1. Don't try to cover them all at once, or you will get tired, but about four million acres of moorland, mountain, common land, heath and down are being opened up by the new rights of access. Privately owned land, with no traditional public right of way, is now open all hours in the Southeast, lower Northwest, central southern England, upper Northwest and the Northeast. The rest of the country will follow later this year.
2. The new rights are for walkers. But most of the things walkers might like to do - sightseeing, bird-watching, picnicking, climbing and even running - are fine. Camping is not. Nor are organised games. Dogs are OK, unless there are signs to the contrary. But there are rules about short leads during the bird-nesting season, from March to the end of July, and whenever livestock is around.
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