tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post7913083284357540706..comments2024-03-18T08:42:30.787+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: The Devastation of the Eastern HighlandsChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-23438830102570410182017-08-23T12:02:11.873+01:002017-08-23T12:02:11.873+01:00Tampering with legally set traps is a criminal off...Tampering with legally set traps is a criminal offence. Your "moral" reasoning is not a defence in court if you are caught. Don't say you weren't warned. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238051099606132474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-2796831035868611782017-08-22T13:43:50.949+01:002017-08-22T13:43:50.949+01:00AgreedAgreedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-46438806529337828352017-08-21T12:31:55.255+01:002017-08-21T12:31:55.255+01:00Just some thoughts but having worked in rural area...Just some thoughts but having worked in rural areas ... you need to think about how much this activity brings to Scotland and not just hooray Henry's to people in rural communities where jobs are very low paid and scarce as well as further impact in terms of hospitality etc. It's not just the highlands and grouse... there is pheasant in lowland Scotland .. the shoots are populated with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-77434406518453151842016-07-15T18:31:20.852+01:002016-07-15T18:31:20.852+01:00don't spring them... just disable using the se...don't spring them... just disable using the set hook. Lazy gamies often won't get out of their 4x4 or off their quadbike as they drive along the hill tracks checking their traps. A sprung trap is easy to see and easily reset, a trap with the set hook in place is less so and easily missed and so can remain impotent for weeks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347324645501953429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-79240567306817434202016-03-17T07:39:45.280+00:002016-03-17T07:39:45.280+00:00Did you spring the traps? Walking down a valley fu...Did you spring the traps? Walking down a valley further west last year I came across the same thing. They'd even gone to the trouble of laying logs across the river at convenient crossing points for the animals, with a gin trap in a cage in the middle of each log. I sprung every trap I found. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-66511483215243101672016-03-16T19:06:33.905+00:002016-03-16T19:06:33.905+00:00Too much forelock-tugging in the local authority, ...Too much forelock-tugging in the local authority, supposedly a main protector of access rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-20466090511955114362016-01-08T09:07:44.666+00:002016-01-08T09:07:44.666+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504140277439810860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-76537498406460414232015-05-26T16:49:27.944+01:002015-05-26T16:49:27.944+01:00The gentry maybe didn't vote SNP, but the SNP ...The gentry maybe didn't vote SNP, but the SNP are certainly helping them out with lax planning laws and the profusion of wind farms!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-24910151473382007012015-05-26T00:47:49.092+01:002015-05-26T00:47:49.092+01:00Honestly, wtf? The selective blindness of people i...Honestly, wtf? The selective blindness of people is *astounding*. I have travelled through Achnasheen pretty much monthly for 25 years. There is no travesty (though I won't argue that the Ledgowan track is anything other than ugly, much like it's owners' attitudes). Ah Loch Luichart, such a blight on the landscape! Eww, the Highland Line, blatant industrialisation! People *drive* pastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-55676399156286581382015-05-26T00:36:16.599+01:002015-05-26T00:36:16.599+01:00It is a great e.g. insofar as it has nothing to do...It is a great e.g. insofar as it has nothing to do with the Commons, much like the cliched 'tragedy'. The entire point is that these lands are Privates *not* Commons, even although they are the only possible source of the public goods they provide. The simple answer is to restore the relationship between public good and collective responsibility: private monopolies are pretty much never Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-31629687564850286932015-05-25T20:00:59.084+01:002015-05-25T20:00:59.084+01:00I doubt that the landed gentry voted for the SNP I doubt that the landed gentry voted for the SNP Domhnallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357849743628481967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-45243502229604649942015-05-25T18:52:06.605+01:002015-05-25T18:52:06.605+01:00Does no one care about these animals ? i find it d...Does no one care about these animals ? i find it disgusting that most people are more concerned about fences thatn the torture these poor animals suffer as the result of traps , the terror of getting stalked grouse shot from the sky ! for what to feed some dysfunctional, mentally deficent morons who get some kind of thrill from hunting animals? What kind of parasitic human beings have we becomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-20044678925436675472015-05-25T17:26:53.427+01:002015-05-25T17:26:53.427+01:00Evidently you are not the same Hector Maclean as t...Evidently you are not the same Hector Maclean as the Dr Hector MacLean of Eigg, whose spirited grand-daughter I met the other day when visiting the island; one of the many young people who land reform has enabled to return and settle. <br /><br />Dr MacLean would stand on the pier in his kilt and wave the lairds off with his claymore. Asked about landlordism, his reply was, "It's like Alastair McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02057511478889767753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-62077149583490498902015-05-25T16:20:17.427+01:002015-05-25T16:20:17.427+01:00Has it occurred to any of you yet that Fracking ma...Has it occurred to any of you yet that Fracking machinery and extraction operations need exactly the infrastructure you describe seeing there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-55755893482922646572015-05-25T15:34:40.106+01:002015-05-25T15:34:40.106+01:00I do wonder how many of those who write and commen...I do wonder how many of those who write and comment on the eastern highlands actually live, or have lived here. Not in the towns of Brechin, Forfar Kirrriemuir etc. nor the many hamlets outside. But live, and try to earn a living where the nearest shop of any sort is over 10 miles; there has been no terrestrial TV signal for 30 years (none at all for years before satellite; no mobile phone signalHector Macleanhttp://www.prosenhostel.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-65137324770054352052015-05-24T22:23:14.574+01:002015-05-24T22:23:14.574+01:00The tracks being made across estates are like moto...The tracks being made across estates are like motorways across the Highlands. I live here but it was refreshing to visit Shetland recently and view moors and hills without these tracks. As for the 'wildlife'... aye, more more like zoosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-57778881996051491542014-07-25T15:51:12.004+01:002014-07-25T15:51:12.004+01:00Recently returned from driving through the east hi...Recently returned from driving through the east highlands on the way to Orkney and was absolutely dismayed by what we saw. Some small consolation to read this and realise that others deplore the vandalisation. We won't be going back to this part of Scotland and will be telling 'Visit Scotland' why not.lizsnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806460893197675633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-36439823912793173382014-07-10T09:45:09.877+01:002014-07-10T09:45:09.877+01:00Well, it's not the Eastern Highlands, but yest...Well, it's not the Eastern Highlands, but yesterday I walked the South Glen Shiel ridge from its South side. They're building a new hydro plant around the Alltbeith cottage there. There's a horrendous new track scarring Gleouraich's West side (striking particularly jarring note given that possibly the best deerstalking path of all hugs the hillside just above the new track!), Andy B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-22674589490673390952014-06-25T12:49:13.730+01:002014-06-25T12:49:13.730+01:00I just read your article with interest & some ...I just read your article with interest & some of the replies! You should visit Glenbuchat if you want to get an idea of how bad things are getting & the way it's ALREADY GONE!!<br />You'll not see any "natural" wild life here!! Every bird of prey "disappears" as soon as it enters the Glen , there are so called "legal" traps everywhere!! I regularly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-27681265221522814342014-06-20T17:18:53.099+01:002014-06-20T17:18:53.099+01:00Oh and by the way, I found this page via the Scott...Oh and by the way, I found this page via the Scottish Land and Estate's newsletter which has asked its members to comment! I wonder how many will dare?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477587751419831239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-44377185890837266842014-06-20T14:45:30.636+01:002014-06-20T14:45:30.636+01:00Achnasheen?? You have got to be kidding. There ar...Achnasheen?? You have got to be kidding. There are tracks all over the Ledgowan Estate and a new hydro scheme on the way up to Fionn Bheinn which is a travesty on the landscape. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-70366689823415774142014-06-14T13:29:38.294+01:002014-06-14T13:29:38.294+01:00Oss, yes, these areas are just outside the Cairngo...Oss, yes, these areas are just outside the Cairngorms national park. I agree with you on the extension of national parks.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-55289090029013783562014-06-13T22:38:06.774+01:002014-06-13T22:38:06.774+01:00Chris, sorry if I've missed something here (or...Chris, sorry if I've missed something here (or if it's been dealt with in one of the comments - I've only scanned!) but are these areas which fall just outside the national park boundary? <br /><br />I'm with you on the subject of species reintroduction: personally I'd like to see the lynx reintroduced, although I understand that the amount of available forest wouldn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-63876492505219033182014-06-07T13:04:06.513+01:002014-06-07T13:04:06.513+01:00I ask for names if someone is critical and anonymo...I ask for names if someone is critical and anonymous. It is my blog and I can allow comments as I choose. I prefer people to give names. <br />Yes, many shooting estates have fenced off area for regeneration. I would rather see them reduce deer numbers so the fencing isn't necessary. Some estates, like Glen Feshie and some owned by SNH (Creag Meagaidh), RSPB and JMT, have shown that this can Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-32579266241549702082014-06-07T10:35:41.214+01:002014-06-07T10:35:41.214+01:00Why allow anonymous posts on your blog if you ask ...Why allow anonymous posts on your blog if you ask for names? My name is Laura Beth, would you like my address too?<br /> I woudnt hold up Glenfeshie as a shining example, i would rather see 500 deer shot by deerstalkers and money put into the local economy than see them massacred from a helicopter. Though i wish them well with their regeneration aims. Lots of other other shooting estates have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com