Land access: would you give permission?
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Here in Scotland, we don't have a choice, but if I could stop the morons who drop Irn Bru and beer bottles/cans everywhere, dump rubbish, set fire to things and leave the place in a mess then I would!
i'd say i'd let people camp on there as long as there was no hassle, i.e. leaving rubbish, chopping green wood and burning things for fun. i'd like to actually invite people out to my woodland and maybe get a "friends of" group established so that the local community has not only a say in the local woodland but an interest, thus we could practice woodland skills there and they would have a nice place to walk their dogs or take their kids/hunt for wilds and feel respect for the woodland and feel responsible for it, even though i own it lol.
it'd be hard to mix shooting with this i reckon, but i'd probably organize occasional vermin culls just notify the locals in advance and signpost the entrances for those days.
actually, on the subject of yobs camping and whatnot, why not setup some camp area's? i.e. brick and mortar fireplaces in slightly open area's at least then when/if the kids romp around on the land it will be contained rather then them dumping all over the shop.
oh and fly tippers will get to stare down the end of a Remington until the police arrive.
pete
it'd be hard to mix shooting with this i reckon, but i'd probably organize occasional vermin culls just notify the locals in advance and signpost the entrances for those days.
actually, on the subject of yobs camping and whatnot, why not setup some camp area's? i.e. brick and mortar fireplaces in slightly open area's at least then when/if the kids romp around on the land it will be contained rather then them dumping all over the shop.
oh and fly tippers will get to stare down the end of a Remington until the police arrive.
pete
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A little bit off topic but. When I was very young ( 6 or 7 )I lived right next to the Black Forest in Germany there was a open outdoor swimimgbaths me and my freinds use to go to to get to it we had to walk down a farm track right next to the forest 1 1/2 miles long aprox. One red hot summers day we where on ower way to the baths In ower trunks and a towel over ower shoulder about harfway there we heard a noise in the Forest we all stopped and stared standing in a ray of sunlight on a fallen hardwood tree with the pitch black forest all around not faraway was the biggest timber wolf I have ever seen It had a mean like a lion and just as big. We all froze It felt like that moment lasted forever. It turned and looked at us It's eyes burning gold It's mouth open with it's tung hanging over it's white teeth. one of us screamed and broke the spell. The wolf jumped off the tree back in to the blackness of the forest vanishing in midair. We all ran as fast as ower legs would carry us till we got to the baths out of breath this moment in my life was the defining moment that made me fall in love with woodland in a way most people do not understand. I still dream about the TimberWolf in the Black Forest.
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I think as Bushcrafters we are more tuned into the details of woodland and outdoors spaces, spotting there misuse in finer detail than most!
Even people who you expect to have likeminded atitudes can have very bad habits/ways.
I have been to a few scout sites over the years, and I am always finding sweet wrappers throughout their sites and silver foil I'n their fire embers.. Hiking up Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales this year, i found at the summit banana skins and orange peel strewn everywhere!
Rather than tackling each individual site on stemming the tide of misuse and littering, I feel the main battle that should be tackled is 'Nationwide Education for Social Change in Attitude!'.. I mean.. What happened to the 'Keep Britain Tidy' government funded tv advert from the 80's?!
Even people who you expect to have likeminded atitudes can have very bad habits/ways.
I have been to a few scout sites over the years, and I am always finding sweet wrappers throughout their sites and silver foil I'n their fire embers.. Hiking up Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales this year, i found at the summit banana skins and orange peel strewn everywhere!
Rather than tackling each individual site on stemming the tide of misuse and littering, I feel the main battle that should be tackled is 'Nationwide Education for Social Change in Attitude!'.. I mean.. What happened to the 'Keep Britain Tidy' government funded tv advert from the 80's?!
Owe, and yes I would open up my land for others to use.. But if and when I purchase, I think I'd choose a wood off the beat and track, away from towns and large villages, and roads.. Where I know 'I' could manage a bit of a hike across fields, but where most others wouldnt bother!
Remington as in the shotgun makers
I know, was just being silly.
Mind, being captured in the woods then someone threatening me with a shaver would worry the hell out of me...
