of a festival.