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So with it been a Bank Holiday, there was obviously not hundreds of people camped at Barn Farm and none of them could have gone for a walk and dropped a cig then, because according to you none of them smoke do they? There are around ten million adult cigarette smokers in the UK, that’s approximately 1 in 5, there more at a guess probably had 200 - 300 people walk across it on the day so that would be 40 -60 cig smokers. (Cancer Research UK). So by your reckoning there were more than 60 camp fires. Ridiculous.
Having walked the entire moor and visited every potential camp site, remarked on how few people were camped up there that weekend and I agree with the former also having been present whilst out exploring, that there were no camp fires in the vicinity. Oh and by the way, moor fires have been known to start from a droplet of water intensifying the suns rays.
As you say you did not know where the fire you could smell was located, however you imply it started the fire 8 hours later which is like any theory put forwards in this forum is pure speculation including my own. It's just makes you feel better and righteous by blaming the campers.
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