Re: Roll Call


"Stephen Rainsbury" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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chris.5th wrote:

I am not really going to use a 30 year old map!! Its staying in my
"Valuables box" along with the compass that I used on my QSA (The
corner snapped off so we retired it) my photos and DCs report!!

A walker fell off Snowdon last month, taking a route that i had just
been on a week before. He was 50-100m out from where he should have
been (as seen from above, he was also 50-100m higher than he should
have been) and was in cloud. he missed the Watkin Path completely and
fell to his death.

But didn't you say that paths were so yesterday :-)?

A hill is never just a hill. New OS maps are much better. More precise
and as I said... the rights of way have changed hugely.

The basic lump of earth is still going to be the same as it was when
the romans said "Not much further North now then Ocatviaus and we'll
call it a day" Agreed the paths wil have changed but you could only
ever take them as being in roughly the right posistion anyway.

The hills may be the same shape (apart from areas subject to large scale
quarrying), but 30 years of commercial forestry may make them look very
different.

As for Rights of way, are there restrictions in a National Park?

The situation as to public rights of way and public access is no different
in a National Park (in England and Wales, the legal position is different in
Scotland) than it is anywhere else. Visitors must stick to public rights of
way or other routes or land to which public access is permitted (for example
under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act, the so-called "right to roam").
Up to date maps are essential for the current public access information.

To take your specific example of the North York Moors National Park - the
Fylingdales early warning station is distinctly out of bounds, and an
unfriendly reception may be anticipated should you attempt to prove
otherwise.

--
David Hagerty
SL, 17th Linthwaite
ADC (Scouts), Huddersfield SW
scouts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





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