What will be the issues facing the English countryside after the loosening of the lockdown rules on July 4th?
Some of the country’s most experienced writers on the countryside and the natural world will be sharing their own thoughts and observations on the new Countryside after Covid blog, which will be launched on July 4th. The six writers are members on the author-owned publishing co-operative Gritstone Publishing, and the blog will be available at https://gritstonecoop.co.uk/aftercovid/. The blog will also from time to time include contributions from guest bloggers.
The blog will be launched by initial contributions from three Gritstone members. Andrew McCloy, the author of The Pennine Way (Cicerone, 2016) and of the forthcoming Peak District Pubs (Gritstone, 2020), is also a local councillor and Chair of the Peak District National Park Authority. As such he has been directly involved in the issues of public access to the Peak District during the covid-19 lockdown. Andrew will be blogging about the need for our national parks to take a lead in creating positive change after lockdown.
Laurence Rose, the nature writer who is author of The Long Spring (Bloomsbury, 2018) and the forthcoming Framing Nature (Gritstone, 2020), will be responding to the prime minister’s recent pronouncement on loosening aspects of the planning system. Laurence will be arguing for nationally important sites for nature to be better protected from planning decisions.
Andrew Bibby, author of Back Roads through Middle England (Gritstone, 2017), will write on how the rural economy can best be protected in the interests of both visitors and lower-income residents of the countryside.
Future blogs will be contributed by Gritstone’s other authors, Colin Speakman, Chiz Dakin and Chris Goddard.
Access the Countryside after Covid blog and post your own comments and responses: https://gritstonecoop.co.uk/aftercovid/
