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Countrystride #20: Upper Eden - The fight to roam, with Kate Ashbrook
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
…in which we follow the River Eden downstream to Kirkby Stephen with leading campaigner in the walking world, Kate Ashbrook, General Secretary of the Open Spaces Society and Chair of the Ramblers. As we head north from Pendragon Castle we discuss the joy of sunrise walks, the never-ending battle to open the countryside and taking Nicholas van Hoogstraten to court.
To find out more about Kate see https://campaignerkate.wordpress.com/about-kate-ashbrook/
We're grateful to today's guest producer, Helen Millican from BBC Cumbria, for standing in for Dave. Helen hosts the weekly Great Outdoors Show.
For more about the Ramblers 'Don't Lose Your Way' campaign see https://www.ramblers.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/dont-lose-your-way-2026.aspx
To find out more about Kate see https://campaignerkate.wordpress.com/about-kate-ashbrook/
We're grateful to today's guest producer, Helen Millican from BBC Cumbria, for standing in for Dave. Helen hosts the weekly Great Outdoors Show.
For more about the Ramblers 'Don't Lose Your Way' campaign see https://www.ramblers.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/dont-lose-your-way-2026.aspx
Released:
Oct 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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