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Remnants of a Caledonian pine forest in Glen Derry, Deeside, in the Cairngorms. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian
Remnants of a Caledonian pine forest in Glen Derry, Deeside, in the Cairngorms. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian
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Burning and overgrazing have ensured that natural tree lines have almost been eliminated in the UK. So it is good to see Merryn Glover (Country diary, 24 December) exploring the best remaining example, in the Cairngorms, where the old Caledonian pinewood extends up to its altitudinal limits.
Authors demand right to roam Great swathes.remain closed to the public
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THE law excludes ordinary people from 92 per cent of English land – but three writers from West Berkshire aim to change that.
They are among more than 100 authors, musicians, actors and artists who have written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for greater access to nature, even as the Government’s 2019 manifesto vows: “We will make intentional trespass a criminal offence.”
Newbury Weekly News columnist Nicola Chester (pictured); former Newbury resident and author of Who Owns England Guy Shrubsole and Nick Hayes, author of The Book of Trespass, who comes from Upper Basildon, are among signatories, along with actor and comedian Stephen Fry, singers Jarvis Cocker and Billy Bragg and actor Sir Mark Rylance.