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Incoming Traveller I
Incoming Traveller Jan 29, 2009 12:34:27
Replying to thesweetcheat

I live in West Penwith and have been following this story for some time. I'm glad it's been featured on this site.

Recent works near Men Scryfa have been reported to be an utter disaster, with a heavy handed approach to digging trenches. Jon Brookes from the National Trust (who has been quoted in the local press as saying that people from Penwith hate any change and are basically stupid) has even admitted that the digging has been badly done. Cattle grids have been popping up like magic. I'm quite a fan of the NT (they own a lot of land around here that would have been bought up by developers to stick holiday homes on) but I'm against their approach here. One of the ideas is to move cattle (away from the road they will now be allowed to roam on - a busy tourist road with a lot of crap drivers on at any time) whenever it gets foggy on the moors - anyone who's ever spent any time here will know that fog can come and go many times in a day. It's not feasible.

This does appear to be more about getting payments for grazing than anything else. I personally find it all quite heartbreaking.

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 29, 2009 13:01:19
Replying to Incoming Traveller

Thanks very much for that, it's good to get some input from the frontline, as it were. Yes, the idea of someone official coming along and "moving" the cows at appropriate times is pretty laughable.

I have been reading the comments on Ian Cooke's site, which totally echo my own thoughts. I just hope that the views of the apparent majority will be taken as more important than the profits of those directly benefiting from the grazing scheme - not least of which appear to be the fencing contractors.