To celebrate the Spring there was a sabotage raid on Horton Quarry in Ribblesdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Horton Quarry, owned by Hanson, is one of three huge quarries eating into this part of the National Park. It is on the fringes of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and a European Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The quarry mainly supplies roadstone. Most of the stone is moved within the quarry by two Terex TR45 trucks. These vehicles can transport up to 45 tons of stone per load, the wheels stand higher than a person, and the engine is about the size of a small car. Two TR45's had their oil filters removed and replaced with cylinders of grinding powder and left to destroy them selves. A few weeks later terex parts were seen on a wide loader heading away from the quarry. This action was taken as a stand against the destruction of our wild areas and the implications for wildlife of the climate chaos and construction/destruction of the new road building program. But mainly it was for the Rock Roses, rabbits and ravens we met on the way in. Take Action!
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20 years too late
16.06.2006 15:28
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Gerry
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Perhaps they were not around 20 years ago
16.06.2006 16:39
Gerry, you would earn more respect from me if your critism was becuase you disagreed with the action, even though I support it.
Well done to those who took the action
Ross Porter
The point of the action?
16.06.2006 17:54
I'm sure locals in Horton wouldn't shed any tears over its closure as it's they who suffer the thundering of large wagons laden with roadstone through their small village, and they'd probably gain financially as tourism increased - if you compare Horton with similar Dales villages unblighted by quarries, it's remarkable how few B&Bs and pubs there are, even though it's on the Settle-Carlisle line. The quarry is a curse on the area and has been for yonks, no doubt about that.
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Gerry
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Earth First ? ELF ?
18.06.2006 14:55
Rude Boy Awakening
Help please
17.10.2006 10:37
Please email,
Tamsin (
Tamsin
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