Tag Archives: open country

Opening the coast

Posted on 19/05/2019 by campaignerkate

Seventy years ago today a House of Commons committee debated the inclusion of coastal access in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Bill. Continue reading →

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The Rivington Pledge

Posted on 07/05/2019 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago today, more than 3,000 demonstrators pledged to trespass on land owned by water authorities if public access there was not protected in the Water Act 1989. Continue reading →

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The Ramblers’ Shirburn Hill rally

Posted on 14/03/2019 by campaignerkate

Twenty years ago 2,500 Ramblers rallied on Shirburn Hill, Oxfordshire, to celebrate the government’s decision to legislate for freedom to roam. Continue reading →

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Jerry Pearlman, the ramblers’ advocate

Posted on 06/04/2018 by campaignerkate

My friend Jerry Pearlman, the Ramblers’ former honorary solicitor who campaigned for paths and the right to roam, has died aged 84. Continue reading →

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Walk among the sarsens

Posted on 04/03/2018 by campaignerkate

After the Ramblers’ Wiltshire and Swindon Area AGM we walked on Fyfield Down access land Continue reading →

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My favourite hill? White Tor

Posted on 29/01/2016 by campaignerkate

This the walk on my favourite hill which I described in Countryfile Magazine: White Tor on Dartmoor Continue reading →

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The open common

Posted on 17/01/2016 by campaignerkate

I am keen to manage my land at Common Wood on western Dartmoor so as to attract Fritillary butterflies, but it is quite complicated and requires cooperation from various interests. Continue reading →

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A hypothetical question

Posted on 11/12/2015 by campaignerkate

‘If the choice which the country has to make is between well-trained forces on the one hand and sacrificing your pony rides on the other … where would you like the government to make the choice?’ That was the first, … Continue reading →

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Memories of Michael Meacher, friend of the access movement

Posted on 05/11/2015 by campaignerkate

Yesterday, 4 November, Michael Meacher would have been 76.  He was a true friend of the access movement.  When Labour won the election in 1997, Meacher became Minister of State for the Environment.  Despite being a very un-Blairite left-winger, he retained … Continue reading →

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A tribute to ‘Access’ Alexander

Posted on 31/08/2015 by campaignerkate

John Alexander, who was footpaths officer and then chairman of the Ramblers’ Winchester Group, has died aged 91.  But he was far more than a group official, important though such jobs are; he participated vigorously in the national campaign for … Continue reading →

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