After the success of last year's summer camp at Height Gate Farm (Yorkshire) the
Alliance for Workers' Liberty is hosting another summer camp, 16-19 August in Hebden Bridge. You can book tickets below.
Click here for details of Height Gate Farm and how to get there
We will be holding educational sessions that explore Marxist theory, workers' struggles of the past, and ideas for liberation in the present. We will also be putting on practical training sessions for young student and workplace activists, such as organising your colleagues, writing bulletins, public speaking, and contact making.
And in between the learning there will be lots of food, drink, hide and seek, and climbing trees in the great outdoors.
Evening Thursday 16th August - afternoon Sunday 19th August 2012
Height Gate Farm, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire (Hebden Bridge station - trains go from Manchester and Leeds)
Cost: £15 unwaged/students, £25 waged
These prices are negotiable/a guideline - if you can spare an extra fiver for toilet roll and milk it would be great. On the other hand if you’re a bit short then please contact us and we can sort something out...
Get in touch for more info or to arrange to travel with some comrades from your area: 07775 763 750 or edward.maltby@gmail.com
Details of cheap travel options and car sharing will be announced shortly. Keep a
watch on our Facebook page for updates.
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stuff to bring and getting there
From Ed M
Height Gate – important practical notes!
Things to bring:
1) it's up a hill, in the countryside, so bring shoes you can walk up a hill in. Bring a waterproof jacket.
2) You'll need a sleeping bag/blanket, pillow and a roll-mat.
3) Not a tent. There is sleeping space for everyone inside the farmhouse. There are, however, no beds.
4) There is a shower, so if you want to wash using that rather than using moss and rainwater, bring a towel, soap etc.
5) A torch is often useful in survival situations.
6) Bring fun items if you're that way inclined, like musical instruments, a frisbee, a football, kites, and so on.
Getting to Height Gate is easy.
Look at this google map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Stoodley+Glen%2C+Todmorden%2C+Calderdale+OL14+6DL%2C+United+Kingdom&hl=en&ll=53.722717%2C-2.055173&spn=0.007631%2C0.018089&geocode=FbfBMwMdS6bg_w&z=16&vpsrc=6
In order to get to Height Gate it is necessary to go up a road called Stoodley Glen, which is halfway between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden and takes you off the main road and over a road-bridge, to the start of an uphill dirt track. Height Gate is at the top of the hill which Stoodley Glen and the dirt track lead to.
My number is: 07775 763 750. It is the contact number for the weekend. Upon arriving in Hebden Bridge, call/text it and let us know you’re on your way up.
We’ll also be running some lifts from the station to the bottom of the hill. But there won’t be many of these because we’ll only have one driver and he is human, all too human, so try to use public transport instead.
These are the instructions from the Height Gate website:
Public transport
Both Hebden Bridge and Todmorden have railway stations on the Manchester-Leeds line, and buses run regularly along the A646 between the two towns. Get off at the Eastwood bus stop.
To reach Height Gate from the layby, walk in the Todmorden direction for about 100 metres, turn down Stoodley Glen between the houses, and follow the tarmac road over the canal to the gate at the bottom of the farm track, signposted Height Gate. Follow the winding track up hill, eventually levelling out to pass a farmhouse on the left. Height Gate is the building with prominent white lime pointing at the end of the stretch of straight track in front of you