Landsoul wrote:Skyelines wrote:As soon as I leave the gate to my property I am on someone else's land that may be publicly or privately owned.
I therefore have a responsibility firstly to the owners to only do such things as I am permitted to do by law or by permission of the owner and secondly to all who may legitimately have access to that land for their utility and enjoyment.
You obviously don't understand freedom in Scotland. I feel sad for you that you feel the need apply 'rules' to enjoying being outdoors.
I thought I wasn't going to need to add any further comments but as you and others have completely misunderstood what I am trying to express I suppose I must say something more.
The law (statute law) either grants rights as in the Land Reform Act which can be freely exercised or prohibits or restricts activities within certain parameters.
Outside of Statute law Common law effectively gives us the right to do whatever we please unless it has been prevented by laws established by cases taken through the courts.
Elements of both statute and common law protect the owners of property which I respect when I go on someone else's land , i.e. when I leave my garden gate.
However as noted the basis of Common Law gives us freedom to do anything that has not been prohibited or restricted, a freedom that I freely exercise.
The other aspect of being able to exercise this freedom is one of common humanity and to respect everyone else who shares the same freedoms.
In doing this I choose not to do things that may diminish someone else's enjoyment of the landscape because I care about other people's enjoyment as much as my own.
Apart from the laws, Statute and Common, that we are all required to keep this is the only other "rule" that restricts my freedom in the outdoors.
I'm sorry if my "rule " concern for others makes you sad.
Can I suggest you go back a few posts above and read what I was up to in the 1970's before the Land Reform Act granted us a legal status for the freedom I was exercising then.
Back then a lot of places were far more pleasant to be in than they are now.
Is that because people understand freedom in Scotland ?
