Martin Porter says that the 1932 Mass Trespass of Kinder Scout is two stories that cross over. One is the story about how we regained access to the land, and the other one is the story of British communism. In this interview he sets the wider historical context, shares his interpretation of the event, and describes some of the people involved.

Later on in the episode Martin talks about his personal connection with Kinder Scout and the trespass, describes his favourite walk and finally adds the role of Edale in the Kinder trespass.

Martin lives in Glossop and is the grandson of Claude Porter who was part of the Kinder Trespass in 1932.

Martin has been an environmental activist for more than 20 years and helps to run the Manchester Greenpeace Group. He is also a qualified Social Worker and holds the role of Adult Care Convenor for Derbyshire UNISON. Between 1988 to 1991 he studied Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Leicester.

Links

Martin Porter on LinkedIn

Martin Porter on X

The Greenman blog by Martin

References

Manchester Greenpeace on Facebook

Derbyshire Unison

Further reading and information

Forbidden Kinder by Keith Warrender

Very scarce 1932 Kinder Trespass by Benny Rothman

Mass Trespass video by WellRedFilms featuring Martin Porter

The Communist PLOT That Changed The English Countryside - documentary by Stephen Reid

Recording date

This interview was recorded near Oller Brook in Edale on 17th October 2024.

Host & Production

By Sarah Lister, About The Adventure

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Where did you feel separated from during the national lockdowns? Yvonne says that she longed for Kinder Scout in a way she never had before, missing it almost as she would an old friend.

In this interview, Yvonne reads two of her poems, ‘To a Snow Hare’ and ‘Dear Tor’, while sitting among the boulders of the Woolpacks on Kinder Scout. She chose this setting because of the characterful rocks that resemble living creatures.

I asked her about her creative process, what she has learnt about protecting mountain hares, how poetry has become part of her life, and why Kinder Scout is a special place to her. I think you’ll really enjoy Yvonne’s eloquent storytelling, fun nature and stirring words.

A mountain hare came hopping past while recording which was only the second time that Yvonne has seen one on Kinder Scout. We were lucky to capture this very special experience while the microphones were on.

Yvonne Reddick is a poet and researcher. She is the author of Ted Hughes: Environmentalist and ecopoet, 2017 and Burning Season, a collection of poems, 2023. Burning Season won the Laurel Prize for Best UK First Collection of Ecopoetry and was shortlisted for the Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Award 2023. It was a BBC Radio 4 Poetry Extra Book of the Month for January 2024.

With the wildlife filmmaker Aleksander Domanski, she made the film Searching for Snow Hares, shortlisted for the BMC’s Women in Adventure film awards. You can read more about her work here.

Links

Burning Season book by Yvonne Reddick

Anthropocene Poetry: Place, Environment and Planet book by Yvonne Reddick

@yvonnereddickwriter on Instagram

@YvonneReddick on Twitter

Yvonne’s website

References

Ted Hughes

Penny Pot Cafe

Searching for Mountain Hares - Cairngorms on YouTube

BMC

Recording date

This interview was recorded at The Woolpacks on Kinder Scout on 11th May 2024.

Host & Production

By Sarah Lister, About The Adventure

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“I love to imagine I’m back home on the hill that started it all for me, even though it’s worlds apart.” In this interview we listen to Andrew Terrill’s memories of walking, running and bivvying on Kinder Scout and why these experiences have had such a powerful and lasting impact in his life. He says that being in nature gave him the confidence to be himself.

You’ll soon be able to tell that Andrew is a writer because of the way that he expresses himself and shares his anecdotes. He is a wonderful storyteller and reflects on his memories of Kinder with fondness. He says that he misses wandering in the mist, the sideways rain and the bogs squelching underfoot and being cold and damp.

This interview is entertaining, heart-warming and inspiring. We hear from a man who shares openly and generously about how his journeys have changed him. There’s an air of curiosity and playfulness to his storytelling that I think you’ll find really engaging.

Andrew has written two books: The Earth Beneath My Feet (published June 1, 2021) and On Sacred Ground (published October 1, 2022). The books take readers on a 7,000-mile wilderness walk into the heart of wild nature. He also writes regularly on his blog which he describes as an outdoor diary, and shares beautiful photography.

Links

Visit Andrew’s website

Buy his books

Follow Andrew on Instagram

Follow Andrew on Facebook

Contact Andrew here

References

Article - An Ode to Kinder Scout

(First published in TGO, August 2005)

Mountain Walks Kinder Scout

Blog article - Acting my age

Kinder Log by T. Nelthorpe (Cicerone, 1987)

Recording date

This interview was recorded online on 21st February 2024.

Host & Production

By Sarah Lister, About The Adventure

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