Category Archives: British Horse Society

A crumb from the £2.4-billion table

Posted on 27/01/2023 by campaignerkate

The environment secretary continues to ignore the need for public access to be funded through the environmental land management scheme, despite ministerial promises. Continue reading →

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ELMS: access now ‘a matter of detail’

Posted on 07/12/2022 by campaignerkate

When Barry Gardiner MP questioned environment secretary Thérèse Coffey on access in ELMS he got some shabby replies. Continue reading →

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Walk for a minister

Posted on 31/07/2022 by campaignerkate

We devised a walk to demonstrate to the environment minister, Richard Benyon, how agricultural payments can fund more and better access. Continue reading →

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Locked out at Tetsworth

Posted on 28/05/2020 by campaignerkate

While doing a bird survey in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, I found many problems with public paths. Continue reading →

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A TV opportunity

Posted on 02/05/2020 by campaignerkate

My first TV interview was 40 years ago, the day the first Dartmoor Commons Bill was rejected by parliament. Continue reading →

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Moses Room, commons bill, and George

Posted on 19/06/2019 by campaignerkate

Forty years ago I fought the first Dartmoor Commons Bill before a House of Lords committee. Continue reading →

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Vital volunteers

Posted on 08/06/2016 by campaignerkate

Volunteers Week: a fine opportunity to celebrate those who protect our public paths, and to consider the impediments they face. Continue reading →

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Paths at our heart

Posted on 27/01/2016 by campaignerkate

Yesterday representatives of path-user groups in Buckinghamshire met the county council’s portfolio holder for transportation, Mark Shaw.  In common with many others the council faces huge cuts, but we had a sympathetic hearing from Mark. He made clear his commitment to rights … Continue reading →

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Round and round the common

Posted on 22/03/2015 by campaignerkate

The Heads of the Valleys Development Company is under financial and competitive pressure to build its massive Circuit of Wales motorsports development as soon as possible.  Bizarrely, it opted to site the construction on common land, with all the inherent delays which that … Continue reading →

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Loss at Larkhill

Posted on 06/11/2014 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago today, on 6 November 1984, a public inquiry opened in Devizes.  It was to investigate the Ministry of Defence’s plans to close 32 miles of public paths across the Larkhill artillery ranges in Wiltshire.  I was there … Continue reading →

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