Editing Footpath (section)

===Confrontation with landowners in the UK===
{{see also|Highways in England and Wales}}
There have been numerous problems over the years in England and Wales with landowners.

One notable example was with the millionaire property tycoon [[Nicholas Van Hoogstraten]] who had a long-standing dislike of and dispute with ramblers, describing them as "scum of the earth". In 1999 Hoogstraten erected a large fence across a footpath on his country estate in East Sussex. Local ramblers staged a protest against the erection of the fence outside the boundary of Van Hoogstraten's estate. On 10 February 2003 and after a 13-year battle and numerous legal proceedings, the path was finally re-opened.<ref>Raath, Jan (3 July 2009). ''The Times'' (London).</ref>

====Isle of Man====
Another conflict involved [[Jeremy Clarkson]], a TV presenter and ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' host who lives on the [[Isle of Man]]. He became frustrated at the lack of privacy at his home when ramblers deviated from a pathway to take photographs of his dwelling. Clarkson's property bordered a small 250-metre strip of land that had no definitive status as a public right of way but was used by walkers regardless. Clarkson aimed to close access to this small strip of his land, thereby forcing ramblers to take a small diversion to stick to the official public [[Right of way (transit)|right of way]] and therefore protecting his claimed right to privacy on his own property. In May 2010 the former transport minister, Hon. [[David Anderson (Manx politician)|David Anderson]] MHK, accepted the conclusions of a public inquiry that all except five of the paths claimed at the inquiry as public rights of way have been dedicated as public rights of way and should be added to the definitive map.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.im/transport/highways/ViewNews.gov?menuid=18480&page=lib/news/transport/highways/publicinquiryint.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002231815/http://www.gov.im/transport/highways/ViewNews.gov?menuid=18480&page=lib%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2Fhighways%2Fpublicinquiryint.xml |archive-date=2012-10-02 |date=2012-10-02 |title=Public Inquiry into Public Rights of Way on the Langness Peninsula – Highways Division Press Release}}</ref>