AT LAST THE START OF A CRACK DOWN MAYBE.
Call for crackdown on sex in countryside21 September 2006
04:27http://tinyurl.co.uk/5mcb Ipswich Evening Star
A SUFFOLK country park user today called on police to crack down on perverts using a rural car park for sex.
The man says 'doggers' regularly use the Bridge Wood Car Park at Orwell Country Park for open air sex and fears children and families may unwittingly stumble on people committing lewd acts.
He says police turn a blind eye to the goings-on and has resorted to taking photographs of people using the car park to post on the internet in an attempt to deter the practice.
Suffolk police, however, said it patrols the area regularly and is not aware of dogging at the site.
The man, who regularly walks his dog in the area but wants to remain anonymous, said: “It has been going on for a long time but the police don't do anything about it.
“They will go to the car park every now and again but don't really take any notice.
“I think they regard it as adult activity and as long as they are out of the way it is okay - but it is not.
“Some Friday nights and Saturday nights the place is heaving with 20 or so people up there.
“People shouldn't have to put up with this rubbish going on.”
Despite a drop in instances since he began his photography campaign, the man has still called for police action.
A Suffolk police spokesman said: “The Bridge Wood Park, Orwell Country Park and Alnesbourne Priory area is a remote site and therefore patrolled regularly especially during late and night shifts.
“Officers patrol the area looking for any criminal or suspicious activity such as drug use and criminal damage and to look for abandoned vehicles to describe but a few examples.
“We are not aware of the activity described being an issue or of any recent complaints.
“If complaints of such anti social behaviour are received then we will of course respond appropriately.”
News of the alleged dogging site comes just a week after a picnic site off the A14 was closed after rangers discovered people had been using the area for similar activities.
Rangers at the Haughley picnic site, near Stowmarket, reported a number of indecent incidents during recent months.
The temporary closure is set to be reviewed by Suffolk County Council at the end of the month.
What do you think should be done about doggers? Write to Your Letters, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, IP4 1AN or e-mail eveningstarletters@eveningstar.co.uk
WEBLINKS:
http://www.suffolk.police.uk/
Facts: Dogging
Dogging is a broad term to describe any outdoor sexual activity.
It involves exhibitionism and voyeurism with the voyeurs mainly being men and the exhibitionists mainly being couples or women who may invite others to join in.
Dogging is a fairly new phenomena with it first being reported on by BBC News in 2003.
The popularity of dogging has increased rapidly due to the internet with thousands of people joining web groups and keeping in touch about meetings and locations by phone.
Former footballer Stan Collymore famously confessed to dogging following an expose by a national newspaper.
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There are a few more pics on my picture site but the statement by Suffolk Constabulary isn't really good enough. I am certain they are well aware of what is happening at both Bridge Wood and Nacton Shores but are turning a blind eye to it. There have been blogs in the past that have logged registration numbers of cars using Bridge Wood for dogging and I have many of the numbers saved to disc.
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COMPLAIN TO THE OMBUDSMAN. WILL IT BE WORTH IT?
I have followed IBC complaints procedure for the best part of a
year now and got nowhere. I have been told it is a waste of time
following the path to the ombudsman that IBC are pushing me to
but as an exercise and for the enjoyment of my readers I am
going to do just that and post the progress on here. All the
documentscan be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/
but be sure to follow the numbers as they are not in regimental
order because I down load some in the wrong format to start
with so just check as you read please. The site shown is here
http://www.ombudsmanwatch.org/
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THIS IS HOW FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IS PRESENTED BY IPSWICH BOROUGH COUNCIL AND IT AIN'T FREE:-)

I wanted to see why the Ipswich Airport Association lost their fight to preserve the Foot Path behind the house in Nacton Road. Quite obviously this is a sore point with IBC as they know the new law will allow me to re-apply for that Foot Path to be restored and the one Macdonalds has been built on top of. Pics can be clicked on to enlarge them or go here.

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WELL IT IS DOWN TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF IPSWICH BOROUGH COUNCIL, JAMES HEHIR NOW.
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It is over 6 weeks now since I received the post card from James Hehir. This past week I have been in regular telephone contact with his office and I have been lied to. Yes that is correct, the Chief Executive of Ipswichs Office has lied to me with various excuses and blatant lies. I have been told a letter was posted to me a week ago. Then I was told it may have been lost in the internal postage system but another copy would be sent to me by e-mail and a copy of the hard copy would also be sent to me. That was pure unadulterated lying as no e-mails or hard copies ever arrived so if ever you think you are being lied to by James Hehirs office you are probably correct in your thinking. My original complaint was about disability access to Bridge Wood and then about Foot Paths being unlawfully blocked. The correspondence is below for all to see.
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The reply was probably seen as a bit of a lark and passed around the office for a giggle.
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I then wrote to Tracey Lee and finally to James Hehir,

Mr James Hehir 26th July 06
Chief ExecutiveIpswich Borough Council
Fax: (01473) 432522
Dear Mr James Hehir,
I am disabled as is my wife and we cannot access many of the footpaths around what used to be the old airport because they have been blocked by IBC.
I have spent many months trying to get this issue settled through AndySheppard and Steve Hunt and eventually through Tracey Lee.
I went back to Andy Sheppard for one final attempt to get this matter sorted but I just received a complete lack of understanding from them and some pretty silly excuses.
Tracey Lee, in her letter to me dated 29th June 06 Referenced TL/sprhas told me that before I take this matter to the local government Ombudsman I have to refer it to you and that is the reason for this letter.My wife and I cannot access any of the gates erected across footpaths by IBC at Bridgewood/Brazierswood and Ravenswood and we feel we arebeing discriminate under the provisions of the DDA.
Further more I am certain that many of these gates are illegal in another way and that they obstruct footpaths.
Will you please look into this matter while we still have some summer left in which to enjoy the countryside we have used for the last 60 odd years?
Yours sincerely

That letter resulted in the Post Card at the top of this page followed by a load of lies by a lady whose name I will keep off the record for now. I am doing this in the full glare of the public because there is an arrangement whereby the matter can be sorted out between the Ombudsmans office and IBC without reference to me to save a report being made which is not what most councils want. They want everything to be kept quiet.
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MORE GATES, MORE MONEY AND LESS FREEDOM.
The gates at Bridge Wood started off 100m inside Bridge Wood 10 years ago.This is all that remains now. The gates were erected before the fence which itself now blocks a Foot Path across the field within the fence. It now belongs to Priory Park Ltd who are also blocking another Foot Path that runs through Alnesbourne Priory down to the river by Mansbrook. However that is for another day as one mustn't fight on too many fronts at the same time.
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A few thousand pounds later it became this. Note the red and blue waymarkers. Red means vehicles blue means horses and that means this is not only a Foot Path but also a Bridle Way and a Vehicle Way. It has been what is known as a BOAT since I can remember. A BOAT is a By Way Open to All Traffic which is why IBC was able to buy Bridge Wood cheaply as it has sitting tenants. You and me. Anyone can pass this way as the right to do so belongs to the Public and not to IBC even though they own the land.
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A few more thousand pounds of our money and we have this.
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RAVENSWOOD SHOPS CENTRE BUILT ON FOOT PATH.

The shopping centre pictured while being constructed is actually built on a Foot Path which hasn't been extinguished. This shows really careless planning as a Public Enquiry in theory could lead to the destruction of these buildings one of which is the partly built Macdonalds which is defintely bang on a Foot Path which is protected by law. When Ravens Wood was built the Foot Path from Maryon Road to the old airport entrance was not accepted under laws applicable at that time, after a Public Enquiry organise by the Ipswich Airport Association Ltd but from the old airport entrance to the Foot Path leading from Nacton Road to the river was never extinguished so somebody has dropped an almighty clanger which could have serious implications if enough users came forward and objected to the buildings:-))))) I am a member of the Ramblers Association, the Open Spaces Society and The Footpath Worker and I keep up to date on Right Of Way issues but at the moment I am busy helping John Hunt to establish ROW's leading down to the river and I have not been asked about this particular ROW. Ipswich has no definitive map of ROW's so it is up to older folks such as John Hunt to remember where the ROW are and get them incorporated into the Ipswich definitive map which is being worked on now. Another one I know of will affect any building beside Maryon Road leading down to Brazier's Wood. I wonder if the people who bought properties on Ravens Wood will now take action against their surveyors/solicitors and IBC:-)))) The Dock Island is another to keep an eye too as the ROW there is obstructed likewise Cliff Quay which is the route to Hog Island that was. John Hunt can be contacted through me.

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