Re: Anyone got a large-scale OS map of Darlington area?


"Johnny" <Johnny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Great photos. You'd never know there was a gale force wind.

Johnny-been-through-those-parts-only-once

There are so many lovely 'park'ish' arias in England. They pop up
everywhere. Even the forests are natural parks. Cumbria is like a big
park nomatter where you go. I miss that here. The Councils could do
much more, beginning with rest stops along the roads. There aren't
hardly any. You see a wonderful scene but there's nowhere to stop and
enjoy it. Much rougher nature environment. I guess it's because
maintenance would be a problem with the winters, (lack of Council
funds) lack of ideas/dreams and eventual shying extra stress on their
budget.

Edith.

I'm sure there'd be a lot of people against such utter freedom to wander
everywhere at will. There's always a NIMBY backlash to every idea. As it
is, England is remarkably free to wander as it is compared to NA.

Johnny-nowhere-to-roam

I suspect that Canucks are not as restricted as the residents of Satsuma.
Unlike the rest of the US where the Feds controlled a lot of the land Texas
was first a Spanish/Mexican colony then an independant republic so when
Texas jointed the Union all the land was in private hands having been
aquired by the owners by virtue of Spanish land grants. Many of the state
parks exist because the state either bought the land or some philanthropic
land owner gave it to them or left it to the people in his will. However
there are vast scenic areas of the state that will never be seen by the
public because they are in private hands. In particular there's a very
large scenic canyon in the north west which is totally inaccessible to the
great unwashed.

Occasionally the great unwashed get lucky, Robert Anderson, founder of Arco
and a person I've actually met, gave the state his ranch in south Texas,
300,000 plus acres, almost as large as Big Bend NP. If you've ever watched
the excellent documentary series "The Prize" the final scene is of Robert
Anderson riding his horse around one of wilderness ranches.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/business/06anderson.html
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/big_bend_ranch/

Al contemplating visits to some new parks soon.


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