Motorhome/camper van parking debate

[Salty Spuds]

We’ve had nothing but bad experience with the National Trust, they (imho) are an elitist organisation, no better than the landowning aristocracy that donated their property to escape IHT in the first place. The property has moved from the hands of one set of “get off my land you peasant” toffs, to another.
I’ll get my coat.
Ps, for the record I’m not a lefty leaning anarchist, on the contrary, I’m a centre right libertarian. I just can’t get on with the NT.

 

[Kind of Blue]

We’ve had nothing but bad experience with the National Trust, they (imho) are an elitist organisation, no better than the landowning aristocracy that donated their property to escape IHT in the first place. The property has moved from the hands of one set of “get off my land you peasant” toffs, to another.
I’ll get my coat.
Ps, for the record I’m not a lefty leaning anarchist, on the contrary, I’m a centre right libertarian. I just can’t get on with the NT.

I agree with your sentiments concerning NT. I feel that NP National Parks are similar in many ways. I feel that authorities want to pack them up full with tourist for the monetary gain. A different set of wealthier people displace the indigenous population changing the balance. Fewer and fewer local people can afford even a fraction of the asking price of properties in NP Often new owners are not living in the property but renting out for huge gain. Some NP have been trying to move to traffic free areas calling for public transport only. Their argument is that traffic densities are too high.

I always thought that National Parks were meant to preserve the countryside but they are over advertised attracting huge numbers and the areas become over proscribed to. Surely the fewer the better or a better natural balance by banning advertising and vastly reducing the number of B&B and other rentals, amusements and so on. Then making it difficult for second home owners to prosper. In the 50's, 60,s and 70's, NP were only really busy in the peak holiday period. They were more or less empty during off peak and especially so over the winter months. I know this because I used to rough camp and mountaineer during the 60's and 70's nearly every week end and longer periods and there were not many people about. Easter often saw the first of the crowds but it was short lived and the mainly in the popular town ships such as Keswick or Betws-y-Coed or other similar places were most just looked around the shops and coffee houses. Some of the larger campsites started to fill up and so on. Now National Parks are just far too commercialised and administered. I avoid them now and certainly would not live in one. The unfortunate thing is, especially I think since COVID the rest of the countryside has seen a massive change in demographics has taken place. Ordinary local people are being out classed in purchasing properties because their has been such a huge swing in populations coming from more prosperous areas. Many as in national parks just renting out for holiday use after they got bored experimenting with living here. Oh well, the the way of the world I guess. I just do not see the model of the NP in any way preserving the countryside. It just a money making and rule regulating way for the benefit of the few. I can well understand those living in proposed areas for NP's looking in dread at the proposals.