Andies and BWW, have you tried raising a petition about corruption of the map on the government website? If you get enough people signing up, it could be debated in parliament.
Some more work would be needed in bringing awareness to the rank and file of walkers to make it effective. The lack of editorial on the subject in general is very disappointing, the popular press and media would need to wake up to the good stories that are there to be sourced. No one used the term "Corruption of the definitive map" to me, even though it was a rights of way officer who told me about the causes and consequences inherent in the flaws, anomalies and black holes. After 15 years of using this term much to the annoyance of other forum members, it is just starting to be used by others.
Just for the record I ran a topic called "the Corruption of the Definitive Map" on the Ramblers old forum before coming here. I was curious if this rather obvious judgmental term had been used before. No takers then and few supporters now. My inside knowledge was a land agent, who lived in a grace and favour house on the Berwick Estate a few fields away from the farm I grew up on. Of course, then that knowledge meant little to me, 60 + years later a lot of memories of local gossip and characters start to fall in place.
There are other C's that combine to make intriguing stories about this
Corruption (1), starting with
Cause (2), leads to
Consequence (3), which has a
Cost (4), in turn should generate
Criticism (5) and then
Condemnation (6) that leads to the door of the
CLA, who think it is
common sense to limit the amount of access, even reduce it. At the same time trying to bury the evidence of the corruption.
When programs like Countryfile start to refer to the Corruption of The Definitive Map, then would be the time for a petition because our MP's could not ignore it.
Perhaps nearer to 2026, when the press will be looking for column inches on the subject, so perhaps now is the time for a few more walkers to start gossiping about this iniquitous legacy with further facts and examples.
I for one would be eager to read them.