BCA AGM - CRoW Report

[mikem]

Climbers were also excluded by CRoW, but managed to get themselves included without going to court - has anyone contacted the BMC?

The worry is that landowners on access land will be less likely to give permission to dig if the cave then also becomes open access...

Mike

I'm not sure that climbers were ever excluded, but they did lobby hard to ensure that they were included.

The BMC are a much larger organisation, of course, with a full time staff and around 76,000 members.  They are also very proactive in access matters both locally and nationally.

The BCA are in contact and the BMC have generously offeredsome advice and support to the BCA campaign.  So a big thumbs up for the BMC from me 

Climbing wasn't specifically excluded in the original wording, but was outside the allowed activities - which were basically "crossing land with only that which is necessary for you to cross it"

It's quite noticeable now that it was added:

You can use access land for walking, running, watching wildlife and climbing.

Mike

 

[cavemanmike]

Emoticon = chirpy chinwag

No emoticon = subversive trolling; that's how it works, isn't it? Pretty sure that's how people who appear to be suggesting criminal acts get away with their comments here on other topics. e.g. gate-breaking.

Quite happy to be considered a contributor to the forum. Just ignore the mod status thingy and all should be well.

maybe i'm just old fashioned (or just old) but i would expect someone in a moderator's position to be less provocative. obviously not

 

[cap n chris]

Maybe if I wasn't a moderator I could be far more provocative.

 

[mikem]

Most of the warnings are for comments of a more personal nature...

Mike