A gentlemans agreement or free for all !!!

[Meatslicer]

Hi all,

I have just taken a fellow club member onto a farm I had found after months of research and contacting farmers all around the vale of glamorgan.

He came for the morning and had a go but didn't find much then left at lunch time. He was very grateful for my invite and didn't abuse my trust.

I have picked up rubbish and filled in holes that stock could step into and injure themselves, scared off crows and other pests and closed gates left open by farm workers and the public when they use public footpaths. I even found out what the farmers favourite tipple is and have left him a bottle on the doorstep when I called to let him know I was going on his land but got no answer. I always show him anything I find and offer him his pick of it, although he never takes anything the offer is there. I consider anything I find as his property and the access to the land as a privilidge.

In return, he lets me know when crops are taken in and the land is detectable, and is happy to chat about local history and what bits of his land may be interesting or have had unusual use in the past.

Treat them with respect and you will be suprised how much help they can be.

Eric

[Neil]

Well siad Eric - thats the way to treat them mate.You are then always guaranteed a welcome back.

 I once phsically evicted some early evening tresspassing lampers off a farmers field and he has always remembered it, as the sounds of their shotguns at night were scaring his wife. Little gestures go a long way.

Cheers
Neil