Comments on: Forgive Them Their Trespasses? https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Mon, 24 Dec 2018 18:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gaslight Crime https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-25223 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:33:59 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-25223 I was challenged in much the same way by a very snooty lady. Was I one of those wretched ramblers I was asked… No, I replied, a surveyor. Didn’t she know about the new dual-carriageway that was coming across her fields? How very remiss of the planning department.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-25222 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:00:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-25222 You’re probably right, Dave. I don’t want a brimstone missile coming down the chimney!
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Dave B https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-25219 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 22:17:31 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-25219 Alen, probably best to avoid putting ‘I’ and ‘S’ next to each other in capitals at the moment: you’ll probably set off a buzzer deep in the bowels of GCHQ.

I feel sorry for the poor wretch who gets to monitor my internet traffic if the new surveillance powers become law: “Target has acquired some HP inkjet cartridges and a large bag of de-hulled sunflower. Suggest we move to a code yellow”

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24716 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:23:27 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24716 Hi Nick. Yes, I’ve had experiences like those ??? being questioned and asked my business when on a right of way. Once, when walking the Dales Way long-distance footpath near Kendal, my friend and I were energetically shouted at by a woman when we crossed her land (while religiously sticking to the path).
This, in turn, brings up the problem of the blocked footpaths and the ones ploughed out of existence every year. This latter point is particularly prevalent in North Yorkshire.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24715 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:16:09 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24715 I read Howard Hill’s book many years ago, just after it was published. In fact, I’ve still got it somewhere. Must dig it out and dust it off.

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]]> By: Nick W https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24710 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:43:58 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24710 Very interesting piece. Sadly in England you can sometimes even be given a hard time even by sticking to public rights of way. The south of England can be particularly bad for stuffy, self-important, authoritarian, landowners. For instance in 1995 I was given a hard time for “acting suspiciously” by walking a certain distance along a right-of-way near Minsted, West Sussex and then turning round. More recently in 2011 some landowner in Whiteparish, Wilts gave me a hard time for resting on a small hill overlooking their house (and a rather nice view). The well-off in England sadly seem to have attitudes which are stuck in the feudal system – it’s time we became a more liberal and less stuck-up country.

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]]> By: Gaslight Crime https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24709 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:52:11 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24709 Worth also seeking out Howard Hill’s book “The Freedom to Roam”. A bit out of date now but very good on the historical background. It inspired my own “The Compleat Trespasser”.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24708 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:14:23 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24708 Hi Colin. Yes, it always pays to be polite in the first instance. I’ve also found that in the rare instances you have to argue the toss, things usually turn out well.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Colin Gregory https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24705 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:21:09 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24705 Ive often strayed from the R.O.W. in my pursuit of hidden waterfalls. I’m working on the assumption that if confronted a “sorry I got a bit lost” from a sixty year old solo walker ought to suffice. Failing that an assortment of blue language and a “so sue me” would be my response.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24667 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:14:09 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24667 Hi Hanna. That’s very interesting. How different countries deal with access is something that has always attracted my attention.
And as I have nothing else to do at the moment, I shall take a look at what’s going on in Norway.
Kind regards, Alen

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]]> By: Hanna https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24666 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:12:49 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24666 You got a point there, Alen. Guns up against ghettoblasters, haha.
Naturligvis er dansk ogs?? din spidskompetance ????

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/09/10/forgive-them-their-trespasses/#comment-24665 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:07:05 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9296#comment-24665 Hej Hanna. Det forekommer, at m??nd med pistoler kan v??re den samme hele vejen rundt i verden. Er det ikke sjovt at paraplyer og ghettoblasters kan skr??mme fasaner, men kanoner ikke? Det er bare selvfork??lelse og gr??dighed. Bedste ??nsker, Alen

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