Steve Dobson wrote:
On 20/08/11 14:52, Phil Endecott wrote:
Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Around Easter 2010, IIRC, I surveyed what appeared to be a footpath in
good faith:
I was then given a hard time by the landowner about trespassing etc.
The landowner has told you that it is not a footpath. Please delete
it. (Or re-tag as private.)
Has it been checked that it isn't a public footpath?
Yes. Nick's only concern is that his knowledge that it really isn't a
footpath is tainted with legal issues i.e. he checked the landowner's
statement on an OS map.
Some years ago, before hand held GPS devices were common, I was out on a
country hike with some friends. We were walk across on a field on what
was clearly a footpath, although there was no sign by the road and no
attempt had been made by the farmer to make a reasonably passable
crossing in the hedge.
While we were on the path were were approached (but not closely) by the
farmer. He was carrying a shot gun, correctly, in the crock of his arm
and with two hunting dogs in toe. He asked us, politely, to get off his
land.
It is precisely because of the possibility of incidents like this, but where
the landowner is right, that I really don't want paths like Nick's in
the OSM
data.
Regards, Phil.
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