Monthly Archives: March 2024

A people’s charter 75 years on

Posted on 31/03/2024 by campaignerkate

Seventy-five years ago today, 31 March 1949, Lewis Silkin, then minister of town and country planning, spoke of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Bill as ‘a people’s charter’. This was the second reading of the bill, which … Continue reading →

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Launch of the River Coln Trail

Posted on 30/03/2024 by campaignerkate

I was in Fairford, Gloucestershire, on 23 March to open the River Coln Trail. This 33-mile route links the Walkers are Welcome Towns of Winchcombe in the north and Fairford in the south. It takes in the source of the … Continue reading →

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Ramblers Scotland, working for walkers

Posted on 28/03/2024 by campaignerkate

I headed north on Friday 15 March for the Ramblers’ Scottish Council meeting at Croy in North Lanarkshire; I was pleased to be sitting on the east side of the train. That gives me a glimpse of Lincoln cathedral from … Continue reading →

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Radical Ramblers and parachuting pipits

Posted on 10/03/2024 by campaignerkate

I joined my first walk of the Radical Ramblers since the tragic and untimely death of our leader, Alan Haworth, last August. Roger Hough has generously stepped in to keep the walks programme going. On 9 March eight of us … Continue reading →

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St David’s Day, women, and wheelchairs

Posted on 08/03/2024 by campaignerkate

On 1 March I visited the Newport wetlands nature reserve, to celebrate St David’s Day, National Wheelchair Day, and (a week early) International Women’s Day. The event was organised by Ramblers Cymru, and I felt honoured to join some energetic … Continue reading →

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‘Twas ever thus

Posted on 02/03/2024 by campaignerkate

Seventy years ago today there was a debate in the house of commons about the membership of the National Parks Commission, formed by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act five years before. Questions were raised about the … Continue reading →

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