30th May 1996 I must have spent a fortune on telephone calls and letters to tree experts. People sound interested in having a look until the L.D.N.P.A are mentioned. Seem to have rung people all over the country – got some useful information and recommendations. One recommendation is for a tree expert with experience in … More “out on a limb” page 14 of Beeches, Boreholes and Badgers
19th May 1996 Been lying awake thinking about the beeches. I rang up the Chair of the ‘Special Planning Board’ in charge of the decision to fell and the conversation goes something like this: me: why fell all the trees when your own report says only half should be felled? Chair: by felling half, the … More “ugly and unstable:” page 14 of Beeches, Boreholes and Badgers
10th May 1996 Lake District National Park Authority vote to fell all the remaining 54 Rusland Beeches. All the conservation bodies agree with the decision, including Cumbria Wildlife Trust, English Nature, Friends of the Lake District and so on. To add insult to injury ‘”the recommendation was to replant with a native tree – small … More “I’m too busy to do something” page 13 of Beeches, Boreholes and Badgers
May 3rd 1996 Bluebells interspersed with my favourite – wood sorrel. Young leaves on the beech above form a lacy green canopy full of light for the spring flowers. There is a rumour that half of the beeches are to be felled for ‘safety’ reasons. they look healthy to me.
From The Westmorland Gazette February 9th 1996 KAREN BARDEN’S PEOPLE All passion spent at sleepy Cleator Moor He pulled at his charcoal chequered cardigan and coughed. Clarity was needed. Not a professional inquiry animal, this was only his second and he was fighting bully boy nerves. Day 62 of the investigation into Nirex plans for … More Sleepy villages and nuclear waste from around the world: page 11 of Beeches, Boreholes and Badgers
The carvings (trade ships 1835) in the beeches were a record of the birth of globalisation. Eighty five years later (1910) Beatrix Potter made posters protesting against Free Trade. She must have been one of the first anti globalisation protestors? I always liked her. In September 1985 a few more of the Rusland Beeches graffiti … More Free Trade: page 10 of Beeches, Boreholes and Badgers
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