-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- June 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
Categories
- Access
- AGMs
- AONB
- Art
- Birds
- British Horse Society
- British Trust for Ornithology
- Bucks
- butterflies
- campaigns
- Canada
- Chilterns
- Coastal access
- comment
- common land
- common rights
- Common Wood
- commons
- Cotswolds
- Countryside Council for Wales
- Cumbria
- Dadima's walks
- Dartmoor
- Dartmoor livestock
- Defra
- Denham
- Devon
- Elinor Ostrom
- Exeter University
- Exmoor
- Family
- Foundation for Common land
- grammar
- green spaces
- Growth and Infrastructure Act
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill
- Henley-on-Thames
- History
- India
- India trip
- International Association for the Study of the Commons
- Japan
- Lake District
- Language
- Memories
- Milton Keynes
- Music
- My bird year
- National parks
- National trail
- National Trust
- Natural England
- Natural history
- Natural Resources Wales
- Netherlands
- Obituary
- Obstructed path
- Open country
- open spaces
- Open Spaces Society
- Our Green Space project
- Parks
- parliament
- Peak District
- People
- Peru
- planning
- Poetry
- Politics
- Public paths
- Radical Ramblers
- Ramblers
- Ramblers' path-check
- Ramblers' president
- riding
- RSPB
- rural services
- Scotland
- South Downs
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- town and village greens
- Turville
- Turville
- Uncategorized
- USA
- Waitrose
- Wales
- Walkers Are Welcome Towns
- walking
- walks
- wild country
- Woods and forests
- Yorkshire Dales
Blogroll
- A new nature blog
- Brian Cowling
- British Trust for Ornithology
- Buckinghamshire Bird Club
- Butterfly Conservation
- Byways and Bridleways Trust
- Campaign for National Parks
- Claim for Commons
- Countryside and Community Research Institute
- Dartmoor Preservation Association
- DPA Dartmoor blog
- Foundation for Common Land
- Foundation for Ecological Security (India)
- Grough
- International Association for the Study of the Commons
- Open Spaces Society
- OSS Jay
- Pannageman
- Ramblers
- Walkers Are Welcome Towns Network
Twitter Updates
Tweets by CampaignerKateMeta
Author Archives: campaignerkate
May Day morning on Lodge Hill
I chose May Day morning, this year for my annual visit to the corn buntings, it seems right to do something special on that day. I look for corn buntings around Lodge Hill, near Princes Risborough in the Chilterns. I … Continue reading
Posted in AONB, Birds, Bucks, Chilterns
Tagged Birds, Chilterns, corn buntings, Lodge Hill
Leave a comment
Alan Haworth, the radical rambler
My friend Alan Haworth would have been 76 today, 26 April. Tragically he died while on a cruise last August. His partner Maggie Rae died, on another cruise, in November. It is such a sad story; I am privileged to … Continue reading
Posted in Access, campaigns, Obituary, Open country, Open Spaces Society, parliament, People, Public paths, Radical Ramblers, Ramblers, Scotland, walking, wild country
Tagged Alan Haworth, Chris Smith, climbing, hill-walking, House of Lords, John Smith, Labour party, Maggie Rae, Munros, Parliamentary Labour Party, Politics, Radical Ramblers, Tony Blair, walking
Leave a comment
Walking in the wind with Ramblers Cymru
Ramblers Cymru’s AGM this year was held in Llandudno in north Wales, a delightful Victorian seaside town. We were on the seafront, in the teeth of Storm Kathleen so we were blown about a bit, but it was exhilarating. My … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Birds, campaigns, Obstructed path, Public paths, Ramblers, Wales, walking
Tagged Birds, blocked paths, Little Orme, Llandudno, nature, paths, Public paths, Ramblers Cymru, Wales, walking
Leave a comment
Kilvey Hill for ever
On 18 April Swansea Council is set to decide in principle whether to dispose of open space on Kilvey Hill, north-east of the city. The hill is threatened with an egregious development by New Zealand company Skyline. This consists of … Continue reading
Forty fab years at the Open Spaces Society
On 2 April I celebrated 40 years as general secretary of the Open Spaces Society. They have been very happy ones. The job specification said ‘Despite its long and productive history the society’s membership and public image are not all … Continue reading
A people’s charter 75 years on
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
Posted in Access, AONB, campaigns, Countryside Council for Wales, Dartmoor, National parks, National trail, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Open country, parliament, planning, Public paths, walking, wild country
Tagged access land, campaigns, Dartmoor, national landscapes, national parks, National parks, National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, nature, Public paths, Ramblers, walking
3 Comments
Launch of the River Coln Trail
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
Posted in Access, AONB, Cotswolds, Obstructed path, Public paths, Ramblers, Walkers Are Welcome Towns, walking, walks
Tagged campaigns, Cotswold Way, Cotswolds national landscape, Fairford, Footpath, Public paths, Ramblers, River Coln Trail, Thames Path, Walkers Are Welcome towns, walking, Winchcombe
Leave a comment
Ramblers Scotland, working for walkers
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
Radical Ramblers and parachuting pipits
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
Posted in Access, AONB, Birds, Chilterns, National trail, Radical Ramblers, walking, walks
Tagged Aldbury, Aldbury Nowers, Ashridge, Berkhamsted Common, Chilterns, meadow pipit, navvies, Open Spaces Society, Radical Ramblers, Tring Station, walking
3 Comments
St David’s Day, women, and wheelchairs
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
Posted in Access, Birds, campaigns, Ramblers, Wales, walking
Tagged campaigning, gender-equality, International Women's Day, iwd, Newport wetlands, Public paths, Ramblers, Ramblers Cymru, St David's Day, walking, wheelchair, women
Leave a comment