Tag Archives: common land

Going for gorse

Posted on 03/12/2021 by campaignerkate

The Dartmoor Preservation Association volunteers returned to work at Common Wood after a year, clearing gorse for butterflies. Continue reading →

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Top camera-club pulled down the shutter

Posted on 14/10/2020 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago I was banned from making a speech at the Royal Photographic Society’s launch of an exhibition of photos of secret land. Continue reading →

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Commons cave-in

Posted on 26/07/2020 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago the Conservative government broke its manifesto pledge to legislate on the basis of the Common Land Forum’s agreement for common land. Continue reading →

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Unforgettable Bar

Posted on 28/08/2019 by campaignerkate

I like to remember my friend Barbara MacDonald on her birthday, 28 August.  She would have been 107 this year.  This is what I said at her post-funeral gathering in her home village of Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor on 30 September … Continue reading →

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Backward Bradford

Posted on 21/04/2017 by campaignerkate

Bradford Council’s website on common land is at least ten years out of date. Continue reading →

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Len the living legend

Posted on 19/08/2016 by campaignerkate

Len Clark is 100 today, happy birthday Len! Continue reading →

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On Plumstone Mountain

Posted on 21/07/2016 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago I spoke at a site meeting of Dyfed County Councillors at Plumstone Rocks, to try to persuade them to remove unlawful fencing on the common Continue reading →

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Hazeley Heath, a special protection area

Posted on 13/06/2016 by campaignerkate

One of the best parts of my job with the Open Spaces Society is visiting commons with land managers who wish to consult us about what they hope to achieve.   I was pleased to be invited by Leigh Wallace of … Continue reading →

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Alpine commoning

Posted on 13/05/2016 by campaignerkate

I learnt about commoning in the Alps on a walk from Blatten in Switzerland’s Valais region. Continue reading →

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The Treaty of Burford

Posted on 02/05/2016 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago, on May Day 1986, three of us sorted out the future of common land. Continue reading →

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