This Saturday June 12th - Action for Access protest & walk

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This saturday there is a Action for acess walk in the South Downs on
statutory Access Land which the
public are presently banned for wholly spurious reasons.

The walk takes place this Saturday 12thJune. Meet up at 11.00am sharp at
Southease rail station. The total walk will be eight to nine miles,

details

*MEET 10.35am    SOUTHEASE STATION *        p://
www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=southease+station&countryCode=GB#map=50.84259,0.0345|14|4&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:50.8306:0.03053:17|southease<http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=southease+station&countryCode=GB#map=50.84259,0.0345%7C14%7C4%26bd%3Duseful_information%26loc%3DGB:50.8306:0.03053:17%7Csouthease>station|Southease,
Lewes



Subject: June 12th - Land Protest & walk, REMINDER & NEW PARKING INFO
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:17:24 +0100
From: downlanders <action4access at googlemail.com>
To: scip-discussion at yahoogroups.com

Hi folks,

*Action For Access*

*Walking and working for a people’s countryside*

The walk will be on the Iford, Rodmell and Southease Downs on Saturday
12thJune. We will meet at 11.00am sharp at Southease rail station. The
total walk will be eight to nine miles, but there will be a natural break
after 2.5 miles from which people can return if they do not wish to cover
the whole distance. There will also be a later point from which a quicker
return can be made.

This walk includes a political action and requires you to attend not just
for fun but to give us your real aid and support. We really want a strong
presence for this, so hope you can all come.  Please forward to interested
friends & colleagues. We have Kate Ashbrook, secretary of Open Spaces & the
woman who took on Hoogstraten over his closed footpath, coming, but more
important  - we want YOU there.
cheers,
The Action for Access Collective


The *SECOND* part of the walk will traverse some of the most beautiful,
tranquil and under-used Downland on the central South Downs, including much
aboriginal flowery down pasture, much of which has SSSI (Site of Special
Scientific Interest) status. The views are absolutely gorgeous. Skylarks,
Orchids, butterflies, and much that is buzzing, scented, humming, creeping,
furry, feathery, chirping and singing will be seen. Maybe we’ll even sing
a song too…

The *FIRST* part of the walk is more important, though, and will involve an
event on a lovely site which is statutory Access Land, but from which the
public are presently banned for wholly spurious reasons.

We hope to attract the media and to get as much publicity as possible for
this issue.

Bring cameras. We want good film to be taken, for the event will work best
for us if it is comprehensively filmed.

Anti-social landowners need to know that we will pursue abuses of
progressive access law until they are corrected.

*The countryside does not belong to the rich and selfish !!*

*The earth is a common treasury !!*



The political event will not take too long and will involve absolutely no
criminal activity, harm to property or intrusive acts. Indeed, walkers can
participate in the walk without taking part in the event or entering the
disputed Access Land site. We want no confrontations, but we do want to
make our case loudly and colourfully. Please bring any banners your
organisations may have (provided they are not heavy and can be folded up
so’s they don’t stop you enjoying the rest of the walk). 

We want people to bring placards, too, and will give you details of
appropriate wording if you contact us. Bring fence-decorating materials,
too. Let’s make the fencing there like a mini-Greenham Common fencing!


*This is the most important walk we have done and we wish for maximum
attendance. Bring your friends, comrades, children, grandparents, cousins,
and school friends. *




*MEET 10.35am    SOUTHEASE STATION *        p://
www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=southease+station&countryCode=GB#map=50.84259,0.0345|14|4&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:50.8306:0.03053:17|southease<http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=southease+station&countryCode=GB#map=50.84259,0.0345%7C14%7C4%26bd%3Duseful_information%26loc%3DGB:50.8306:0.03053:17%7Csouthease>station|Southease,
Lewes

*TRAIN FROM BRIGHTON  10.10am*  Meet (with tickets) 10am by central coffee
stall
From* Lewes leaves 10.28*



*Car parking*  -

Cars - park A26 at Itford farm hard shoulder Grid Ref 433055, walk to the
station for meet point 10.35    or Southease village  G.R. 423053. If you
park in village do not go to meet us at the station, just wait & we’ll be
walking thru village & pick you up 10.45ish.



  *Action For Access*

*Walking and working for a people’s countryside*

*Walk Preview Notes for June 12th*

Our next walk includes a political action and requires you to attend not
just for fun but to give us your real aid and support.

*This is the most important walk we have done and we wish for maximum
attendance. Bring your friends, comrades, children, grandparents, cousins,
and school friends. *

The walk will be on the Iford, Rodmell and Southease Downs on Saturday
12thJune. We will meet at 10.35am sharp at Southease rail station. The
total walk will be eight to nine miles, but there will be a natural break
after2.5 miles from which people can return if they do not wish to cover
the whole distance. There will also be a later point from which a quicker
return can be made.

The *SECOND* part of the walk will traverse some of the most beautiful,
tranquil and under-used Downland on the central South Downs, including much
aboriginal flowery down pasture, much of which has SSSI (Site of Special
Scientific Interest) status. The views are absolutely gorgeous. Skylarks,
Orchids, butterflies, and much that is buzzing, scented, humming, creeping,
furry, feathery, chirping and singing will be seen. Maybe we’ll even sing
a
song too…

The *FIRST* part of the walk is more important, though, and will involve an
event on a lovely site which is statutory Access Land, but from which the
public are presently banned for wholly spurious reasons.

We hope to attract the media and to get as much publicity as possible for
this issue.

The political event will not take too long and will involve absolutely no
criminal activity, harm to property or intrusive acts. Indeed, walkers can
participate in the walk without taking part in the event or entering the
disputed Access Land site. We want no confrontations, but we do want to
make
our case loudly and colourfully. Please bring any banners your
organisations
may have (provided they are not heavy and can be folded up so’s they
don’t
stop you enjoying the rest of the walk). We want people to bring placards,
too, and will give you details of appropriate wording if you contact us.
Bring fence-decorating materials, too. Let’s make the fencing there like
a
mini-Greenham Common fence.

Bring cameras. We want good film to be taken, for the event will work best
for us if it is comprehensively filmed.

Anti-social landowners need to know that we will pursue abuses of
progressive access law until they are corrected.

*The countryside does not belong to the rich and selfish !!*

*The earth is a common treasury !!*


*ACTION FOR ACCESS*
*walking and working for a people's countryside*

AFFILIATED TO THE OPEN SPACES SOCIETY





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ACTION FOR ACCESS
walking and working for a people's countryside

AFFILIATED TO THE OPEN SPACES SOCIETY
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