Duck ditch
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Interesting walk today trying to avoid the crowds in the dales.
After a rough walk I came to a gate with a private sign. I knew I was on right to roam so I took the sign down. Through the gate a track came up from the left. Railway type sleepers the width of the road was followed for about half a mile. Easy going but what about the habitat?
I came across a Larson trap with a couple of crows. I let the birds out without damaging the trap.
A little further was a newly furnished shooting lodge. Blue barrels and pipes everywhere, what an eyesore.
I followed the stream down discovering a few swimming plunge pools (the purpose of the walk), but the biting wind and dead sheep upstream put me off.
I continued downstream noticing 6 rusting stoat traps. I wondered what the fine would be for abandoning these in a lay-by. Some new traps had been set up, so I sprung these. Not damaging them. Eventually I reached the eyesore of an abandoned pheasant pen. A Scrap metal and plastic mess.
I couldn?t descend the stream anymore without leaving the right to roam. I decided to Trespass crossIng 2 rough grazing pastures via gates to reach the road. Thus trespassing over 2 fields.
I suppose I broke the law here, but only in one specific and limited way. So it?s okay
After a rough walk I came to a gate with a private sign. I knew I was on right to roam so I took the sign down. Through the gate a track came up from the left. Railway type sleepers the width of the road was followed for about half a mile. Easy going but what about the habitat?
I came across a Larson trap with a couple of crows. I let the birds out without damaging the trap.
A little further was a newly furnished shooting lodge. Blue barrels and pipes everywhere, what an eyesore.
I followed the stream down discovering a few swimming plunge pools (the purpose of the walk), but the biting wind and dead sheep upstream put me off.
I continued downstream noticing 6 rusting stoat traps. I wondered what the fine would be for abandoning these in a lay-by. Some new traps had been set up, so I sprung these. Not damaging them. Eventually I reached the eyesore of an abandoned pheasant pen. A Scrap metal and plastic mess.
I couldn?t descend the stream anymore without leaving the right to roam. I decided to Trespass crossIng 2 rough grazing pastures via gates to reach the road. Thus trespassing over 2 fields.
I suppose I broke the law here, but only in one specific and limited way. So it?s okay