Walkers are trampling on my livelihood, says farmer '); '); A FARMER is asking walkers to be more considerate as they are damaging his crops by straying from footpaths. Simon Beddows, farm manager at Coppid Farming Enterprises in Dunsden Green, appreciates exercise is important to people during the coronavirus lockdown but says it is affecting his livelihood. Some of the footpaths that run through the farm, which is owned by the Phillimore Estate, have increased from 1m to 5m in width. Although this has sometimes been a result of social distancing, some people are simply coming unprepared for the mud and walk on the crops to avoid it.