Does anyone walk their dogs over fields and have you asked permission first?
Karen

yes I do and no I didnt

I have fields at the back of my house and often walk my boys either round them (when there are crops in there) or across them after harvest.   I have never been told off and round my way they seem to leave a big strip of untouched land all round the fields - perfect for walking on ;)

Depending on the fields it might be polite to ask permission :)

Yes I do and yes I did (and I've even been given a key to the padlock on the gate!). Other than that I stay on the public rights of way.
:)

Yes we do - and we were given permission before we'd even asked :D

Obviously don't go over the fields when there are crops growing - though labs have been after rabbits during that time - and farmer has no objection to that either!

Margot

Yes and No.  Yes to walking over fields.  No to asking permission first, mainly because every field I walk through has a public footpath across it.  One of the benefits of living in the countryside I guess.

Ditto, Jackyjat :)

Daisy

It depends what you mean.

I walk over fields with public footpaths and I stay on them as you are required to do, same with dog.

There are open grounds where public are allowed

And then there are fields where I have express permission to walk and train my dogs.

I'll try and explain there is a large field about 10 minutes drive 1/2 hours walk from me now I have walked the dogs there over the last 10 years or so not many people do its off the beaten track and you would have to live here to know where. Anyhow there are never crops on it but it is kept in reasonable order always. But is boundaried on two sides by a road people use to the motorway then on the other a small lane and then a large supermarket. So I imagine that has made it difficult to farm it profitably.

Anyhow nothing has changed - that I can see but 3 people in the past 3 -weeks/month have told me a man has approached them and told them "they can't walk on the field"  I hassen to add no one has told me not to walk there.  But now the 2nd and 3rd set of people with dogs have told me I am aware of this I am trying to find out how I find out if the field has changed hands. I don't want to fall out.

The first chap who told he had been told not to walk there had two very very unruly and badly behaved dogs who everyone avoids so I thought obviously incorrectly it was just him and his dogs.

Back when I started walking there I was given permission by a man in his 50's with a couple of Spaniels who I believed owned the field but I am not certain now I only ever saw him in the field or walking to or from it I have no idea where he lived but no one has stopped me in all these years.   There are no nearby houses - their is a derelict barn which has been empty and falling down for about 25 years or more.

I will go at different time tomorrow and see if approaches me.

Thanks all Karen

If you know the exact location you could try asking your local council who it belongs to??

I think and I'm not sure but if you can prove that you have used a route across the field for a min of 7 years then it can be made into a public right of way.
Our fields had no footpaths and were not used for over 20 years then a large building company brought them and tried to build on them but was stopped under a court order. The owner had not kept the fences in good order and this allowed people access to the land, plus no attempt was made to stop people walking.
One up for us dog owners:)

Oh no I don't want to go to war. I just wondered if others walked without permissin. I will ask the council if I get no joy from the three houses well down the lane. maybe they know something.

Thanks all

I would always ask permission of the land owner if not a footpath or permissive right of way after all if it was my land that is what I would prefer.

No, but I walk Poppy on the local golf course, just round the edges away from the greens and fairways.  It's a public right of way, so no problems.