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Day 2: Geneve - le Petit Chable 20,5km Since I had some swiss francs left over from last year's Via Jacobi, I wanted to pay in cash. However, the office opened at 8.30 only, so I devised a plan. I took of walking, withouty the big backpack, a... -
GIn the UK, while it's still hanging from the tree over public path or your garden, it's not yours. You can only pick when it's fallen. But many people think you can. My apples hang over outside the fence still over my strip of land along the...
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GI don't believe that is acceptable in any case. Why would we even contemplate taking something that is not ours? It belongs to the owner. If each of us picked one apple, and if there were 10 of us passing by each day, the farmer would lose 300...
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GI don't believe it's a good practice after all it's not your tree or fruit.
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GNo, unless invited to by owner
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GRegardless of where the fruit hangs, it belongs to someone. Even up in the mountains where you may think that nobody even knows the tree is there you can be assured that somebody does know. There is no wild fruit. Stick to plucking socks off the...
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GNot acceptable to take what isn't yours, we must remember it's the local rules and customs rather than those at home. Same with the bread hanging on doors... it's not left there for the wandering pilgrims I'd not bother with the bottles of water...
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GFor me, it’s a hard no, no matter where the fruit is hanging. I‘ve seem too many people walk straight into vineyards and taking massive amounts of grapes (in both France and Spain) AND then reason that it’s okay since they only take a few and...
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GBest answer yet. It annoyed me to see pilgrims picking grapes along the path where there wasn't any fencing, had they known of the chemical concoction that had been sprayed on said grapes to prevent blight and insect damage they might have left...
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GSeveral times an older couple picking fruit in their fields waved me over to their fence and pushed fresh-picked cherries or grapes into my hands. Offers to pay for same were rejected, so I graciously accepted their generosity. The thought of...
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