Martin Laverty
Member
A thought provoking article from today's Guardian - http://www.monbiot.com/2014/12/02/breaking-the-silence/
For all the talk of landowners and their, allegedly, sensitive feelings - from delicate to explosive - it isn't always obvious who they - or even their agents - are or what it is that they consider so valuable about their land that they shouldn't share with the public who are often paying them to maintain it.
Scotland, already ahead of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland on free public access to much of the land (and caves) within its boundaries, is now drawing attention to the nature and income streams of some of the landowners that the constitutions of BCA and several regional councils say we should respect.
For all the talk of landowners and their, allegedly, sensitive feelings - from delicate to explosive - it isn't always obvious who they - or even their agents - are or what it is that they consider so valuable about their land that they shouldn't share with the public who are often paying them to maintain it.
Scotland, already ahead of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland on free public access to much of the land (and caves) within its boundaries, is now drawing attention to the nature and income streams of some of the landowners that the constitutions of BCA and several regional councils say we should respect.