Lewis Winks

Researcher, writer and campaigner with Right to Roam; social and cultural geography; environmental education; defending the right to wild camp on Dartmoor.

[Lewis Winks @curiousways]

Hi all -- i've made the move over to bluer skies, along with many others. The conversation there is productive, insightful and warm. Come and join!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. A few days ago, I wrote a thread about the pros and cons of staying on this platform and asked for your views. They were very helpful. As a result, I’ve decided to stop using X from January 20. Already I’m mostly posting now on BlueSky (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) instead.🧵

[Campaign for National Parks @Campaign4Parks]

We're still waiting for a decision from the Supreme Court on the future of wild camping in Dartmoor ⌛

@curiousways explores why, win or lose, we need new access legislation 📜

Read the full blog https://t.co/IiHAvv1m4s

[Lewis Winks @curiousways]

@cornish_jack @RamblersGB Congratulations, Jack!

[cat frampton @cat_frampton]

There are days when #Dartmoor reminds you what it’s good at!

This how you can get turned around up on the hill and how quickly you can get ‘mazed’ or ‘pixie led’.

Oddly enough we didn’t manage to gather the sheep today!!!

[ACCESS Network @_ACCESSnetwork]

Don't miss Stewart's webinar on how we can de-carbonise travel in the workplace next Wednesday 14 November. https://t.co/wqPMFcz1a0

[Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky) @AmyJaneBeer]

When water demons rise, you know things are serious.
Jenny Greenteeth, guardian of northern rivers, is going to London
💙💚💦
@MarchforWater #MARCHFORCLEANWATER

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Was great to be interviewed for this @C4Dispatches investigation into the landed wealth of the royal Duchies of Cornwall & Lancaster! On Channel 4 tonight at 8.10pm:

[Lewis Winks @curiousways]

@JolyonChesworth @dartmoornpa @Right_2Roam @EveryonesStars Superb and well said. Thanks Jolyon.

[Jolyon Chesworth @JolyonChesworth]

Wildcamping in @dartmoornpa last night with my kids for #StarryStarryFortnight, it makes you feel free said my 8yro. Imagine the miserable broken soul that would try to deny us and everyone else this experience @Right_2Roam @EveryonesStars

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

As context for the debate over Agricultural Property Relief, let's remember that:

- Just 20 Dukes own almost 1 MILLION ACRES of Britain

- Whilst 59% of farms in England are less than 123 acres (50ha) in size

[Lewis Winks @curiousways]

The 'future' we learnt about in school geography lessons is ever more present.

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Grim situation in Chiva, west of Valencia tonight, where 430mm of rain have fallen today, with a scarcely believable 340mm of that falling in 4 hours!

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Revealed: tax loophole exempts 355 landowners from inheritance tax - including huge grouse moor estates & pheasant shoots

I FOI'd HMRC for details & found this tax break is worth *at least* £68m & likely far more

@RachelReevesMP please fix this! 1/

https://t.co/zPlvBLRJY4

[Lewis Winks @curiousways]

Great article by @findingnature prompting us to embrace the shorter days and retune our perceptions, to notice the beauty in the shift toward darker months.

https://t.co/45tAP2Won9

[Dr Juliet Turner @juliet_turner6]

This thread is the reason that posts and conversations about biodiversity and conservation are so important: 13,000 people liked a thread that is celebrating species extinction and environmental destruction. It’s just so disappointing.

[Bob Berzins @BerzinsBob]

🔥Heather burning at #Sheffield today

❌ Just to increase grouse numbers

❓What about the health of half a million people downwind

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

The Victorians screwed us up in lots of ways - from attitudes to sex, to destroying Britain's uplands in the name of driven grouse shooting.

Some dinosaurs can't let them go - but it's time we consigned grouse moors to the dustbin of history.

https://t.co/b9GFZg7EJn

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

1) What a wonderful day of wildlife watching near Plymouth. To learn why the incredible bluefin tuna have migrated to UK seas and also much more, read this thread. It is vital to understand the reason for their recent appearance. See 2

[Fern Leigh Albert @FernLeighPhoto]

Great article by Lewis Winks @curiousways in @TGOMagazine 'The Supreme Court case to camp on Dartmoor should concern all outdoors folk – here’s why'... 📸 - Wild Camp at Hayne Down #Dartmoor @EveryonesStars @Right_2Roam
https://t.co/Ig9Vgmaujq

[Lewis Winks @curiousways]

@jm0ses Christ - that book. the border trilogy for me. but the Blood Meridian tore a dark hole into my soul