Landowner blocks entry to ‘hot spot’ lake after getting fed up with visitors ‘trashing’ the place


[post_page_title]The final straw[/post_page_title]
The final straw came earlier this year, when Mr Titley received a letter from the local council. They were threatening to prosecute him for illegal dumping.

The final straw

Imagine what it must have felt like. A farmer selflessly gives the public access to a piece of his own private land, then single handedly deals with its increased popularity, only to be threatened with court action over littering done by careless people he doesn’t even know. In the end, Mr Titley had to clean it up himself – and then, he made a drastic decision.

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