Road Protest Tree Camp-Weymouth

dorset | transport | news report Saturday December 20, 2008 01:48 by climber

Tat list - What we need

The people of Weymouth brought Two Mile Copse through public
subscription. Local people dug deeply into their pockets and put their money
into conserving the land for perpeturity, for us and all future generations.

Dorset County Council have so far not given one penny in compensation,
either to the Woodland Trust, nor local people who raised the public money
to preserve the wood in the first place.

More update:-

www.greenvoice.com - shortly to be a web space for us

PLEASE CIRCULATE

update-- we have an address of sorts, and donations and xmas gifts would
be great !"!!

Cash is ok to send as it is a secure post box, but phonecards for Orange are better than cash.
Also need AAA and AA batteries - Duracell and Energiser or alkaline ONLY.
Rope - Green or blue polypropelene - 6mm or 10mm thickness.
Rope - Static climbing line - 10mm or larger.
Rope - Dynamic climbing line - any thickness
Rope - arborist lines - we have 2 tree surgeons living with us and this rope is
useful.

second hand rope is normally FREE from climbing centres -indoor centres
often throw their ropes out every 6 -9 months - just call in and ask for it.

Tarps, plastic sheeting, tarpaulines.

Tools - hammers, nails, saws, pruning saws, bill hooks.

2 way radios, nightvision goggles, catapults (to get rope up), grappling
hooks. Head torches - LED are best.

The Woodland Trust still own the land that the road is being built on, but
have waived their 14 days notice period and told Dorset County Council that
it is ok to get on with cutting down the Ancient woodland - basically they
have thrown in the towel without even standing up to argue or delay the
destruction on their land. The fact that the Woodland Trust still own the land
was recordered in the Court case of the 18th december 2008 of Dorset
County Council ' v ' Persons Unknown in Weymouth County Court. Her
Majesty's Land Registry in Plymouth also confirmed it.

The people of Weymouth brought Two Mile Copse through public
subscription. Local people dug deeply into their pockets and put their money
into conserving the land for perpeturity, for us and all future generations.

Dorset County Council have so far not given one penny in compensation,
either to the Woodland Trust, nor local people who raised the public money
to preserve the wood in the first place.

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More update:-

Hi Ho!, HO!, Ho!

Living up 6 trees at weymouth - Two Mile Copse / Teddy Bear Woods. I helped fight against
this road back in 1996, and 2004 and we won it then.

BUT now they gone and done it and cut 70% of the trees.....

We have a 400 year old Oak in Ancient Woodland that's are protecting and 4 Ash trees
reaching 90 feet up into the sky. Also a tall and healthy young elm.

We have a tree house, a net, lots of walkways in the sky and an off route visitors site on the
ground.

GET HELP + MEDIA now if u can.

regards

2 Mile Copse Protest Camp
c/o Lorton Barn
Lorton Lane
LittleMoor
Weymouth
DT3 5QH

Sorry we currently are in the process of arranging a site mobile phone - number to follow
shortly

WHERE
http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/21871
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/689399

WHY
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3081/weyindx.html

HISTORY
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/295785.html
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/18540?condense_com...false

MORE INFO

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/415205.html
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/3971288.Road...rees/
http://www.schnews.org.uk/pap/protestcamps.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7782294.stm