Tag Archives: right to roam

Access to Mountains Act: a travesty of access

Posted on 11/12/2021 by campaignerkate

The Guardian recently ran an article about the second reading of the Access to Mountains Bill 1938, but things went downhill after that. 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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Access denied

Posted on 22/08/2020 by campaignerkate

It’s been a week when we have been reminded that there is very little freedom to roam in England and Wales, by Nick Hayes’s  The Book of Trespass and  a new right-to-roam campaign.  While the Countryside and Rights of Way Act … Continue reading →

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A memorable day

Posted on 08/03/2019 by campaignerkate

Twenty years ago today we celebrated the government’s announcement that it would legislate for public access. Continue reading →

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1189 & all that

Posted on 02/02/2019 by campaignerkate

Thirty years ago I wrote an Opinion piece in Open Space magazine about the importance of 1189. Continue reading →

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Stonehenge shenanigans

Posted on 26/10/2018 by campaignerkate

Today is the centenary of Stonehenge’s acquisition for the nation, but before that it was the scene of access battles. Continue reading →

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Jerry Pearlman, the ramblers’ advocate

Posted on 06/04/2018 by campaignerkate

My friend Jerry Pearlman, the Ramblers’ former honorary solicitor who campaigned for paths and the right to roam, has died aged 84. Continue reading →

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Access pioneer’s centenary

Posted on 09/03/2018 by campaignerkate

John Bunting, the access campaigner who died in 2013, would have been 100 today. We remember him still with great affection and admiration. Continue reading →

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The Stalling Busk summit

Posted on 11/10/2017 by campaignerkate

On 7 October Ramblers gathered at Stalling Busk, the tiny village in the Yorkshire Dales, to celebrate a meeting in 1996 which helped to form the access legislation we now enjoy. Continue reading →

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Memories of Michael Meacher, friend of the access movement

Posted on 05/11/2015 by campaignerkate

Yesterday, 4 November, Michael Meacher would have been 76.  He was a true friend of the access movement.  When Labour won the election in 1997, Meacher became Minister of State for the Environment.  Despite being a very un-Blairite left-winger, he retained … Continue reading →

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