Lord above some people are just... unbelievable!

and I think that a kind explanation perhaps might have resulted in less harumphing
By whom, to whom? The OP to the entitled trespassers?
It wouldn't.

My friend has a small business in her garden. You go in buy what you want and leave. Except last year when she noticed a family and their dog hadn’t left but had moved her garden furniture to sit on and were sunbathing/relaxing in her garden 😂 people are so incredibly cheeky!

That's because you can't hear my lighthearted tone.

Don’t think the OP said her Dh was rude or anything tho?

Tales like this is putting me right off my retirement plan of a couple of acres 😢 If someone whacked my horse, I genuinely think I’d go full berserker. 🤬

Excellent. How much access to farmland (or wildlife trust managed land) is it you're after, and, once you've had your picnic, how much land, wildlife and biodiversity management are you going to be doing?

Also, 'Diamond shoes are too tight' isn't 'kind' by any stretch.

YANBU but I am sadly not surprised.

We have a field. It is accessibility through our court yard and also from an adjacent field. However, there is no footpath and it is private land. The footpaths running parallel are clearly marked and obvious. Last summer though, we had so many people trek through our field (usually leaving the bottom gate open, which risks the horses in the adjoining field escaping!).

DH or myself would query politely, pointing out the foot path and calmly explaining that our land is private. No apologies, lots of 'but we're only walking through' etc. We have since put signs up so hoping that does the trick.

We have so had people sitting in the field to picnic! When I asked them to please move to a public spot they were outraged! I pointed out that if I set myself up for a picnic in their garden they would not be happy!

It astounds me how entitled some people are.

I was referring to your view and the land, not your earnings.

This is AIBU. I think you were quick to get cross and offended when you could have been friendly, so YWBU.

Hey. I get the arguments and agree farming sounds almost impossibly hard, but nobody's a moronic twat. I might even welcome an appropriated deckchair problem rather than some of my own problems! Having said that, I'm not entirely sure, I feel I'd hate people on my property because I'm a notorious introvert and curmudgeon. It's horrible too when people won't follow countryside rules, they aren't complicated and I'd add, don't climb anyone's drystone wall except at a stile.

Speaking of Enid Blyton I've just found a whole bunch of her books online and am re-living my childhood most happily, herbal tea instead of cocoa though, would love cocoa but it doesn't agree with me.

During Covid the care home on our street had a carol concert with speakers in the street.. Lots of locals gathered to listen. One cf woman actually sat on the bonnet of my new car... Mn had a go at ME for being furious!!

I'm a kind moronic twat though, and I think that a kind explanation perhaps might have resulted in less harumphing.

I'm not commenting on the state of the farming industry. I'm not a brash litter dropping townie either.

Yea, farmers have a lot of overly tight diamond shoes issues these days. Famously easy job, farming. Short hours, no labour, big profit margins and no risk, right?

Oh wait…

Oh come on, that’s just a misunderstanding and quite funny. If it weren’t for the dog-on-lead thing (for which a solution could probably have been found) they could have all bonded over their interest in the fly-past and an enjoyable time had by all.

This!

They're farmers. Or do you not eat food?

People are pricks. I don't own any farm land but because of where I live, I've got a few friends who farm. The entitlement of people is off the scale. The vast majority of farmers I know absolutely believe everyone should have access to the countryside, and despite the fact they could stop the general public from accessing their farm land, they are actually very accommodating. It's never enough. Being asked to not drop litter - nope. being asked to stick to the tracks and not walk across the crop - nope. Being asked to not let dogs off lead and piss and shit wherever they feel like it - nope. All the way up to, being asked to, you know, not fly tip, bring your quad bike, lamp, and maybe not threaten the land owner when you're asked nicely to stick to some basic rules - all nope.
I particularly love, when we're out walking, and politely ask someone to do whatever reasonable thing it is, to be told confidently 'We have the farmers permission' - er, no, you don't because I am the farmer (says friend) apparently a 5 foot nothing teeny woman can't possibly be the farmer when confronted with entitled twat.

In my last job we always had a big all expenses paid for Christmas party by the top brass. Anyway, there was a cohort of senior managers who always brought empty rucksacks & bubble wrap to the venue. I spotted one of them discreetly wrapping wine bottles in bubble wrap and then putting it in his rucksack..........that was probably his Christmas dinner wine! 😮

Only 8% of land in the UK is permitted for public use. I'm thinking that someone sat in your deckchair is a first world / diamond shoes are too tight problem.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/17/england-public-trespassing-reclaim-our-countryside?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

People can be such twats. I once arrived in my field to find a group of about a dozen ramblers having a picnic. Private property, definitely not a picnic area, but ok. Busied myself poo picking and keeping an eye on things from a distance when one of the ramblers (who obviously hadn't seen me) walloped one of my horses who'd wandered over with one of those walking pole things. BIG mistake!

How much of England's beauty is privately owned?

Depends if you are talking about farm land or people's houses and gardens. But all of England is pretty much owned by someone. A lot of it by foreign businesses. The two biggest owners are the Forestry Commission and the Ministry of Defense. People seem to think they can walk wherever they want - but that's not the case at all.

https://abcfinance.co.uk/blog/who-owns-the-uk/

Was it Katie Hopkins?

I grew up on a farm and remember seeing a group of people having a picnic in a cornfield.

I missed it despite living right by the airfield they took off from and working from home today. Lots of neighbours posting views from the garden. I’m not that bothered but as I was here I would have liked to have peaked out the window.

Did you not shout 'Get Orf My Land'?

How much of England's beauty is privately owned?

Cocoa? Are you living in an Enid Blyton novel!

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I wish