Tales from a National Park!

[Hodge]

I agree by the way, best thing that ever happened to Windermere

 

Where do you live?

[Hodge]

The point I was trying to make was that people who don't live in the area are dictating what goes on, that's what gets me, the reason I started in tree work was the hotel that I worked laid me off due to loss of Buisness, it's ok for people out of the area to make comment but if they loved here they may look at things differently.

[jpbeaver]

The point I was trying to make was that people who don't live in the area are dictating what goes on, that's what gets me, the reason I started in tree work was the hotel that I worked laid me off due to loss of Buisness, it's ok for people out of the area to make comment but if they loved here they may look at things differently.

 

It's the people outside of the lakes who bring in all the money though.

[skyhuck]

Its a National Park, so its going to be managed in a manner that benefits the Nation, not the locals.

[Hodge]

It's the people outside of the lakes who bring in all the money though.

 

That's partly true, local people spend money there too. My point was why should people who don't live or work in the area have a say in how it's run, we don't get a say in how they run things in the welsh national park or in Scotland, somebody who comes here now and then but doesn't like the noise of a jet ski shouldn't be able to dictate how things are run. That's half the trouble in this country, people stick their noses in to things that don't concern them.

[Hodge]

Its a National Park, so its going to be managed in a manner that benefits the Nation, not the locals.

 

That's a great attitude, what do the locals matter, tell that to those who lost jobs etc, I'm sure the will agree!

[skyhuck]

That's a great attitude, what do the locals matter, tell that to those who lost jobs etc, I'm sure the will agree!

 

Its not an attitude, its a fact.

[Sam Thompson]

Its a National Park, so its going to be managed in a manner that benefits the Nation, not the locals.

 

You wouldn't have a national park without any locals

[treedave]

Its a National Park, so its going to be managed in a manner that benefits the Nation, not the locals.

 

Strange that, I thought the LDNPA where charged with managing the park for the benefit of all. Unless the people that created the views and manage the man made landscape are accommodated, then the loss of knowledge built up over generations will continue.

Tourism brings in the most money, but if the farmers, foresters, dry stone wallers, quarrymen etc cannot carry on their day to day existence with minimal hindrance, then the average age will continue to rise, die out and you can all come and look at a derelict landscape.

But hey, in the end the trees will reclaim the fells and it may become a wilderness again.

[Hodge]

Its not an attitude, its a fact.

 

Your entitled to your opinion skyhuck , i dont agree, you don't live and work in the area so how would you know how it affects local people. Whether its a fact or not, right or wrong the decisions made by others has affected people's lively hoods.