An arbitration system is urgently needed so everyone can exercise their legal right to use ancient routes
I refer to your article, "Ramblers call for arbitration over disputes" (The Herald, January 15).
I refer to your article, \"Ramblers call for arbitration over disputes\" (The Herald, January 15).
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For thousands of years, packmen and drovers crossed the country, on foot or horseback, following ancient routes, used by right and often worn deep into the soil.
In modern days travel for necessity has been replaced by travel for leisure by walkers, mountain bikers and horse-riders. The traditional right to use ancient routes has been upheld by the courts and extended to most other areas by the Land Reform Act. While landowners have a legitimate right to prevent illegal vehicle access on to their land, they have no right to obstruct our ancient rights of way, yet it still happens all too frequently. As someone who has travelled across much of the Highlands on horseback, I have discovered the hard way how frequent these obstructions are.
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An arbitration system is urgently needed so everyone can exercise their legal right to use ancient routes
I refer to your article, "Ramblers call for arbitration over disputes" (The Herald, January 15).
For thousands of years, packmen and drovers crossed the country, on foot or horseback, following ancient routes, used by right and often worn deep into the soil.
In modern days travel for necessity has been replaced by travel for leisure by walkers, mountain bikers and horse-riders. The traditional right to use ancient routes has been upheld by the courts and extended to most other areas by the Land Reform Act. While landowners have a legitimate right to prevent illegal vehicle access on to their land, they have no right to obstruct our ancient rights of way, yet it still happens all too frequently. As someone who has travelled across much of the Highlands on horseback, I have discovered the hard way how frequent these obstructions are.
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