This is our turn, here in the Peak, to return the hospitality of our North Wales cousins earlier in the year. We've planned this as a residential weekend, with a different activity each day, and a place to crash after a party on Saturday. Saturday 23rd: THE 1932 MASS TRESPASS This is a lecture walk, guided by Stephen Jones, in which we retrace the route of the Mass Trespass. Not heard of that? Well, it was a pivotal moment in the struggle for the Right to Roam. If we can enjoy free access across our Derbyshire moors today, the heroic deeds of Benny Rothman and his fellow trespassers are a key part of the story. The young working-class lads and lasses in their hundreds from the mills of Lancashire and the West Riding defied the grouse-shooting toffs and their hired bullies in an well-publicised orchestrated mass trespass onto the forbidden plateau of Kinder; six were sent to prison, and the media storm they whipped up proved a game-changer which led 70 years later to the CROW Act. We tread their footsteps, meet the personalities in story and photograph, and finish the day on the plateau itself, which they never reached. And a visit to the Mermaid's Pool for Viv ... Saturday evening: Back to my place in Staveley for the Rave at the Rectory. Bring food. Bring drinks. Bring sleeping bags for floors, or bring a tent - plenty of grass to pitch on if you like privacy. Sunday 24th: CLIMBING IN THE PEAK OK, you North Walians, you know all about volcanic rocks. But have you tried grit? Come and climb at one of the less publicised classic gritstone crags, Birchen Edge. Get that jamming going, smear to your heart's content, and graze the skin on your knuckles. Pub at the foot of the crag (well, ten minutes walk out). And what if it rains? Your glass is still half full - we can have a day at the truly monumental Awesome Walls in Sheffield.

Start

23/09/2017 10:00

End

24/09/2017 04:00

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

7

Venue

Sett Valley Trail car park, Hayfield; then Staveley; then Birchen Edge

Town

High Peak

County

Derbyshire

Postcode

SK22 2ES

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.38000

Longitude

-1.95000

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

07341 250428

Email