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#50 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 02:07:11 pm
Today I have been to Cliffe Farm, opposite the gate to see if I could find out more.

When Whitehouses became know via yorkshiregrit.com the land belonged to the farm, but when the house was sold a few years ago the land was not sold with it. The current owner of the house believes the land stayed within the Family. Which is odd because their son was one of the first to climb there.

The current owner of the house does not have a Problem with cars parking near the gate, in fact he has asked climbers why they park down the road!! He thinks it's great that People climb at Whitehouses and sees it as a positive.

So why the landowner has done this is still a mystery, he must have some reasoning no matter how trivial. The good News is that the right Hand side has not been vandalised and not all the Problems on the left are effected. Lets hope the guy sees the Errors of his ways.

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#51 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 02:42:42 pm
One point I noticed on the BMC article is that it sates there is no legal public right of Access. What about the public footpath that runs directly under the crag?

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#52 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 03:35:00 pm
I thought the footpath ran past, rather than underneath the crag?

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#53 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 03:51:07 pm
One point I noticed on the BMC article is that it sates there is no legal public right of Access. What about the public footpath that runs directly under the crag?

Might have been OK if everyone just tagged the back of their hand and dropped off  ;)

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#54 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 03:56:02 pm
Good work Sypeland - the plot thickens.

I believe the footpath runs the other side of the wall beneath the crag. Even if the path ran directly beneath the crag would that give us the right to climb there? - Legally we could walk by and even stop for a picnic.

The other peculiarity is that the gate was clearly only used for access by foot - no track to it down from road, wouldn't open fully - so it's hard to imagine it ever being blocked so badly that it couldn't be used by the farmer in this way. Although, I admit to not knowing the habits and routines of farmers.

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#55 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 04:08:23 pm
I've also thought this; you had to lift it to open it and as you say, there's no track...strange. Can imagine the farmer might want to drop some sheep off in the layby but didn't look like he was in the habit of driving through it.


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#57 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 04:16:53 pm
One point I noticed on the BMC article is that it sates there is no legal public right of Access. What about the public footpath that runs directly under the crag?

Why don't you ask Rob directly? He might not see something posted on a forum.

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#58 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 04:42:48 pm
The problem with the gate is not that it was being blocked, but that it was being left open.

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#59 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 09, 2018, 05:56:58 pm
The problem with the gate is not that it was being blocked, but that it was being left open.

I have passed that gate several times a week for the past 26 years and never seen it open.

That seams remarkably like an excuse being used as a reason?

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#60 Re: RIP Whitehouses
February 18, 2018, 02:59:57 pm
very sad news...
words fail me

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#61 Re: RIP Whitehouses
March 04, 2018, 05:43:34 pm
A moment of humour from a largely bleak story....

http://livingwithwads.tumblr.com/post/171519980518/bad-omen

 

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