Originally Posted by
Sam Harrison
You're right it doesn't make for good reading at all, quite scary reading... I think the Open Spaces Society have got it right in saying that "Our paths have existed since time immemorial. Yet too many are abused by cropping, ploughing and obstruction, all too often by landowners and their tenants. The CLA is big on what the local councils and path users should do—signposting, waymarking, good behaviour, etc. It doesn't mention landowners' bad behaviour in blocking paths, planting crops on them, and intimidating users with big gates and CCTV cameras."