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tjj Apr 12, 2017 20:45:00
Replying to ocifant

ocifant wrote:
Seems it's now sold: http://www.cornwalllive.com/cornwall-s-highest-point-brown-willy-on-bodmin-moor-has-been-sold-for-millions-of-pounds/story-30266454-detail/story.html
I've never actually seen Brown Willy - Edward Thomas mentions it in his book The South Country "Nothing can soften the lines of Trendreen or Brown Willy or Carn Galver against the sky. The small stone-hedged ploughland amidst brake and gorse do but accentuate the wildness of the land from which they have been won." Is it somewhere walkers have access to as with Blencathra and if so, Rights of Way will continue surely. The idea of anyone buying a mountain or hill just seems so perverse, however much money they paid. At best they can only be custodians.

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 12, 2017 21:46:23
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
ocifant wrote:
Seems it's now sold: http://www.cornwalllive.com/cornwall-s-highest-point-brown-willy-on-bodmin-moor-has-been-sold-for-millions-of-pounds/story-30266454-detail/story.html
I've never actually seen Brown Willy - Edward Thomas mentions it in his book The South Country "Nothing can soften the lines of Trendreen or Brown Willy or Carn Galver against the sky. The small stone-hedged ploughland amidst brake and gorse do but accentuate the wildness of the land from which they have been won." Is it somewhere walkers have access to as with Blencathra and if so, Rights of Way will continue surely. The idea of anyone buying a mountain or hill just seems so perverse, however much money they paid. At best they can only be custodians.
Nice descriptive writing.

Yes, access is protected under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, the whole of this part of the moor (including the stone circles below Brown Willy and Rowtor) is designated as access land.

I believe that pre-CROW, access to parts of Bodmin Moor was not so straightforward.

H Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Apr 13, 2017 23:18:02
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
The idea of anyone buying a mountain or hill just seems so perverse, however much money they paid. At best they can only be custodians.
Mountain, hill, patch of land, all the future fish in a river (?), the seabed, mineral rights to stuff under the turf which is unknown... strange racketeering.

I actually own the largest seashell collection in the world, but due to storage capacity problems at Howburn Towers, I keep my collection scattered across most of the beaches around the world.