Kate Ashbrook
@campaignerkate.bsky.social
Campaigner, loves walking, landscapes, birds, archaeology, wild country. Own views. General secretary Open Spaces Society, vice-president Ramblers, vice-chair Campaign for National Parks & Dartmoor Preservation Association, patron Walkers are Welcome towns
Glorious autumnal walk from Painswick today in @cotswoldsnl.bsky.social @nationaltrailsuk.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Glorious autumnal walk from Painswick today in @cotswoldsnl.bsky.social @nationaltrailsuk.bsky.social
worthwhile visit to lovely Fawley churchyard, Bucks, yesterday evening, tipped off by Bucks Bird sightings. Saw family of spotted flycatchers, pretty rare round here now @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
worthwhile visit to lovely Fawley churchyard, Bucks, yesterday evening, tipped off by Bucks Bird sightings. Saw family of spotted flycatchers, pretty rare round here now @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social
Encouraging story in Guardian, hope they'll soon be back in these trees @rspbotmoor.bsky.social !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Encouraging story in Guardian, hope they'll soon be back in these trees @rspbotmoor.bsky.social !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Today's the day, Dartmoor camping verdict, fingers crossed! @openspacessociety.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Today's the day, Dartmoor camping verdict, fingers crossed! @openspacessociety.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social
Welcome back, a nice start to Earth Day!
April 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Welcome back, a nice start to Earth Day!
Vice-presidents of @ramblers.org.uk celebrate the Ramblers' 90th anniversary at the general council AGM @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Vice-presidents of @ramblers.org.uk celebrate the Ramblers' 90th anniversary at the general council AGM @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
Alison Mitchell from @ramblersscotland.bsky.social Grampian Area proposes a motion @ramblers.org.uk AGM congratulating Ramblers on its 90th anniversary.
April 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Alison Mitchell from @ramblersscotland.bsky.social Grampian Area proposes a motion @ramblers.org.uk AGM congratulating Ramblers on its 90th anniversary.
Proud to have been a Life Friend of the brilliant
@campaign4parks.bsky.social
for a quarter century, Thank you CNP for all you have done and are doing for our treasured landscapes
@roseoneill.bsky.social
@campaign4parks.bsky.social
for a quarter century, Thank you CNP for all you have done and are doing for our treasured landscapes
@roseoneill.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Proud to have been a Life Friend of the brilliant
@campaign4parks.bsky.social
for a quarter century, Thank you CNP for all you have done and are doing for our treasured landscapes
@roseoneill.bsky.social
@campaign4parks.bsky.social
for a quarter century, Thank you CNP for all you have done and are doing for our treasured landscapes
@roseoneill.bsky.social
Illegal obstruction on footpath near Llandrindod Wells, Powys, encountered on Ramblers Cymru AGM walk. I shall report it. @ramblers.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Illegal obstruction on footpath near Llandrindod Wells, Powys, encountered on Ramblers Cymru AGM walk. I shall report it. @ramblers.org.uk
In Llandrindod Wells for Ramblers Cymru AGM, early walk round lake @ramblers.org.uk
March 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In Llandrindod Wells for Ramblers Cymru AGM, early walk round lake @ramblers.org.uk
Lovely walk during @ramblersscotland.bsky.social AGM yesterday, led by Glasgow Ramblers through the city @ramblersgb.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lovely walk during @ramblersscotland.bsky.social AGM yesterday, led by Glasgow Ramblers through the city @ramblersgb.bsky.social
Ramblers Scotland AGM at the splendid Merchants House, Glasgow. @ramblersscotland.bsky.social #SCAGM25
March 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ramblers Scotland AGM at the splendid Merchants House, Glasgow. @ramblersscotland.bsky.social #SCAGM25
Uplifting to pass Tebay Fell on train en route to @ramblersscotland.bsky.social AGM @ramblers.org.uk
March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Uplifting to pass Tebay Fell on train en route to @ramblersscotland.bsky.social AGM @ramblers.org.uk
I was surprised to see 2 Egyptian geese in a larch tree in Turville churchyard this morning, not their usual habitat! @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @chilternsnl.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was surprised to see 2 Egyptian geese in a larch tree in Turville churchyard this morning, not their usual habitat! @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @chilternsnl.bsky.social
Lovely walk today with the Radical Ramblers, Faversham-Whitstable on Saxon Shore Way beside South Elmley NR. Great birds, eg avocet, curlew, barn owl, marsh harrier, redshank, turnstone. @ramblersgb.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Lovely walk today with the Radical Ramblers, Faversham-Whitstable on Saxon Shore Way beside South Elmley NR. Great birds, eg avocet, curlew, barn owl, marsh harrier, redshank, turnstone. @ramblersgb.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Atmospheric walk yest over Besbury, Minchinhampton & Rodborough commons, Glos, with Chris Short CCRI. @doug-81.bsky.social @annfin.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Atmospheric walk yest over Besbury, Minchinhampton & Rodborough commons, Glos, with Chris Short CCRI. @doug-81.bsky.social @annfin.bsky.social
Admiring this frosty view from Cobstone Hill above Turville this evening when a beautiful barn owl flew below me @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @chilternsnl.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Admiring this frosty view from Cobstone Hill above Turville this evening when a beautiful barn owl flew below me @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @chilternsnl.bsky.social
My friend Sylvia Sayer, who taught me so much about campaigning and who defended Dartmoor for more than 50 years, died 25 years ago today, still greatly missed @dpadartmoor.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My friend Sylvia Sayer, who taught me so much about campaigning and who defended Dartmoor for more than 50 years, died 25 years ago today, still greatly missed @dpadartmoor.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social
I'm so lucky to live in @chilternsnl.bsky.social Here's Cobstone Hill this morning.
December 24, 2024 at 10:40 AM
I'm so lucky to live in @chilternsnl.bsky.social Here's Cobstone Hill this morning.
’Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the dayes' (John Donne) - at sunset on the shortest day here are a raven and a red kite in Kimble Wood in the @chilternsnl.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 6:22 PM
’Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the dayes' (John Donne) - at sunset on the shortest day here are a raven and a red kite in Kimble Wood in the @chilternsnl.bsky.social
Fab to be @ramblers.org.uk parliamentary event to celebrate 75th anniv of #NationalParks & Access to the Countryside Act 1949 with my friends Owen Plunkett (on his 90th birthday, shared with the Act) & Maxwell Ayamba
December 16, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Fab to be @ramblers.org.uk parliamentary event to celebrate 75th anniv of #NationalParks & Access to the Countryside Act 1949 with my friends Owen Plunkett (on his 90th birthday, shared with the Act) & Maxwell Ayamba
Misty frosty morning on Cobstone Hill in the Chilterns
November 28, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Misty frosty morning on Cobstone Hill in the Chilterns
I am grateful to the late John Prescott for 2 particular things, his announcement 29 Sep 1999 that New Forest & S Downs wd be national parks, & the Countryside & Rights of Way Act giving greater freedom to roam @campaign4parks.bsky.social @theramblers.bsky.social @openspacessociety.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I am grateful to the late John Prescott for 2 particular things, his announcement 29 Sep 1999 that New Forest & S Downs wd be national parks, & the Countryside & Rights of Way Act giving greater freedom to roam @campaign4parks.bsky.social @theramblers.bsky.social @openspacessociety.bsky.social
Perfect walk to Malham cove before celebration of 75th anniversary of National Parks Act 1949 at youth hostel
November 18, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Perfect walk to Malham cove before celebration of 75th anniversary of National Parks Act 1949 at youth hostel