No victimization felt, in fact to come under the scrutiny of the resident cynic is an honour. It makes me realise that I will have to try harder to explain the the cause and effect of many of the inadequacies of the access to our countryside, it is just the root cause lies in the past and it is the real cause of the OP's topic.
Jimbob reminds us of the Scottish answer, this is unlikely to come about in England and might just happen Wales. A countrywide outrage at the 'Corruption of the Definitive Map' and national vilification of the lobby group, who could admit their former members were responsible might just swing it. I don't have to be that old to remember my grandfather, who had been chairman of the counties War Ag. telling me why Churchill chose the NFU to ensure that the nation was fed during the War years and not the owners of land, whose organization was formed in 1911, plenty of time to prepare to screw up the 1949 Act
. If I give the reasons he told me I think I will really bring the roof down on my head.
Shame no one picked up on my reference to the Deputy President of the NFU.
Is there an English alternative the Scottish land Reform Act? I believe there is, it is complicated, but sadly I do not seem to get the basis of understanding over to help bring the articulation of this complexity together. I strive to that end. The creation of an intellectual wedge between the producers of our food and the owners of land would be the primary strategy and it needs a realization that those lostways discovered by the Ramblers could be valuable and their loss was a political crime. There is content in the OP's topic matter to support that.
The horsey bit is understandable the BHS has invested heavily in training some of their members in the subject of lostways, perhaps that is why the content is a bit high brow.
I am tempted to write to the features editor of the British Farmer and Grower and point out that I feel discriminated against to lumped together with suspect thieves if I were to walk across his land. Just as I was generalized into a group with child molesters, when I used a footpath near a CLA official's residence. Why should he feel more at risk being 400 yards away from a supposed risk that I am 25 feet from. But at the moment my suspicions are that any such letter would be binned, because there is not enough common cause to create the resonance of alarm in that editor's hard drive.
Health warning to those with an apoplectic disposition; perhaps this post should not be read
. Sorry Mel have missed a particularly juicy post of character assassination.