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tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Turns out the gate that he used to cross onto the other path has been locked and has barbed wire top and bottom for the last 3 years.

(Spoke to the previous owners last night)

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gil
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

So have the lock and barb been removed, and if so, by whom ?

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The lock has been removed by us as there are so many people going up and down planting and stuff at the mo. the barb's still on there but if the gates unlocked...

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Then put the lock back on. Now.

Live with that as the hassle. Not militant ramblers, or 23 caravans leaving trails of gas cylinders behind them.

 
gil
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Seems pretty straightforwards then : replace lock after work completed, or replace now outwith working hours.

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

nickhowe wrote:
Then put the lock back on. Now.


Will do guv.

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The only thing is that we'll have made an enemy of a local councillor...

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

One who's done two things already.

1) Lied to you.
2) Sought a position of power.

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

nickhowe wrote:
One who's done two things already.

1) Lied to you.
2) Sought a position of power.


Oh yeah, definitely.

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

And you're worried about upsetting him? Explain, if it comes to it, that you've been advised to lock gates to protect your land, the environment, prevent criminal activity, encourage use of footpaths and safeguard any livestock. If a councillor wishes to argue with any of those...

 
Behemoth



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

...stick his head on a pole and start a landed peasants revolt.

 
Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

cab wrote:
'Course it also means another corridor full of dog poo.


And all the nasties that come with it


We have a footpath that runs through every field & in actual fact it should run through the neighbours yard & then back onto ours, but we just allow them to proceed on our side to save having two crossing points.

...but if I ever find out who vandalised the fence with their ****** wirecutters, I'll go round & cut through their tyres & see how they like the extra cost & inconvenience of replacing things unecessarily When you are working to improve paths & access it can be very disheartening to find some people out there who seem to enjoy leaving gates open & fences down, for no other reason than laziness.

 
Behemoth



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Have you signposted this unauthorised diversion?

 
Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Behemoth wrote:
Have you signposted this unauthorised diversion?


Haven't seen anyone with their wirecutters hacking through the side of the neighbours shed yet

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 06 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Behemoth wrote:
...stick his head on a pole


That does appeal...

 
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