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andy1984

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Antrim Hills
« on: March 23, 2010 »
Hi all,

I was just wondering what is the general situation with access on the antrim hills?

Can you pretty much walk anywhere over a certain height? I know there are certain access routes like moyle way + antrim hills way but what about the rest?

cheers

Andy
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010 »
I'm not sure what the rules are but I know we were tramping all over the place at the weekend without any issues.
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2010 »
cheers J.

Yeah generally thats what i have done without too much thought! lol

Was just wondering if anyone knew what was the general situation to where you are allowed (or accepted ) you can walk?

any no go areas?

Cheers
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2010 »
Not sure but Chris and the chaps took alot of grief from a grumpy yokel around the Mournes at the weekend so just because you're in an area that appears to be public doesn't necessarily mean it is.
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2010 »
yeah i read that! lol

What can someone really do if they catch u walking across a remote field? all you can do is apologise and pretend u didn't realise it was private!
i mean as long as ur not walking around close to someones house, leaving gates open or damaging fences i cant see what the problem is.
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2010 »
It's not my area of expertise but as far as I'm aware trespassing a civil matter so as long as you're not doing anything criminal I think landowners options are limited.
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2010 »
Quote from: J on March 24, 2010
It's not my area of expertise but as far as I'm aware trespassing a civil matter so as long as you're not doing anything criminal I think landowners options are limited.

I think j's right. As far as I know tresspassing is a cival matter. Once it becomes criminal damage then thats another matter. This may be a lie I've concocted over the years to justify my rambling tho, I'm sure it would do no harm to look into it. Would have been nice to know excatly what my rights were and where I stood with that farmer.
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Re: Antrim Hills
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2010 »
 know a few farmers are a bit overprotective at the moment due to lambing season so I always try to stay away from fields with the sheep in them one bad experince with an irrate farmer with shotgun in Donegal and I learnt my lesson . It may seem remote but you never no wats round the next corner :)   
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