This is a stupid question from an uneducated Englishman, but is access to the countryside (and sites) as free and open in Scotland as it appears to be from my reading of the relevant Scottish law?
As someone who is used to having to (largely) stick to footpaths, etc or at best "Access Land" down south, I was fairly tentative when we visited Scotland last autumn about going onto farmland with no obvious rights of way. As we are intending to go back again before long, I would really like to know if it really is okay to go where you want (subject to respecting the privacy of houses and gardens, etc). Does anyone have trouble because of this?
For example, when we went to Clava, we noticed that the sign boards indicated that some of the other (non-state maintained) sites in the vicinity did not have public access, which rather contradicted my understanding of the law and made me even less sure about what was what.
Any advice gratefully received.
Reply | with quote | Posted by thesweetcheat 27th January 2011ce 20:51 |
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