There is no reason why negotiations could not obtain opportunities for mountaineers to find the right rock face and to come to an agreement with the landowner.
In the vicinity of the village there is a great rock face 80 to 100 feet high, and there is an old quarry which is now covered with grass.
But, like the strata of a rock face, the layers of government remain solid and immutable, save only to permit of their addition.
Within a minute of almost any part of the village is this great rock face.
Every time one looks up at a rock face of, say, 300 or 500 feet one does not want to climb it.
We have said before that parts of access land are intrinsically dangerous—a high rock face half-way up a fell, for example.
They will not make use of the tunnel, nor will they consider the question of making use of new tunnels in the rock face there.
It is not surprising that, during these years, those involved at the rock face with urban deprivation became alienated towards the programme.
