WITHOUT delay, get writing to Lords (see http://www.parliament.uk">www.parliament.uk for names and addresses), urging them to vote for an amendment in the Public Bodies Bill to exempt the Forest of Dean. Also, 344 Lakers School pupils have written to Mark Harper.

Attend events this Sunday at Beechenhurst for sled dog racing (HOOF will be there from 10am) and for a cycle rally at Cannop next Sunday (from noon)

Enter the Andrew Taylor/HOOF writing competition

For info, see the Facebook page Hands Off Our Forest of Dean, which now has 4,000-plus members, and the site http://www.handsoffourforest.org">www.handsoffourforest.org