Four x Fours Cause A Lot Of Damage Over Fenland Farm Land

[old man]

I was personally aware of similar years ago but with 1 individual. I used to be lucky enough to regularly stalk fallow, the guy who gave me access had a container at the farm for his kit and quad. There was a persistent problem with a known yob and his 4 x 4. Cutting chains and going where he wanted in the small hours. 

The peelers were involved and gave him a couple of lectures that he ignored so the guy with access tried a personal visit to defuse the situation.

End result, his family threatened, container and quad burned out. Never solved till the perpetrator moved away.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

They ONLY understand ONE thing and I cannot mention it on here, but I know it works.

[islandgun]

20 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

If that happens it will just wreck more of the farmland.

Could they not shoot them from the road

[TIGHTCHOKE]

4 minutes ago, islandgun said:

Could they not shoot them from the road

If only, I am sure they would relish the practice, but sadly no it will not be allowed.  

[Penelope]

13 hours ago, JohnfromUK said:

I live further away!

 

🤣

[Penelope]

13 hours ago, London Best said:

I wonder what a red-necked Texan farmer might have done in a similar situation………?

I have watched some videos on YouTube of pig shooting from helicopter. Those boys are very accurate, the pigs don't get away.

 

[London Best]

Just now, Penelope said:

I have watched some videos on YouTube of pig shooting from helicopter. Those boys are very accurate, the pigs don't get away.

 

😁 Seen that! 

[Penelope]

You can understand why some landowners want all hares shot.

[Morkin]

All the Laws are are set for the likes of us, Caravan club Excemp😜

[old man]

59 minutes ago, Penelope said:

You can understand why some landowners want all hares shot.

I fear they need not worry too much, soon they won't have a farm, the few left wiĺ be state owned. Accessed only by the glitterati.

[islandgun]

1 hour ago, old man said:

I fear they need not worry too much, soon they won't have a farm, the few left wiĺ be state owned. Accessed only by the glitterati.

Listening to news today about 500 hectare solar farm in lincs with I think another 9 being planned. Why would they plant panels on this very productive agric land

[JohnfromUK]

Just now, islandgun said:

Why would they plant panels on this very productive agric land

Guess, but I suspect that there will be a very lucrative grant/feed in tariff, or other financial incentive paid, not necessarily to the farmer, but I assume some will filter down.

[islandgun]

57 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:

Guess, but I suspect that there will be a very lucrative grant/feed in tariff, or other financial incentive paid, not necessarily to the farmer, but I assume some will filter down.

I suppose the electricity generated will be used to boil those south American carrots we have imported

Edited Wednesday at 12:17 by islandgun

[old man]

Sheer insanity? 

Pursuit of the irrelevant impossibility?

 

[Weihrauch17]

9 hours ago, islandgun said:

Listening to news today about 500 hectare solar farm in lincs with I think another 9 being planned. Why would they plant panels on this very productive agric land

Utter insanity, Solar was delivering less than 1% of our needs recently for days on end and Wind about 10%.  In the depths of Winter when we need the most energy Wind and Solar are worse than useless in this countries climate.

[islandgun]

On 28/01/2025 at 19:01, marsh man said:

Saw on the news tonight a load of 4 x 4s went over farmland in the Fens area and caused massive damage to crops and the fields , one farmer they interviewed had to lock himself and his family in his farmhouse for fear of going out after them , three times he rang the police and no one came out as the police said they didn't have the resources to attend , where were the rural crime teams ? 

P S You might be able to put a link on about it .   MM

Was thinking why not get in touch with the local hunt sabatours, let them demonstrate and frighten all the illegal courses away. Two birds with one stone

 

41 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said:

Utter insanity, Solar was delivering less than 1% of our needs recently for days on end and Wind about 10%.  In the depths of Winter when we need the most energy Wind and Solar are worse than useless in this countries climate.

I think it's called greenwashing

Edited Wednesday at 21:48 by islandgun

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, A few years back we had Coursers on my friends Farm,  they left a Landy in the Mud , We had to let them come and take it away on Police advice !!!

[marsh man]

14 minutes ago, islandgun said:

Was thinking why not get in touch with the local hunt sabatours, let them demonstrate and frighten all the illegal courses away. Two birds with one stone

 

 

They interviewed the landowner on the news tonight and you could not imagine the damage they done , they had a grinder and they cut off every lock on the gates and even cut through the gates themselves , he had concrete slabs that a tractor can get over but cars cannot but that didn't stop them they just towed them or manhandled away from the track , he counted 13 motors and he said there could have been up to 70 people , when they went they left three motors behind on his land, his youngest daughter was only seven and was frightened when the cars kept going past there isolated house , he rang the police three times and no one turned up , what a nightmare .   MM

[Penelope]

11 hours ago, islandgun said:

Was thinking why not get in touch with the local hunt saboteurs, let them demonstrate and frighten all the illegal courses away. Two birds with one stone

I appreciate the sarcasm, but like that would ever happen.

Be fun to be a bystander, though.

[islandgun]

3 minutes ago, Penelope said:

I appreciate the sarcasm, but like that would ever happen.

Be fun to be a bystander, though.

I would pay, but maybe packham could be coerced to rouse some of the millions of horrified animal lovers to act as vigilantes. Or BBC and countryphile could be persuaded to cover it that would get the government to act

[Penelope]

2 minutes ago, islandgun said:

I would pay, but maybe packham could be coerced to rouse some of the millions of horrified animal lovers to act as vigilantes. Or BBC and countryphile could be persuaded to cover it that would get the government to act

 

[Dougy]

I doubt this incident was hare coursing alone, had the farmer had previous with any of the travellers ?  looks to be an organised revenge attack. What was the response from the police, assuming the farmer has since had a visit from the police. 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

51 minutes ago, Dougy said:

I doubt this incident was hare coursing alone, had the farmer had previous with any of the travellers ?  looks to be an organised revenge attack. What was the response from the police, assuming the farmer has since had a visit from the police. 

I expect they turned up within 24 hours, just to make sure the nasty Caravan Club Members had gone.

[Dougy]

12 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I expect they turned up within 24 hours, just to make sure the nasty Caravan Club Members had gone.

Exactly, crime number over the phone and book closed on the crime. 

 

This country's bubbles going to burst the way its going. 

And all those in the ivory tower will scratch their heads thinking somethings been added to the drinking water of all the RIGHT wing population. 

[chrisv]

On 29/01/2025 at 21:06, Weihrauch17 said:

Utter insanity, Solar was delivering less than 1% of our needs recently for days on end and Wind about 10%.  In the depths of Winter when we need the most energy Wind and Solar are worse than useless in this countries climate.

Sorry to keep the thread off the OP’s topic, but to agree with the above, it’s very cold today and National Grid Live is currently showing a whole 14% contribution from renewable sources. 
Mad Miliband should be removed from his position immediately.