...best I come clean then
- yeah me again. Thanks for posting up Jim Dixon's tweet Slackers, I'd no idea he'd responded in any way yet. I came up with the idea for PASA after hearing from Henry Folkard that the Peak Park Authority had produced a policy document about outdoor pursuits without feeling it necessary to talk to any of the representative bodies or any of the numerous volunteers with whom they interact on an almost daily basis. Henry and I chatted and I just thought that there was room for a diverse campaign group drawing support from all the outdoor pursuits. The aims are pretty much as stated in the press release - stop the PDNPA seeing outdoor pursuits simply as a source of revenue, suggest alternative ways of generating income and campaign vigorously against central govt's woeful underfunding of the National Park. Now, there's plenty of room for discussion about how the NP's grant is spent, but I think that we can perhaps agree that a National Park that is within spitting distance of a fair proportion of the English population and contributes massively to their health and well being is worth fighting for. Also, a bit of solidarity between the different sports would be a good idea too as some of the smaller sports already pay to play, not a healthy precedent. As for the comparison between funding for fat singers and the NP, as far as I can tell, (no promises here), it's correct.
OK, fire away....
