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Sorry, thought the point you were making was that...

"The National Trust is at times derided for their profit making strategies around some of our most loved sites but this at least gives an insight into the care-taking role they fulfil and, in scenarios like this, what a thankless task that role can be."

When we know that, "...their profit making strategies include things like taking a couple of thousand quid from Big Brother to make a mockery of the Uffington Horse..." and consent to a film being made showing cyclist riding up and down the Avebury bank and ditch when they themselves have banned such activities.

I'm sure you're right however and I've yet again missed the point ;-)

The point I was making was that having spent over half a million pound restoring the Glastonbury tower, NT will now have to spend an unknown amount to undo the damage done by Fathers 4 Justice. This must be disheartening for any organisation, especially a voluntary one.

I am in no way defending the previous NT actions you refer to. In fact I recall personally writing to to NT to object to them allowing mountain bikes to be used on Avebury during the filming of a TV drama.

I very much respect the tireless campaigning Heritage Action have done to protect and properly conserve Silbury Hill. I have ask, however, both Nigel Swift and Littlestone how they would react if F4J pulled a similar stunt on Silbury and undid the work that has currently been undertaken to restore it.