Miss L Toe
Well-Known Member
I wonder if anyone has found hacking has improved since the "responsible open access" legislation came in to effect twenty years ago. This should allow both carriages and horses access to the countryside, but it does not.
I know the BHS have access officers, but they are not proactive, I don't know if they are "doing something", there is no evidence of it.
It is not working round here, farmers don't want people trampling all over their fields, I don't blame them, estate owners don't want them unless they pay [some loophole about existing payments for entry to country parks].
The wind-farms are being built with cattle grids and padlocked gates, using kissing gates for pedestrian use only.
I have tried BHS, but it is a waste of time.
The only hacking I can use is a one mile track which goes up to the top of a "viewpoint", the "access" bridge is obviously unsafe, so only pedestrians could use it.
I know the BHS have access officers, but they are not proactive, I don't know if they are "doing something", there is no evidence of it.
It is not working round here, farmers don't want people trampling all over their fields, I don't blame them, estate owners don't want them unless they pay [some loophole about existing payments for entry to country parks].
The wind-farms are being built with cattle grids and padlocked gates, using kissing gates for pedestrian use only.
I have tried BHS, but it is a waste of time.
The only hacking I can use is a one mile track which goes up to the top of a "viewpoint", the "access" bridge is obviously unsafe, so only pedestrians could use it.
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