And there it was – gone!

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1. It’s gone, a superficial victory. But did someone give them any money and if so, who and how much? Is there a law that his kind of thing should be on public record?

   1. I think it’s more than a superficial victory. Because of the attention given to incidents like this, people who go grouse shooting now know they are under increasing scrutiny. And that the tide of public opinion is rising against them. Every little piece of PR helps crank up the pressure.

2. Ha! the plaque thickens.

   Actually this intrigued me so I did some digging (not on the grouse moor) and discovered that there were two planning applications made by Mr Ross to Rosedale Council – one for this hut (north of the farm, or it may be south) and one for an “outdoor sculpture in the form of a shepherd’s hut” (south of the farm, or it may be north, in any case there was one hut north and one hut south), plans submitted drawn by none other than Andy Goldsworthy.

   It may be that a grant was obtained for the “sculpture” and the person assigned to put the plaque up on the shepherd’s hut happened to choose the wrong hut but have now seen their mistake and put it on the right hut.

   That is my theory. I wish i had the time to go up there and test it out but unfortunately life is getting in the way of that sort of thing at the moment. If that is the case though, it’s strange that you weren’t given that explanation.

3. So who actually took the plaque down?

   1. Thomas David Dick – no idea! I’d love to know too.

      1. Plaque removal…….see a dentist! Sorry.

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