‘Why I kick down Peak District stone stacks’

Stone piles are a widespread view along the upper and lower hiking trails in the UK.

But a Walker is in a mission to emphasize the damage they can do to the environment – by kicking them.

Stuart Cox says some people use the stones taken from an old wall near Mam Tor in the Peak Region in Derbyshire, some of them build 6FT (1.8m) piles.

One last video he filmed because he kicked the heaps, watched more than a million on social media.

And the authority of the Peak District National Park, the structures are “harmful” to the region and have become more common in recent years.

“Look at this,” says Stuart, before being disappointed during the Facebook video on May 20.

“Destroy most of them.” It then continues to throw a pile of stones.

He lives in Derbyshire Castleton, a 57 -year -old, who works as a sworn engineer, is a short drive from Mam Tor.

The passionate and summit about the region regularly document its walks on the Viking page.

However, dozens of heaps built next to the intense big back path – a walk of about 15 minutes from Mam Tor’s summit – took the most interaction.

Most Most people have been quite supportive: ‘Yes, I hate them. If we see them, we are taking them back to their natural situation. We are completely joining with you.’ ‘

“Then I had an opposing reaction: ‘Don’t tell me what to do. If I want, I will build them and continue whatever’.

“I have even suffered a few threats with a private message, but I’m not worried about them.”

Peak District is far from one place where stones are proven to be problematic. For example, campaignists said Stone towers on a Scottish beach It was a worrying trend.

Stuart says the masses in his video were built using stones from an old border wall extending next to the popular Great Ridge Walk.

This is worried that this damages the habitat of small creatures such as frogs, frogs and insects living in the wall.

It is an opinion shared by national trust.

“The majority of the stones in this video are not on the national trust.” He said.

“In some parts of Mam Tor, heaps have been created, and staff and volunteers will rarely remove those who have found.”

Trust says there is a problem in the land where stones are responsible.

Rangers carried out extensive work to protect and maintain the hill in Mam Tor, “a planned monument and has a large archaeological importance.”

One spokesman said, “The intense forest wall is historically important, it dates back to 1579.”

“Unfortunately, stones not only affect the history of the site, but also affect the natural habitats of wildlife living and fed on these ancient walls.

“In the long run, it will disrupt the sensitive balance of the landscape.”

Stuart says that there is evidence of stones that it has been removed from the ways it says it can lead to more erosion. Already at a popular walking point.

Accordingly Rural codeVisitors should leave rocks, stones, plants and trees while finding them, and take care not to disturb the wildlife, including birds nest.

Anna Badcock, Director of the Cultural Heritage of the National Park authority, says that the heaps are damaged. “SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS” of the National Park And in recent years, the problem has worsened.

“[Stone stacks] It was created by the stone removed from historical features, “he said.

“They are very harmful to the historical environment, which is a legal duty for protection.

“Like Walkers’ Cairns [a marker along a trail]After one is created, it encourages more. “

The authority says that the Rangers are often “not dangerous or causing an obstacle unless they are”.

“We know that the National Trust Rangers has removed some of them in Mam Tor.”

Stuart said he tried to contact the owner of the land with the heaps and offered to help to rebuild the wall.

While the video has some discussions on social media, he hopes that he can make a small difference for his beloved place.

“I am very passionate about the region, you know, to see that people live and work, and to see that they are thrown into the trash, you know.

“More important elements [of reaction to his video] ‘When I first watched the beginning of the video, I thought you were a little stupid, but when I came to the end, I actually didn’t know that, and then I won’t build the stones’.

“This is important to me. Even if he noticed the mistake of a handful of human paths, then it made it more valuable.”