Monthly Archives: August 2011

Tripwire on public path

Posted on 28/08/2011 by campaignerkate

Today I was dismayed to find, when walking footpath 14 across the field between Turville Grange and Dolesden Lane, Turville, that the farmer had put an electric fence across the path.  Instead of using the normal method of placing an … Continue reading →

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A tribute to Rodney Legg

Posted on 10/08/2011 by campaignerkate

I had the opportunity to speak about Rodney at his funeral on 30 July.  This is what I said. ‘That man is a perfect pest.  He’s an awful fellow, and he’s making things awful for everybody, he’s really a fiend of … Continue reading →

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Rus in urbe! OSS open day

Posted on 10/08/2011 by campaignerkate

The Open Spaces Society is holding an open day on Saturday 3 September, to explore some of the exquisite countryside around Harrow-on-the-Hill. Its members, the feisty Northwick Park Group, are hosting the day at St Cuthbert’s Church Hall, 214 Carlton … Continue reading →

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Rodney Legg’s funeral

Posted on 04/08/2011 by campaignerkate

Surrounded by 80 of his friends, Rodney Legg was buried in a wildflower meadow on a Dorset hillside on Saturday 30 July.  A few weeks before he died on 22 July he had chosen the best spot in the lovely Higher Ground … Continue reading →

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Getty got the path open – at last

Posted on 04/08/2011 by campaignerkate

On 22 July, nearly three months after I first told the Wormsley (Getty) estate that it had abused Ibstone footpath 5 above Turville (see here), the estate cleared the crop so that the path is now, at last, reasonably obvious on the ground alongside the … Continue reading →

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