If ive encountered a field full of newly sown crops, and i have a right of way to trample a path through them.
Would i soldier on, oblivious to the fact that a farmer is trying to carry out his livelihood ?
No is the answer to that, but i am sure there are countless others, seeing their right of way blocked, who trample down a field of corn or other crop, than make a deliberate detour to avoid them.
Over the years, ive encountered quite a few fields full of crops, and i can remember one instance, in Wiltshire, back in the 1980s, that i had to take a lengthy detour to avoid destroying a farmers livelihood.
Its just the way i am, i always try and think of others first, and how i would react, if it was my field that a group of walkers decided to walk straight through.