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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Apr 14, 2017, 18:44
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moss wrote: Or at least the land upon which it stands, Cornwall seems a problematic place with the moors privately owned and periodically sold off. Brown Willy - one of the twin peaks that mark Cornwall's highest point on Bodmin Moor - is on the market for a cool £2.8 million. Read more at........ http://www.westbriton.co.uk/brown-willy-in-cornwall-is-for-sale/story-29703632-detail/story.html#T5GkUBSdXqJM3tm2.99 Looking at the big picture and what is on offer, £2.8 million is not a huge amount of money for the hill and over 1200 acres if you are a wealthy person that loves what the moor has to offer.
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GLADMAN 950 posts |
Apr 14, 2017, 19:55
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moss wrote: Or at least the land upon which it stands, Cornwall seems a problematic place with the moors privately owned and periodically sold off. Brown Willy - one of the twin peaks that mark Cornwall's highest point on Bodmin Moor - is on the market for a cool £2.8 million. Read more at........ http://www.westbriton.co.uk/brown-willy-in-cornwall-is-for-sale/story-29703632-detail/story.html#T5GkUBSdXqJM3tm2.99 "He said "All this land is my master's" At that I stood shaking my head No man has the right to own mountains Any more than the deep ocean bed" Ewan MacColl
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tjj 3606 posts |
Edited Apr 14, 2017, 21:08
Apr 14, 2017, 21:06
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GLADMAN wrote: "He said "All this land is my master's" At that I stood shaking my head No man has the right to own mountains Any more than the deep ocean bed" Ewan MacColl Ah! Ewan MacColl so loved the mountains, fells and hills. Here's the last verse of his song "Joy of Living" - written when he knew his life was coming to an end. "Take me to some high place of heather, rock and ling Scatter my dust and ashes, feed me to the wind So that I will be part of all you see, the air you are breathing I'll be part of the curlew's cry and the soaring hawk The blue milkwort and the sundew hung with diamonds I'll be riding the gentle wind that blows through your hair Reminding you how we shared In the joy of living" Some things cannot be bought at any price.
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moss 2897 posts |
Apr 15, 2017, 09:33
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GLADMAN wrote: "He said "All this land is my master's" At that I stood shaking my head No man has the right to own mountains Any more than the deep ocean bed" Ewan MacColl Maybe in this country it all started with the Inclosure Acts as common land and shared fields were taken over by richer people and became private. Common land does have protective legal rights, as does our right to walk freely on public footpaths across private land. There is a trend in other parts of the world to give rivers the rights of a human being, thereby protecting them for indigenous groups, as in this case in New Zealand; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/16/new-zealand-river-granted-same-legal-rights-as-human-being
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