Is it not possible to fit a cctv camera where they park to see who dumps their crap?Not even 24h since village did litter picking session and some arse has driven out to the countryside for a walk and decided to leave us with there sh!te yet again.
This is where they all park to walk up one of our tracks which also has a footpath, thereās already more litter stuck in the hedge there too!
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Think you run into a lot of red tape if you start filming the general public, especially as it not really private land (although the lay-by does actually believe to the water board. I have considered just putting up some dummy cameras as it may just deter a few!
put a picture of a policeman, I am sure I have read that some how that deters people from acting illegally
Could be an idea, may slow them down through the village too
I think they have a full size photo of a policeman in Home Bargains, and I have read it can be just the two eyes and mouth like an emoji face and that makes people subconsciously think they are being watched so behave.Could be an idea, may slow them down through the village too
Would a photo of a sniper with a high powered rifle have the same effect?
Personally I donāt mind the ramblers but why would I want more footpaths when they canāt stick to the ones theyāve got?
Weāve spent a lot of time on money improving the footpaths around our land yet people still think itās ok to trample the crops next to the path
This is just one of many!
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Then thereās the litter! Our village community council and some volunteers have spent most of this week filling bags with litter dog muck bag and everything else people decide to dump in hedges.
They also spent a lot of time planting daffodils along the vergeās only for people to come and park a car on them so they can go for a walk in the countryside.
I can imagine what would happen if I parked on the flowers in one there gardens then trampled everything, let my dogs sh!t all over the place, throw some plastic bottles and crisp packets for good measure then bugger off! But itās ok to do it in the countryside?
You're right Chris, we do need to engage with the public rather than rant about them. The problem is the lack of staff on farms to do this. Most farms would struggle to spare a person to spend even an hour a day to talk to walkers let alone anything regular.Being predominantly on the side of our hard pressed and much maligned farmers, I read your post and looked at your photo again and again and my mind kept asking the question 'WHY'? When a farmer has taken the time and the trouble to present the visiting public with a prepared footpath, 'why' are folk walking along side it? Something very odd going on in the minds of the general public there!
Do you suppose that a few laminated notices explaining what you have done and why would help? Perhaps even some volunteers wielding questionnaire clipboards to interview folk and ask them about the country code and what they think of a farmer who has cared enough to provide them with such good footpaths!
Perhaps silly ideas, I know, but at least it may be a start to bringing some sanity and something of a truce atwix farmers and the visiting public.
Chris
Was he ever?
No bad thing
I honestly donāt think it would make much difference unfortunately. People donāt want to be educated or just donāt care! Weāve put signs up, they get vandalised, Iāve stopped to talk to people walking through the middle of crops with dogs and children only to be met with a torrent of verbal abuseBeing predominantly on the side of our hard pressed and much maligned farmers, I read your post and looked at your photo again and again and my mind kept asking the question 'WHY'? When a farmer has taken the time and the trouble to present the visiting public with a prepared footpath, 'why' are folk walking along side it? Something very odd going on in the minds of the general public there!
Do you suppose that a few laminated notices explaining what you have done and why would help? Perhaps even some volunteers wielding questionnaire clipboards to interview folk and ask them about the country code and what they think of a farmer who has cared enough to provide them with such good footpaths!
Perhaps silly ideas, I know, but at least it may be a start to bringing some sanity and something of a truce atwix farmers and the visiting public.
Chris
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Around here most folk would rather pay for access than work for it. The fishing club here (own an old gravel pit in the middle of the farm) give free annual membership to those who attend at least 5 winter work party days. Out of around 500 members they only ever get 20 turn up, mostly the same people.
Make sure you give them the correct ppe, provide toilets, first aid facilities, training on how to pull the weeds without back injury, send them on a short course on mindfulness, look after their mental welfare, the list goes on!Some time ago, in a thread discussing the pernicious weed ragwort, I suggested trading off permission for farm access against help pulling ragwort.
There must be no end of metal detectorists, airgunners, and even a few photographers who would be more than happy to do some volunteering in exchange for farm access permission. I would suggest getting the volunteering done before any access is allowed though.
Ideally, yes. In practice very few uphold their end of the deal it seems.
