What happened to the conservationist mentality of the National Trust?
The national duty as mentioned previously has come about from the high public esteem for the charity and this esteem is being slowly eroded by the sale of the land to seemingly profit-driven developers. It seems a contradiction in terms for the National Trust to run its famous “Working Holidays” to aide the upkeep of its land and properties when, the Trust is so keen to shed its load and duty by simply selling the land and taking the easy road to financial comfort. There seems to be little moral considerations behind this venture and may even have further negative consequences as the public lose faith in a leading promoter of British holidays and so, as people choose to go elsewhere and attitudes shift away from the British pride once felt for the picturesque National Trust lands, surely a sale venture is one step too far and should therefore not go ahead.
