Golfers being aggressive to ramblers

[Minty]

@Jon That's not dangerous, it's part of the fun!
Got to get some adrenalin rush, otherwise it would be a bit dull.

 

[Jon]

The golf club has this propaganda up on a website they created about Crowborough Commons: https://www.crowboroughcommon.org/legal_documents

The rights of the public are now governed by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW). However, Schedule 1 – Excepted Land for Purposes of Part 1 – 7, shows that Land used for the purposes of a golf course, racecourse or aerodrome are excepted from “the right to roam” (for obvious Health and Safety reasons).

But the CROW act does not apply and they know this.

Here is what they claim:

But you can also see on this article that the CROW act had not been applied from 1st February 2013, as they claim.

It is understood that ESCC will implement the CROW act in 2019 under which, as confirmed by DEFRA, that part of the land utilised for playing golf, initially calculated to be just over 60% of the land owned by the Golf Club, will be “excepted” from public access other than by approved rights of way. It is therefore the wish of the Golf Club that the remaining part of the land which is not utilised for the playing of golf is made available to the community for air and exercise through approved rights of way and new permissive routes.

Source: http://www.twtowncrier.co.uk/articl...rough-beacon-golf-club-natural-england-grant/

Edit: This shows their own history book that confirms the rights of the public: http://crowboroughcommon.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_28.html

 

[bob fitz]

Jon

When did the club purchase the land and where did they play before they acquired the land?

 

[Jon]

They bought it about 100 years ago. I have no idea about where they played before they bought the land.

 

[Minty]

It was formed in 1895. There was a rudimentary course (possibly 9 holes at that time?)
So they have undergone various updates to the course and clubhouse since then according to the website.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

I realised nobody noticed,

Don't bet on that. I don't chime in every time I have a thought - especially about the political stuff.

 

[Minty]

We had a "lost" mountain bike rider last night, it took us 3 shouts and a jog across the fairway to get him to understand the direction he needed to head in to avoid getting totally stuck with no exit at the furthest corner of the course.

We all had a laugh about it, as did he.