by sucmfic » Tue May 13, 2014 4:28 pm
Yup over 2,000 acres of the Lake District are up for sale, as many national news outlets have covered.
For those who might be interested, there is a campaign going on to return the mountain to the public. Which means the likes of you and me can say, if slightly stretching it, "I've bought a mountain". This beats the alternative of selling it to a private owner who could see it as a trophy. Especially given that the land is up for sale with the title "Lord of the Manor of Threlkeld". Very fancy...
The group behind it have already had their first meetings and have lawyers, accountants and trust experts on speed dial... which amazed me seeing as it's only been going around a week. Not to mention Sir Chris Bonnington has become the groups' Honorary President. Along all the national and local news articles, they even made the BBC One Show last night (Monday) and the pledges have been coming thick and fast.
I'm not part of the core team working on this but I'm able to answer a whole raft of questions about what has gone on so far. They are only accepting pledges at this time of typing... so you don't have to part with your money right away! If you'd rather find out more about it for yourself, I would suggest their facebook group (Friends of Blencathra) is a good place to start / get involved.
Dave
