Cameron McNeish, vice-president of Ramblers Scotland has reported on his blog that Ramblers Scotland may split from the UK organisation.
The working group of the Ramblers Scotland Executive Committee, which includes McNeish as well as Ramblers Scotland convenor Dennis Canavan and President Dick Balharry, has met and decided to advise the Scottish committee that the best way forward is to seek independence. The full Ramblers Scotland Executive will meet in August when the recommendation will be discussed.
The possibility of a split was brought about by the Ramblers deciding to make massive cuts in the Scottish and Welsh operations.
Cameron advises that “Ramblers members [should] sit tight, bear with us during this difficult time, and look forward to a time when Ramblers Scotland won’t be dictated to by a bunch of individuals who know very little about the workings of devolution and who don’t seem to understand that Scotland is a nation in its own right, with a different government and different laws.”