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Does that setup still lend itself to being hidden? If a trail cam is used for security I think it will only have any value if it is unseen otherwise it will probably walk away with the scrotes. EDit to add I use rechargeables on our browning they last a couple of weeks or so.

An interesting point. We had CCtv in the shops and we had an incident. I felt the images were distinctly ropey but the cop said "oh you have good images, that's so and so (naming the culprits and telling us their nationality). That left me wondering what evidential quality looks like, however, that was 20 years ago so standards have improved in image quality so what is acceptable probably has as well.

I wouldn't like to recommend a particular model. My daughter bought a cheap victure and the results are OK. Trail cameras in general start at around £ 50

I didn't realise either until the LD became one. I have since seen that the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon are World Heritage Sites.

Probably you don't, in fact, I suspect you don't drop litter fly tip etc anywhere. From my point of view, I can't come up with any reason for the two counties (Cumbria is now two unitary authorities) to not have a problem outside the park other than the loonies think it is OK as somebody will be paid to clear up. Yes we do get some fly tipping outside the park but it is locals not somebody collapsing their cheap tent rolling it into a ball and leaving it along with food remains, burst lilos etc. Most of the two counties are scenic and I don't suppose when you go for a walk you take a cheap "festival" type tent or sleeping bag, folding chairs, stove, many tins etc (all I have listed have been left behind after campers. It isn't the locals it is people visiting because it is a NP. Is your ref to NT a typo as NT are a smallish part of the NP? So can you explain why the majority of the two counties which are all very pretty and rural don't have a problem apart from inside the NP. As I said earlier I live a fraction of a mile outside the NP. No problems until you get 5 to 10 miles in to the park. The scenery doesn't magically change as I cross the border of the park. As I said the scenery one mile up the road is the same as that where I live. We get lots of tourists in the village.

Did you miss the post where I said it was a NP problem? I was pointing out we get the sort of thing which in the NP causes mess all over the two counties. The problem is in the NP.

You will find wild camping, wild BBQs, and picnicking all over Cumbria (sorry that should now read Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness) all these cause mess in the NP.

Strangely we live just a fraction of a mile outside the official border and haven't heard of or seen a case outside. So yes I blame the fact it is a NP.

Playing devil's advocate. It may cause problems as well. Making people think they have a right to do things as it "belongs to the nation". The Lakes NP is owned by individuals, the NT etc. They have, particularly since Covid, had great problems with rubbish. Cheap tents used and then walked away from, cooking equipment abandoned, food waste, food packaging, excrement etc. The culprits seem to think because of its national status there will be somebody paid to clear up after them.

Most lakes (well the ones that aren't reservoirs) have boating. There are speed limits to prevent waterskiing 10mph on all lakes. What happens varies from Lake to lake. Some you need to register boats with an engine some you need a permit. The longest lake is 10.5 miles so CCing isn't really a possibility. As far as I am aware nobody lives aboard, yes people do sleep in cruisers for a short while (remember the CO poisoning) but not for any length of time.

I hadn't noticed the fence round the Lake District National Park.

Possibly only one year. In the main, the colony dies off apart from Queens who seek somewhere to hibernate like a snug narrowboat. After a bit of a Google Pestuk.com say: Firstly, wasps nests cannot be reused. Each year the queen wasp will build her own nest. Queens will not reuse other nests and it is unlikely that another colony would move into an already built nest.

Wasps are carnivores so reduce the number of insect pests. While there are grubs in the nest they excrete a sweet substance that the adults eat. Wasps become a problem when the number of grubs decreases and they start to chase sweet things e.g. jam