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Outrage as National Park boss ignites PC row after claiming the Lake District must 'change and diversify' because it is too heavily weighted toward 'white middle-class able-bodied people'
* Boss Richard Leafe said the site must change to merit continued public funding
* He said if parks are seen as exclusive to one group, they 'start to lose relevance'
* A report has said national parks are not doing enough to make people welcome
* Lake District National Park Authority reportedly facing High Court judicial review
* This is over its refusal to ban four-wheel drive vehicles from some of its fell trails
Full Story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...es-people.html

FFS leave it alone! Absolutely anyone can go to the Lake District, it's not like they have melanin barriers, how on earth can it be "weighted toward white people" ?

Able bodiedness I can kind of see, but going on leisurely hikes is more of an able bodied activity.