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Memorial to a lifelong footpath-defender
Today I attended a gathering at Painswick, Gloucestershire, to celebrate the life of Tony Drake (1923-2012), former Gloucestershire Area footpath secretary for the Ramblers, member of the Ramblers… more →
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Memorial to a lifelong footpath-defender
wrote 16 hours ago: Today I attended a gathering at Painswick, Gloucestershire, to celebrate the life of Tony Drake (192 … more →
Man of the common
wrote 2 weeks ago: Last month, at the age of 93, Alfred Leach retired as secretary of the Wheeler End Commoners, after … more →
Appeal judges' decision on Crystal Palace puts parks at risk
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wrote 3 weeks ago: An appeal court decision to allow “luxury apartments” to be built in Crystal Palace Park … more →
'Let sleeping bogs lie'
wrote 3 weeks ago: I received a strange email from Amazon. It invited me, ‘when I’ve finished with this bo … more →
The South Shields dynasty: defenders of our freedom
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The parliamentary constituency of South Shields, which has a by-election on 2 May, is significant fo … more →
The Kinder legacy
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wrote 3 weeks ago: New Mills was a good choice for the first Spirit of Kinder Day, to celebrate the 81st anniversary of … more →
Return to Kilvey Hill: getting the bigger picture
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Last Monday I went back to Kilvey Hill with Kate Ashbrook, Open Spaces Society‘s General Secre … more →
A spiteful act
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The guillotine has dropped. Today the government’s spiteful Growth and Infrastructure Act cam … more →
Kilvey Hill's culture
wrote 4 weeks ago: Macsen the skewbald horse, with his silent, unshod feet, carefully picked his way along the track, t … more →
Six short years
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wrote 1 month ago: The Easter weekend of 2007 was sunlit and full of promise. On Good Friday, 6 April, the new law for … more →
Quick fix for a prince
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wrote 1 month ago: The brightly-coloured primulas were being heeled in to the cold flower-beds when we arrived at HF Ho … more →
Green spaces threatened? It's already too late
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wrote 2 months ago: This is my opinion article which was published in the Western Daily Press on 22 March 2013. Our righ … more →
Chilterns for access
wrote 2 months ago: The Chilterns should offer a warm welcome to walkers, riders and cyclists. This was the theme of my … more →
Growth Bill: can it get worse? Yes it can
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wrote 2 months ago: As if the Growth and Infrastructure Bill’s attack on village greens wasn’t bad enough, t … more →
Twigside Story
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wrote 2 months ago: As I expected, the oil-rich Gettys plan to move the old bridleway which runs past Twigside, once a m … more →
Where is your evidence?
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wrote 2 months ago: We are running out of time to stop the evil effects of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. It has r … more →
On Carn-y-Cefn Common: the highest golf in UK
wrote 2 months ago: The sun was shining for an Open Spaces Society requested visit to Blaenau Gwent, to see a proposed e … more →
Criminalising trespass - a new threat
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wrote 3 months ago: In 2005, when the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill was in the House of Lords, Lord Haworth wo … more →
The grand old access man—Dick Hutchins
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wrote 3 months ago: I have in my possession a well-thumbed, faded-green volume, to which I have referred many times. It … more →
