Protesters to hold #MassTrespass of #CirencesterPark over charging plans
'#RightToRoam campaigners organise demonstration amid anger at #BathurstEstate’s introduction of £4 fee to visit park.'

'According to campaigners, the Bathurst Estate has received millions of pounds in farm #subsidies in recent years and the family fortunes ultimately rest on the slave trader Benjamin Bathurst'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/11/mass-trespass-protest-cirencester-park-charging-plans-bathurst-estate
#RightToProtest #SlaveTrade #PublicCostPrivateProfit #England

Protesters to hold mass trespass of Cirencester Park over charging plans

Right to roam campaigners organise demonstration amid anger at Bathurst Estate’s introduction of £4 fee to visit park

The Guardian

Ramblers unite at Scots Dyke to protest against England’s draconian #RightToRoam laws

English and Scottish walkers meet in #massTrespass to call for greater public access to #land in #England and #Wales, like the more generous laws of #Scotland

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/23/ramblers-unite-at-scots-dyke-to-protest-against-englands-draconian-right-to-roam-laws?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ramblers unite at Scots Dyke to protest against England’s draconian right to roam laws

English and Scottish walkers meet in mass trespass to call for greater public access to land in England and Wales, like the more generous laws of Scotland

The Guardian
Ramblers unite at Scots Dyke to protest against England’s draconian right to roam laws

English and Scottish walkers meet in mass trespass to call for greater public access to land in England and Wales, like the more generous laws of Scotland

The Guardian

Here's a #postcard of St Andrews University, alma mater of Arthur Hobhouse MP, who chaired the parliamentary committee which led to the establishment of National Parks in the UK

Why today? Well, its the anniversary of the 1932 #MassTrespass on #KinderScout, which protest underpinned the moves towards greater access to the countryside

#HigherEducation
#HigherEducationPostcard
#NationalParks
#StAndrews

Walkers are Welcome Town - Hayfield

Hayfield is a beautiful village (population 2,700) nestling in stunning Peak District scenery. Its proud association with the Kinder Mass Trespass, and vibrant community offers events throughout the year and facilities to accommodate walkers including six pubs, three cafes, an Italian restaurant, a campsite, and various small artisan shops.

https://walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-towns-e-k/waw/558

#WalkersareWelcome #Hayfield #PeakDistrict #Derbyshire #KinderScout #MassTrespass #Walking

WAW Towns (E-K) - Walkers are Welcome

Walkers are Welcome

A *hedge fund manager* (!!!) has overturned centuries of access for wild camping on Dartmoor. There needs be a new mass trespass over this. Anyone organising? #DartmoorWildCamping #MassTrespass #DartmoorMassTresspass #Dartmoor

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/15/something-beautiful-has-been-taken-away-campaigners-vow-to-fight-ban-on-dartmoor-camping

‘Something beautiful has been taken away’: campaigners vow to fight ban on Dartmoor camping

A judge’s decision making it unlawful to pitch a tent on the moors without the landowner’s permission is set to spark a wave of right-to-roam protests

The Guardian

Stop the enclosures, land and freedom for all, access for all!

#Dartmoor #WildCamp #RightToRoam #MassTrespass #enclosuresact #enclosures #AlexanderDarwall

Reading an interesting book on the #MassTrespass on #Kinder which highlights the many links between the #Ramblers and the #InternationalBrigades