A short review of Uncommon Ground, Rethinking our relationship with the countryside, by Patrick Galbraith Travelling the length and breadth of the country, Patrick Galbraith goes where nature writers don’t. Then again, he hates to be called one. Rather, he is writer about the countryside. Led by a journalistic instinct as keen as the nose […]| Superscript
In this new essay for The Clearing Kevan Manwaring takes a long walk along the permissive footpath soon to be closed to the public, and considers the power of rivers.| Little Toller Books
This from the Right to Roam campaign. The antidote to political despair is… Dear Roamers, Politics is pretty depressing right now. As a campaigner, I’m often asked, ‘what gives you hope?’. And the answer isn’t to ignore the bad stuff going on, or wish naively that things weren’t this way. The antidote to political despair is toContinue reading "Right to Roam – Please help to lobby the politicians"| Walking the Old Ways
Epping Forest (just outside London) was in the process of being Enclosed and made private in the 19th century, but a campaign of mass trespass forced the government to place it in common hands. The…| Three Acres And A Cow