What about all those wicked Neolithic farmers with their slash & burn agriculture destroying the ancient woodlands on the South Downs and leaving us with chalk grassland - selfish buggers, who gave them the right? ;-) Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange
-----Original Message----- From: Richard price <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:08:26 To: Adastra discussion group<[email protected]> Reply-To: Adastra discussion group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Adastra] vandalism and right to roam Are you saying landowners including farmers are not responsible for clearing meadows? I member reading that 97% were lost since ww2. How did it happen one wonders? It was not all ploughed up during the war but was lost as a result of the change in policy from that point onwards. Landowners could have said no, but meadows were not worth as much as Crops. I note that you seem to think meadows don't have value except perhaps as agricultural land. Please think again. Well done David for your stand. I am cheering you on from the sidelines whomever you are.
