One of the reasons we did more in the old days was the lack of admin for the sake of admin on a parade night or for a day walk People have mentioned going to the range on a parade night on spec… Even longer AT or activities could be block booked for locations, so you’d just contact the campsite, pull out some maps and go if the weather looked good. Just because we did it this way didn’t mean it wasn’t planned or wasn’t safe. It was a supremely flexible way of working.
We live in a climate of control for the sake of control.