James and Pippa Matthews face a backlash from locals after blocking off a public footpath on their Berkshire estate

‘I like to walk, and I don’t see why I can’t walk there. I have been walking along there for 50 years. When Sir Terence had it, he had no objections. I think we should have a right to roam,’ one local told the Mail On Sunday. ‘These people seem to be overprotective of their property. I don’t think it is right. We are quiet villagers. We don’t have vandalism around here. With all the notices stuck up, it feels like us and them.’

Another neighbour commented that it was a ‘shame’…