Lord above some people are just... unbelievable!

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We have a winner!!

I witnessed this last Summer - someone standing ahead in a 60mph road to take a picture of the trees forming an arch along the road. Middle of the day, tourist area, so unlikely a professional photographer after a perfect shot. Common sense has gone out the window!

This could go together with a million other threads/real lifeconversations about how entitled people have become. If I saw deckchairs in a field, i’d obviously assume someone was using them (even if I’d mistakenly thought the field was public land).

Covid definately seemed to have amplified entitled behaviour in the countryside (I could give you alot of examples living in a tourist/rural area).

I agree with others about putting up more signs that will frighten them off!

I fully sympathise.

I once had the reverse of this. Was visiting my great-grandad's grave. It's in the oldest part of the town graveyard, next to the church. The church is now a private dwelling, but the owner did not purchase the cemetery (which is still in use).

The owner of the church appeared and intoned "Can I help you?"

"No thank you, I'm fine. I'm visiting my great grandfather's grave."

Surely they just didn’t know it was your land.

What difference does it make if it was op's land, or Joe Bloggs up the road's land? They knew it wasn't their land.

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That's so rude!

I used to work in a bunch of small rural villages, travelling around between them, in a national park. In the summers, people were unbelievable - trespassing, looking through windows, but my favorite was always the people who would wander along in the middle of the roads, often stopping to take pictures, and would act amazed and outraged if you actually wanted to drive on the road. Perhaps they thought we all still got around by horse back (although in that case they would undoubtedly be feeding them something they shouldn't or whacking them with walking sticks.

I live near a school. I came home a few weeks ago to find a man standing next to his electric scooter changing his outer clothes in the middle of our driveway. Not just next to the pavement, some way onto the driveway. I was quite unnerved by him but I did that very British thing of saying “Can I help you?” He asked “why”? Me: “Because you’re on my driveway”. Him: “I just dropped my child off at school”. Right. Ok. No explanation as to why this requires changing his clothes in the middle of my property. 🤯

@JudgeJ they threatened my ( adult but petite) daughter when she went out there with her camera. The teenage boys were way bigger than her.

Also had stone thrown at and hit window.

Eventually the school/ campus cop sorted it.

Surely they just didn’t know it was your land. Chill out!!!

You can access a rifle or shotgun, but you need a licence for it 😉

I was once sitting on the sofa and heard planes in the sky, not unusual as we almost get skid marks on the roof when the Americans are playing, but when I looked out of the window there was a flypast of Hurricanes, Spitfires, a Lancaster and other planes, they had been rehearsing for a Palace flypast and were returning to base. It was fantastic.

You think the population of the U.K. ( many of whom can’t be trusted to pick up their own dog crap) should have access to firearms? Hell no.

Photograph them and put them on social media, also send the photo to the school.

Right to roam sounds wonderful in theory.

Given the utter carnage round here during lockdown, though, I concluded that a significant portion of the general public should never be let loose on a public footpath, never mind in a field of stock.

Which is a pain in the arse for those of us who could be trusted, but that's how it is.

I went to a garden show last year and a family had plonked themselves down at a table (for sale) which happened to be by a refreshment van.

They made themselves very comfortable

Cheeky fuckers.
I would have sent them packing. 😒

There is a lot of damage and restrictions have already had to be brought into some places. Loch Lomond now has camping and campfire restrictions. I can only see more restrictions being needed. Not just the mess but watching Non-uk tourists trying to drive camper-vans around Scotland is terrifying and has already caused road deaths. It’s quite frightening seeing them unable to work out how passing places work, especially on bendy roads.

Who clears up all that mess and who carries out repair work ie I’m thinking of those castle ruins you mentioned. If people are not controlled there will be damage.

Thanks! And I appreciate you setting it up too!

Right to roam was a labour/Lib dem law. Sadly, the entitlement of tourist is off the charts now, but I don’t think that is the fault of SNP. The problem is social media leading people to believe the can trample across any bit of land they come across.

I live in Scotland and unfortunately we’re now at the point that far too many people are absolutely taking the piss and causing destruction. I travel around Scotland frequently to places that are very popular with tourists and some places that are considered remote. There are so many entitled idiots who think right to roam means I can go any where and pitch my tent or campervan on any bit of land I like. Even bothies are being abused. The mess is ridiculous and don’t get me started on people who think they can light up a campfire wherever. I nearly popped a vain recently watching a TikTok video of an American guy who was basically trampling over farms and castle ruins, setting fires on dry grass and telling his audience you can go and camp where you like. No, you shouldn’t be anywhere near livestock and you should be asking permission from farmers. It’s a right to roam not set yourself up wherever you want. Rant over 😂

I liked it. You are appreciated.