Monthly Archives: October 2017

It’s westward ho for my carriage-driving friends

Posted on 31/10/2017 by campaignerkate

My carriage-driving friends have left Turville and we shall miss them. Continue reading →

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Would the Llandegley wind turbines be legal?

Posted on 30/10/2017 by campaignerkate

A beautiful part of Powys is threatened by wind turbines, but would they be legal? Continue reading →

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Centenary of the inscrutable Lis Hawkins

Posted on 29/10/2017 by campaignerkate

Lis Hawkins, defender of Dartmoor, would have been 100 on 29 October 2017. Continue reading →

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The impact of Walkers Are Welcome

Posted on 28/10/2017 by campaignerkate

In the last ten years, Walkers Are Welcome towns have developed 1,200 walks totalling over 6,342 miles—the distance from London to Lima—and raised massive sums of money for their local economies. This information is revealed in a recent survey of … Continue reading →

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Scalloping at Common Wood

Posted on 25/10/2017 by campaignerkate

Dartmoor Preservation Association conservation volunteers cleared vegetation for butterflies at Common Wood. Continue reading →

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A humane, welcoming landscape

Posted on 20/10/2017 by campaignerkate

The contributions of our Japanese guests to the Walkers Are Welcome tenth-anniversary get-together were outstanding. Takashi Oda, interpreter and tour guide, spoke about Hebden Bridge in Calderdale seen with a foreigner’s eyes.  Hebden Bridge was the first Walkers Are Welcome … Continue reading →

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Hand on the shoulder

Posted on 19/10/2017 by campaignerkate

Ten years ago I was on holiday in St Petersburg.  Our tour did not take us to the Finland Station, so we snuck away there late on the afternoon of 19 October.  This is where Lenin arrived in 1917 in … Continue reading →

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The value of walking

Posted on 17/10/2017 by campaignerkate

Last weekend the Walkers Are Welcome Towns Network’s tenth anniversary get-together was held in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale.  Hebden Bridge was the first Walkers Are Welcome town, inspired by local residents Andrew Bibby and Gwen Goddard. The event was hosted by … Continue reading →

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Avoid the thorny Rose and Crown

Posted on 13/10/2017 by campaignerkate

I do not recommend the Rose and Crown hotel at Bainbridge in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Continue reading →

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The Stalling Busk summit

Posted on 11/10/2017 by campaignerkate

On 7 October Ramblers gathered at Stalling Busk, the tiny village in the Yorkshire Dales, to celebrate a meeting in 1996 which helped to form the access legislation we now enjoy. Continue reading →

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