It is open only during the marathon, when landowners allow the skiers through their gates.

But when they were knocked off their foundations during the hurricane of 1938, the landowner did not allow them to be rebuilt.

"The problem we are having is because the landowners allowed idol worship in the land and they have many temples being built around the country," he said.

Still another landowner has allowed trespass and habitat destruction.

There is no public access from Garsdale, though some landowners might allow walkers to pass through cultivated land with permission.

Latrigg would make a fine short walk from Binsey Lodge, but the landowner does not allow public access.

In such cases, landowners must allow public use for "passing and repassing".

Approximately 120 landowners allowed access onto their lands for the event to take place.

This permits landowners to allow educational and recreational bodies access to their land without the risk of liability.

Farmers and other landowners allowed free access for buried cables to cross their land.