Monthly Archives: December 2019

Mistle thrush sings near Dover’s Hill

Posted on 30/12/2019 by campaignerkate

I walked from Chipping Campden to Broadway on the Cotswold Way with my visually-impaired friend Marika. Continue reading →

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Flair in the favela

Posted on 26/12/2019 by campaignerkate

While in Peru for the international commons conference, I visited the Shipibo-Konibo indigenous people. Continue reading →

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Huccaby memorial to Dartmoor campaigners

Posted on 24/12/2019 by campaignerkate

I joined three generations of Sayers to dedicate a memorial to Guy and Sylvia Sayer at Huccaby chapel on Dartmoor. Continue reading →

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The mis-mapping of downland

Posted on 21/12/2019 by campaignerkate

When walking recently on Shirburn Hill in Oxfordshire I found that the mapped access land was identical to the unmapped downland. Continue reading →

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The last outing

Posted on 14/12/2019 by campaignerkate

It is ten years since I bought a Dartmoor painting by Michael Honnor Continue reading →

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Remembering Alan Howard

Posted on 01/12/2019 by campaignerkate

Alan Howard, who pioneered Rail Ramblers, would have been 97 today. He is remembered with affection. Continue reading →

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