One year has passed since The British Mountaineering Council launched our film 'Access Land', and started explicitly arguing for a rules-based system of access. /THREAD www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOSY... - ThreadSky

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social • 82 days ago

One year has passed since The British Mountaineering Council launched our film 'Access Land', and started explicitly arguing for a rules-based system of access.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOSYcbzOnZo&t=4s&ab_channel=BMCTV

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marjmar.bsky.social•82 days ago

If landowners receive any support from taxpayers then they should allow public access but I think dogs should only be allowed on a lead on public rights of way or where there is permissive access for dogs.

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

I think there's broad agreement about the need for restrictions on this between the campaigning world and landowner lobbies.

@righttoroam.bsky.social have great policies on this and in Scotland you risk many times as much of a fine for dog worrying of livestock!

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

Also known as a default of access, also known as a 'Scottish-style' access deal, also known as 'the right to roam', also known as the 'responsible right to roam'.

It is not known as the 'freedom to roam' which is confusingly something completely distinct (looking at you @ramblers.org.uk).

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

We know it couldn't look the same, in Wales nor in England - but access which meets the needs of the public would be much closer to it than what CRoW gave us.

How did the representative body for hillwalkers, climbers and mountaineers get to this seemingly radical position?

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

We put the question to our 80k+ members - as a representative organisation, being member-led is our job. Thousands answered, and 90% said that we should be campaigning for it.

Here are some of the survey results:

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

What next? We looked to our experience working with outdoor enthusiasts and landowners to create responsible opportunities for recreation: people are good at following evidence-based restrictions. People behave better when you make them feel welcome.

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

We've worked with other organisations across the outdoor and landscape sector to identify areas of concern, and work towards answering the question:

ebenmyrddin.bsky.social•82 days ago

'What does good access look like'?

Here are some ideas based on conversations with landowners, MPs, MS's, conservation organisations, planning officers, civil servants, campaigners and activists, and with the public. I think it sounds pretty good.

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