Some years ago, when my family and I had a small farm in the Peak District, I was sitting on my swing seat when... two ramblers appeared at the stile which led from the field to my garden.
Some years ago, when my family and I had a small farm in the Peak District, I was sitting on my swing seat enjoying the sun and the beautiful view from our garden. I had a cup of coffee, and all seemed well with the world. All of a sudden, two ramblers wearing T-shirts, shorts and sunglasses appeared at the stile which led from the field to my garden. To my astonishment, they climbed in.‘Right to roam, innit, darlin’?’ they laughed as they rambled across my lawn and out towards the road.
I could not agree more and I write from bitter personal experience in the Peak District. It is, in my view, the most beautiful of our national parks. Our garden was a good size, part of which was devoted to growing vegetables and fruit and the rest, surrounding the house, was purely for pleasure with the swing seat, flowering plants and an extensive lawn.
We dutifully carried out our responsibilities. The walls were kept in a good state of repair; nothing was allowed to run wild. Then, of course, there were the idiots who walked through the field when the calves were with their mothers. Gaily these ramblers would trot along oblivious to the risks they were taking. They’d have their dogs with them, off the lead.
Then there was the Sunday morning when I walked down the slope to the bottom of our field, nearest the river. It looked as though there’d been a party. There were embers from an open fire. Empty bottles of wine and beer were scattered everywhere as were discarded crisp packets.
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