Quote Originally Posted by TheGrump View Post
IMVHO absolutely spot on. This was not an "isolated breach of a requirement", but judging by the wording of PBR Rule 19 has been a cause of concern in previous years for UU and presumably for the tenant farmers they represent.

It is worth reminding those who have criticised UU and other bodies e.g. NT in the past, that this is a public forum, which may well be browsed by those organisations from time to time. Although we know the forum is unrepresentative of the majority of fell runners views, the ill informed attempts at justification simply put more races at risk. Chris K has a hard enough task as it is without undermining his efforts on our behalf. We do not have a right to go wherever we want, whenever we want, regardless of the consequences. Leave it to the RO, he's the one who has had the detailed discussions with UU, and other interested parties along the route.

I await the next salvo of conspiracy theories, justification, slagging off etc.
The bottom line is that we lost the PBR ourselves, no-one else.
Yes Grump UU do represent tenant farmers and land users whom pay rent, but they should also consider the general public, that's me and you who pay their wages through water bills. ironmanuk backs up my opinion in as much as UU are against events on "their" land,I think they must have smiled through gritted teeth when the Commonweath Games was held at Rivington and only the shame of answering to the Nation compelled them to opening the area for a week.
While I'm on me soap box, I've got to say I'm getting more than a bit pissed off at fellrunners moaning about fellow fellrunners. I can see the first new thread after the Three Peaks is gona be from some bod whose found a empty gell wrapper somewhere in Yorkshire or blaming fellow runners for starting the third world war.
You forum lot need to get a grip, bad things do happen, but they aren't always our fault!!
P.S. my views on United Utilities dipsticks are my own,not of Rossendale harriers.