Sorry but I can't help roll my eyes at the tea-towel sepia with which the Kinder mass trespass is commemorated.

Organisations which wouldn't dream of supporting mass trespass themselves, let alone a trespass led by overt communists, claiming it as their heritage now it's safe.

Want to hear more about Right to Roam's new book, WILD SERVICE: Why Nature Needs You?

Join me, nickhayesillustration & Nadia Shaikh at 6.30pm TONIGHT for a live discussion and Q&A

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Right to Roam's nickhayesillustration & Nadia Shaikh will be at Hay Festival in conversation/ Caroline Lucas & Mark Cocker to discuss the campaign, the twin crises of ecology & nature disconnection, and our new book: Wild Service - Why Nature Needs You. 👇

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Is an Estate near you charging for entry? We want to hear about it.

We've noticed a growing trend of large estates commercialising access to nature and want to investigate its wider impact.

Drop us a DM or email at: [email protected] with any details.

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Something big is coming.

If to roam is our right, Wild Service is our responsibility - a reciprocal relationship with nature our countryside so desperately needs.

Our book, Wild Service.
Coming April 24th.

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For 326 years the public have enjoyed free access to Cirencester Park.

On March 15th, that freedom will end.

Join Right to Roam on March 17th to oppose the PAYWALLING OF THE PARK and to celebrate A FAYRE FOR ALL.

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Think these initiatives - between farmers trying to do good things and local volunteers who want a stake in the land - are a really promising direction for countryside culture to go.

I also think they'd be much more effective if that joint stake in the land was more meaningful.

The spirit of Esme Boggart the Silt witch takes off on another journey of mischief.

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We are into the final stretch!

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Seven days left until the crowdfunding campaign ends. Which means there are seven days left to get your hands on some very special campaign rewards like:

A scene on the route of a beautiful walk near Leeds. A favourite of mine, and of family and friends.

The landowner recently diverted the right of way. This view is now 'off limits' to the public. No one else seems to care, not even the Ramblers. A thread on why it matters...

these guys are great film-makers, and very close to achieving their fundraising goal - if you fancy donating a bit, then you'll help to keep old English customs on record, and make a film about the guy who documented them

There have been reports today that Labour is reconsidering its position on how to extend our Right to Roam.

I spoke to Times Radio earlier about how amending England’s CRoW Act could be tricky, & how adopting a Scottish-style right to roam would be more effective - & popular:

Launched today by RamblersGB & NEF probably the most ambitious piece of research I've ever done. We analysed provision of public footpaths (140,000 miles of it) within reach of (almost) every postcode in England and Wales. A few highlights...

Right to Roam co-founder Guy Shrubsole picks up the Wainwright Prize for Conservation! The Lost Rainforests is a brilliant example of how access and ecological change can work in tandem to the benefit of people and nature both.

Yesterday we swam at Spitchwick in defiance of the estate's ban on wild swimming.

Once again, the actions of a wealthy Dartmoor landowner has highlighted the precarious nature of access to England's countryside, and the need for an English Right to Roam Act.

📸Emma Stoner

I wrote about rural housing & #esmeboggart here, with Nelly whispering in my ear. Love & solidarity to Nick & Emma’s family, & their champion nickhayesillustration
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