What really is the outlook for farmland values? EE-I-HIGH-OR-LOW?

Davesnave

Really2 wrote: »

TBF the place where I fish the guy looks a lot less than 300 years old.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Love it!!!

Davesnave

I am not getting into this, merely observing that as someone who looks after a small amount of land, it's costing me a damn sight more than it's costing ninky. And yes, it's used for food production, though that's no damned business of hers, until the socialist revolution comes.

Dream on!

ninky_2

Davesnave wrote: »

I am not getting into this, merely observing that as someone who looks after a small amount of land, it's costing me a damn sight more than it's costing ninky. And yes, it's used for food production, though that's no damned business of hers, until the socialist revolution comes.

Dream on!

just out of interest, what percentage of the land do you think we should all have a common right to be on / use? for example, would it be reasonable for everything to be privately owned and every time we wanted to go out of our own house (or off our own land), whoever owned that land was free to deny access or charge us to do so?

lemonjelly

I have only 1 comment to make.

Dopester, this thread should win best thread title of the year! Classic!

Really2

lemonjelly wrote: »

I have only 1 comment to make.

Dopester, this thread should win best thread title of the year! Classic!

It could have done with a mucker on the end.

Really2

Davesnave wrote: »

I am not getting into this, merely observing that as someone who looks after a small amount of land, it's costing me a damn sight more than it's costing ninky. And yes, it's used for food production, though that's no damned business of hers, until the socialist revolution comes.

Dream on!

Dave, mean as you now sit on land that is rightfully ours please could you send us all a little bit of fruit,veg and meat each week.

Nosht

ninky wrote: »

just out of interest, what percentage of the land do you think we should all have a common right to be on / use? for example, would it be reasonable for everything to be privately owned and every time we wanted to go out of our own house (or off our own land), whoever owned that land was free to deny access or charge us to do so?

FYI.
In Scotland the people used to own the land until the English takeover known as the Union Of The Crowns. :mad:
Scottish monarchs were always entitled King or Queen of SCOTS not of Scotland, you could not be much fairer than that.

N.

Davesnave

Really2 wrote: »

Dave, mean as you now sit on land that is rightfully ours please could you send us all a little bit of fruit,veg and meat each week.

It will be a very small bit; almost sub-atomic if divided by 60million.

Shall I blow your portion in the general direction of Taunton and hope that the WSW breeze will do the rest? I don't trust Royal Mail with delicate items.

Davesnave

ninky wrote: »

just out of interest, what percentage of the land do you think we should all have a common right to be on / use? for example, would it be reasonable for everything to be privately owned and every time we wanted to go out of our own house (or off our own land), whoever owned that land was free to deny access or charge us to do so?

What a strange question! I have no idea in % terms, but it costs me extra money to insure people who might come uninvited onto my land and hurt themselves, so I seem to be tacitly admitting that anyone can. The fact that no one does is a relief, as I've got stuff around which most sane people wouldn't leave, say, by their front garden gate. If behaviour changed, I'd have to alter my security.

Generally, I'm in favour of maximum access to the countryside, so long as the cost of this is shared. There aren't enough rights of way in my area, so I'd like to see more, enabling a larger number of circular routes, but if I was asked to provide one, I'd hope there would be cash to build the stiles and extra fencing required.

Like a lot of smallholders and small farmers, I'm not going to make serious money from this land, and neither am I likely to be as efficient as my neighbour with hundreds of acres. However, it's often the small landowner who is most interested in creating the varied environment people appreciate when they go into the country, as does wildlife. My efficient neighbour has huge fields, mostly full of the same stuff.

After many, many hundreds of hours wandering around in other people's fields & woods, on and off footpaths, I can only say that I've never heard the words "Gerroffa moi land!" I think the problem areas are on the periphery of cities, where people's bitter experience of things like theft and fly tipping has tested normal British generosity and civility to its limits.

Hey, I said I wasn't getting into this!

My thoughts when I saw the title were 'It'll probably be a steady long term investment, mainly because food security will be a bigger issue in the future.'

chucky

lemonjelly wrote: »

I have only 1 comment to make.

Dopester, this thread should win best thread title of the year! Classic!

you really are a creep sometimes - i bet at school you were teachers pet!!

dirty wolves, dirty wolves!!