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ON JULY 24, more than 300 trespassers ignored circling farmers’ pick-up trucks and a drone buzzing overhead to trespass in a secret Downland valley north of Brighton.
This was the work of the new Sussex network Landscapes of Freedom, working with the national Right to Roam campaign — led by Nick Hayes and Guy Shrubsole.
After we’d reached our target and settled ourselves across the soft, flowery turf of the natural amphitheatre formed at the head of Pangdean Bottom, I asked the assembly a couple of questions.
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