Save Cressbrook Dale

[@Mojito369]

Congratulations guys. so grateful that you have been successful in protecting this beautiful part of the peaks and glad that you have had so much support. hope Miss Elnaugh will learn a valuable lesson from this. Love and blessings xx

[@roseskyschmolesky]

Hi folks, I was one of the people invited to participate in this project, and got to know Rachel and some of the others a little through meetings, leading up to its purchase. Although I opted out, I just want to say that I do believe these are really good people with good intentions, who care deeply about the land and ecology. There was never ever any intention to commoditise the land. Far from it. I feel sad reading all these divisive comments as I can see how everybody here loves the land. I really hope you can put aside all your anger and come together in the spirit of peace to find a way through this so you can all carry on enjoying this beautiful land ❤️🌿🌸

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

Thank you for giving an alternative view ~ to balance what would appear to be a piece of propaganda designed to inspire more hatred towards us. Love Rachel x

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

It is a frank portrayal of your irrational fears… Why not listen to RoseSkySchmolesky? Rachel

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

@SamS77 the evidence to date is vandalism, theft and criminal damage.

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

Please contact Derbyshire Police for details of all the crime reports

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

The Police have advised us to build evidence. Which is what we have been doing. Quietly & discreetly… Those implicated WILL be prosecuted.

[@johnmatty64]

A stunning and beautiful video that shows the true passion for a unique piece of land. Thank you for putting this together and drawing attention to the impact of Phoenix Rose’s reckless and poorly informed initiative.

[@Philkorbel]

'reckless and poorly informed' sums it up for me John

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

Blessed and ‘heaven sent’ is more appropriate… This land was not up for public sale and simply could not have manifested for us in the magical way that it did unless we were destined to become the new custodians of it. You make it seem that the ‘Phoenix Rose’ is some shadowy offshore entity! In truth, we’re just 5 female friends ~ at the heart of a larger group who pooled resources to purchase the land. (If it was so precious to you all why did you not pool your resources and acquire it instead of us? You were given the opportunity!) Rachel

[@tinajones5641]

@@RachelElnaughLOVE Well said, Rachel. Interesting that a nice professional glossy film put out just to trash you without including you and your friends in it to discuss both sides. Not showing both sides of a story seems to be happening a lot these days.... All the best

[@savecressbrookdale8081]

@@tinajones5641 I haven’t seen any of Rachel’s videos showing both sides.

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

My videos always celebrate the beauty and magic of Cressbrook Dale. We have no issue with everyone enjoying the Dale too via the public footpaths and ‘right to roam’ grassland. It’s when our property is stolen/vandalised and there is trespass into the private areas that we have an issue. Our rights as owners of this land are being completely disrespected. How would you like it if we came into your gardens and did the same? (Or filmed over the wall…) Cressbrook Village is supposed to be a Conservation Area yet unsightly, ugly modern abominations abound throughout. Attend to your own mess before criticising us! Rachel

[@jaruha1]

beautiful , i have to come visit x

[@WayneFoxUK]

BREAKING NEWS!! Planning permission granted for new Industrial Estate, to be called the 'Cressbrook International Industrial Park'. A spokesman for the developer said, 'we're very happy that we've already got our first tenant signed up, Toyota will be moving their UK operations to the new site, bringing with it 3,000 jobs to the area'.

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

The sad irony is that a big (WEF member) corporate organization would undoubtedly be able to push through planning permission if the development was aligned to the 6uild 6ack 6etter MasterPlan !!! Hence the line of Openreach Telegraph poles (bringing in high speed broadband) which recently appeared right across the top of Monsal Dale ~ while locals were fussing about our innocent little steps. Or the Severn Trent Water Sewage monstrosity which sits in our land. How on earth did they get planning permission for that??? And we’d undoubtedly get ‘permission from the Authorities’ for a huge 5G mast atop of Cressbrook Dale (like at Stanton Moor) Rachel x

[@mikebarnes6596]

Great video, congratulations to all involved in its production. However, it does not capture the true beauty and uniqueness of this dale. This is not a criticism; no film production could ever hope to do so. The dale has to be experienced first hand. You have to move through it to appreciate its very special beauty. I played there as a child, exploring its many nooks and crannies. You can sit for a while, and absorb your surroundings, but you know your presence is an intrusion on one of Derbyshire’s last wild sanctuaries of nature. You can only be a visitor. When you check the tyre pressures on your car, you change the original tyre pressure. When scientists look at sub-atomic particles, they change their behaviour. The same is true in the dale. The dale cannot sustain a community of escapees from the real world. If anyone is thinking of investing in this ideology, you will be destroying the very thing you desire.

[@Philkorbel]

'You can only be a visitor' is so true Mike, and any group that seeks to establish a community there will change it forever.

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

We are not ‘escapees from the real world’ We are shamanically attuned, heart-centred souls who are reclaiming our true connection to Nature 🌿🦌💚☺️🌙

[@savecressbrookdale8081]

@@RachelElnaughLOVE ​ sometimes in a sentence there are relevant parts and irrelevant parts. The relevant part here that you might want to address is “the dale cannot sustain a community” not “escapees from the real world” Why did you choose to ignore the real issue?

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

I seem to recall reading that the first founder of Cressbrook was a ‘gentleman distiller’ who planted peppermint, lavender and other herbs in the forest… I wonder if he attracted similar outrage from the ‘locals’ of the time? 🧐 Rachel

[@savecressbrookdale8081]

@@RachelElnaughLOVE he didn’t

[@Philkorbel]

Really sums up what we're trying to protect. The group's leader went on record again recently to say that this is the place where they want to survive the forthcoming apocalypse. This world view makes them a challenging group to engage with.

[@briansmithenergy248]

Respect love and gratitude. Right action, right thinking, right intentions, right lively hood. God's speed. Power of love. Frankie went to Hollywood. Against Orwell s night 🌃

[@savecressbrookdale8081]

Thanks for your supportive comments

[@amandaince9559]

Jealous moaning Minnie's who don't have a clue.

[@tinajones5641]

Genuine unbiased question. Why do the young couple "not feel safe" walking there?

[@WayneFoxUK]

The wild bears might eat them

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

Sasquatch? 🧐

[@tinajones5641]

@@WayneFoxUK lol

[@tinajones5641]

@@RachelElnaughLOVE perhaps expecting you and Kobi to jump out of the shadows!

[@anenvironmentalist4716]

@@tinajones5641 Genuine, unbiased response: I’d be more worried about a badger than Kobe, he sounds like an overweight, heavily smoking trucker, could hear him from a mile away. Rachel on the other hand would be scary to come across, I couldn’t get away from the waffle.

[@mickyates9154]

You want to feel safe and protected you should try surviving where we are rundown council estate fuelled by violent drug dealers using neglected kids to enforce the business , your problems are negligible incomparrison , Rachel Elnaugh is a wonderful person , you should consider aiming to be an example of cooperation resulting in a very privileged environment for all of you , peace is possible

[@davesheldon2874]

Why is she wonderful? She seems like a very cynical opportunist who has duped a lot of people into supporting this group whose aims are incompatible with the protection this site already has.

[@mickyates9154]

@@davesheldon2874 nobody is perfect , I respect her for challenging the covid nonsense and looking for alternative ways forward because the existing system trajectory will not end well , just look around it is a shambles at best , a new mindset is required and it may take some experimenting to arrive at something that works for us all , hope you find some agreeable resolution.

[@nicolasutcliffe1406]

Why don't you all sit round a table and talk? Do a live stream meeting with minutes taken.

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

We went one better than that ~ and invited the local community to join us on the land at the beautiful limestone reservoir which we restored in Cressbrook Dale (several hundred years old and completely overgrown ~ no one knew it was there until we cleared it out). Unfortunately this meeting did not go well straight off the bat (one man stormed off when I said I’d like to open the meeting with a prayer… “I haven’t come here to listen to prayers!”) We have come to the conclusion (after 7 months of this nonsense) that trying to appease the locals is like trying to stop an abuser harming you. Time for strong boundaries ~ and to get on with our life without further harassment.

[@davesheldon2874]

why don't the new owners just obey the planning laws? Everyone would then be happy

[@davesheldon2874]

Because the group want to 'develop' this place and it already has laws in place to prevent this 'development'

[@janecharles6658]

What a sad & petty video. Obviously haven't got much more to worry about.

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

Solution: Forest schools, natural healing, growing food locally, encouraging wind/hydro/solar ~ oh, and wild swimming in the Blue Pool 🥳

[@RachelElnaughLOVE]

Since when did unlawful trespass ever stop anyone in Cressbrook? 🧐

[@davesheldon2874]

What a sad & petty comment . You obviously don't think wild places should be protected . I do.

[@annehinde9302]

Well said Rachael 🙏🙏💕💕😢😢😢😢