[SteveHants]

Right to roam, innit?


Fun solutions include: a bull, dogs.


I have always found that a quick wander with a broken 12ga over my arm sees people scarpering pretty quickly.

[chrismahon]

What annoys me is some waster of a scumbag who will never amount to anything other than a taxpayers burden is allowed to wander and steal from any hardworking land owner he feels like. That's Britain for you. Probably the same in France but I haven't found that out yet!


If people wan't fresh mushrooms go to the supermarket and buy them. Yes a 2 x 2 seems appropriate but unfortunately will solve nothing.

[Penninehillbilly]

So my question is really, (I doubt he will given I told him what for) where do you stand if he did it again. He isn't committing a CRIMINAL act.

Neither are you if you go and spray all the mushrooms with disinfectant in front of him.

[escapedtothecountry]

Right to roam, innit?

No - as there is no right to roam just anywhere anyone wants. It will be interesting to see who decides to come into my garden and help themselves when hopefully all of those 2000+ daffodils I've planted flower.

[SteveHants]

Won't your new bull make an awful mess of them? 

[escapedtothecountry]

Ha ha - yes terrible 

[Shropshirelass]

Bulls, & Lots of dogs (pref ones who bark at tresspassers) & walking round with an axe or gun to do work all tend to help  the trouble with us is we have public footpaths through the farmyard & the dogs are softies 

[cleopatra]

we have 3 dogs that bark like mad (inc a gsd) at the postie but when we had an intruder in our woods, our dogs were completey useless and left me to it. i did call the police as i was alone with the kids and the cops came up within 10 mins to see if he was gone, which he was.

[escapedtothecountry]

we have 3 dogs that bark like mad (inc a gsd) at the postie but when we had an intruder in our woods, our dogs were completey useless and left me to it. i did call the police as i was alone with the kids and the cops came up within 10 mins to see if he was gone, which he was.

This is also my point.. Imagine if my wife was on her own and sees some strange man scaling the gate and entering what is a totally fenced off 2 acre plot. Enough to concern anyone.

[Sylvia]

If all people want are a few blackberries, mushrooms, sloes they are welcome to come onto my land to pick them, I wouldn't think twice about gathering mushrooms from neighbouring fields.
I would object very strongly though if they were exercising dogs or shooting rabbits without my permission.

[escapedtothecountry]

If all people want are a few blackberries, mushrooms, sloes they are welcome to come onto my land to pick them, I wouldn't think twice about gathering mushrooms from neighbouring fields.

That's fine, as if you feel like that people could take it you have granted permission. I however have not granted permission for strangers to come and go as they please over my paddock which has things I am growing in it for my use including willow rods etc etc.


Perhaps your neighbouring fields aren't right next to a neighbours house allowing you to look totally into their house either? That is my point. The chap was un-invited, totally invaded my privacy and thought he did nothing wrong. As others have suggested.... if I clambered over his back gate and walked around his garden he probably wouldn't like it.

[fifixx]

Stick a sign on the gate - I have a couple of ones from farm signs http://www.farm-signs.co.uk/  - the black ones, although a bit more expensive, are the best I've found.  It seems to me that they look "posher" which makes people take more notice - not sure why!

Just Private land, no Entry will do the trick as you would have to be pretty arrogant to clamber over that!

[NormandyMary]

Do you know him? If so when you see him again, say you'll report him to the police as being a peeping tom..his word against yours. If you dont know him, take his photo, then say you will be taing it to the police to report him as a peeping tom.
I think he has got some b*lls coming onto someone elses land to steal from them. Surely it is theft if he takes something which doesnt belong to him. After all, mushrooms do have a monetary value do they not?

[Hermit]

I had someone steal my muck heap once. They even knocked the street light out by the gate to the field! They forgot a lovely silver mens watch and a great fork that the owner of the field got   If they would have only have asked they could have had it for free!!! I can just imagine them looking for the watch and the fork in the pitch black with my horses looking on, confused.

[clydesdaleclopper]

Although trespass is a civil matter theft is a criminal matter. Under English law all things growing on land belong to the owner of that land and he is therefore stealing your property. If the police are not interested stick up a notice informing people that all such thefts will pursued through a private prosecution.