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The right to roam movement is explicitly about responsible access rights to most of the countryside. As a whole hearted supporter, I agree that the situation is
by hgomersall 3y ago
The right to roam movement is explicitly about responsible access rights to most of the countryside. As a whole hearted supporter, I agree that the situation is indefensible and needs fixing.
We are essentially excluded from land through centuries old stitch ups intended to exclude the common man. It's stuff that goes back to the Norman conquest when the elite essentially carved up hunting lands for their own benefit, with subsequent enclosure after enclosure that destroyed commons rights.
The intent of the Right to Roam movement is to reclaim some of what was taken from us as a whole.
- sevenf0ur 3y agoIgnorant question, but why is it still relevant today? Are there not public lands you can utilize and roads and transportation to get there?
- WD-42 3y agoAmericans are used to everything being compartmentalized “if you want to go for a walk drive to the park” but there are people out there that still want to exist and have a sense of real place - the ability to physically move through it is important.
- sp332 3y ago2/3 of England is owned by 0.36% of the population. Half by 0.1% https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-england-thousand-secret-landowners-author https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-engla...