Ian, I understand there are people that have a fit over things like that and they lobby to close trails, and that it's a bad example for anyone to do it, particularly someone that is considered the authority over such matters. Here and there it's not a problem, but if everyone starts thinking it's OK and it gets out of hand, yeah, it's a problem. Never felt otherwise.
_________________________

Tip: see if your question has already been answered before asking it. Try our handy-dandy search tool!