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75 years on, salute to trespass trailblazers
Ramblers are preparing to hit the hills to pay homage to the campaigners who inspired their walking movement, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Hundreds are expected at Hayfield in the Peak District to celebrate the mass ‘illegal’ trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932.
It was organised by the late Benny Rothman, from Cheetham, at a time when walkers were banned from almost all open moorland. Now the Ramblers’ association, which since 1935 has continued the fight for access rights, is urging walkers to take part in another mass walk to the summit of Kinder.
The Ramblers appear on the One Show
Watch Giles Brandreth talking to Ramblers' CEO Tom Franklin about the history of rambling and the organisation's 75th anniversary.
South Cotswold Ramblers
2010 is the 75th Anniversary of the Ramblers and throughout the year a number of events will be taking place to mark the occasion. The first of these was a Baton Walk, the idea being that each Ramblers Group carries a baton with them on a walk, starting in early January in the South West and finishing in December in the South East, having ‘passed’ through Scotland, Wales and the nine English regions.
From the archive: Editorial: Good Ramblers
Anyone who is depressed by the thought of some fifty thousand able-bodied men, in every great English city, looking on at a few others playing football every Saturday afternoon should be cheered by a sight of the just-published "Rambler's Handbook" for 1923.
The mere list of societies included in the Ramblers' Federation, in the Manchester district alone, indicates the hold that the joys of mountain and moorland walking have on the more strongly individual and less sheep-like types of townsmen and townswomen.
Ramblers in South Gloucestershire encouraged to put best foot forward
WALKERS are being encouraged to put their best foot forward to mark 75 years of rambling.
Members of the Severnside Ramblers are taking part in a national celebration this weekend to mark 75 years of the Ramblers Association.
On Saturday morning local people will be pulling on their walking boots and trekking five miles through Tockington. The walk is part of a serious of Baton Walks, being organised nationally, whereby local rambling groups will carry a baton around the whole of the UK.
Ramblers celebrate milestone
A PLYMOUTH walking group is inviting the public to join them as they celebrate 75 years as part of a national walking charity.
The Plymouth Ramblers want you to join their celebration at 10.45am, Sunday January 31, at Bere Alston train station, for a walk along the beautiful Bere Peninsular and help Devon make its historic link in the baton walk.
Ramblers use Twitter and Facebook to get young people off the couch
After winning the right to roam, national parks and – almost certainly – an unobstructed coastal path, Britain's Ramblers are facing perhaps their hardest campaign of all. Their target in the year of their 75th anniversary is couch potatoes whose interest in walking for pleasure has slumped.
A recent survey by Loughborough University's school of sport, exercise and health science found that more than half the country walk for pleasure less than they did 10 years ago. Lack of time and "low family enthusiasm", especially among young people, were blamed – but so was uncertainty over where to walk.
Sedgemoor Ramblers
SEDGEMOOR Ramblers began their 75th year by holding a Baton Walk, with a historical theme, to the Sedgemoor Battlefield in Westonzoyland in early January before passing on the baton to another group for them to join in the celebrations.
PICTURED, from left, are Charles Gorton, Sue Price, Kaye Savory and Bill Crawford. PHOTO: Submitted.
'Toddle' marks the start of a big year for walking group
THE annual "Trencrom Tipsy Toddle" on New Year's Eve was chosen to launch the 75th anniversary celebrations of the UK's leading walking charity.
The Ramblers are planning to hold a series of "Baton Walks" around the country during 2010 and the privilege of holding the first was given to the Penwith and Kerrier branch of the association.
100 holiday ideas for 2010: Walks
The Ramblers (ramblers75.org.uk) marks its 75th anniversary in 2010. Events include nationwide baton walks, and a publication highlighting routes that were key to improving countryside access.
