https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/ Editor, writer, book designer, publishing consultant, walker Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:55:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.3 https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/comment-page-1/#comment-10762 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:55:02 +0000 https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/#comment-10762 100 years ago (and 200) it was an old lane – the diagonal route on this 1880s map (but looks like a dead end; today there’s a continuing path). (2/4) https://t.co/R0TDUyJYLv

]]> https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/comment-page-1/#comment-10763 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:55:02 +0000 https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/#comment-10763 The public right of way was lost in the mid-20th century but a 1990s campaigner complained (rightly) to the council, who restored it as a footpath only, and the woodland since has rightly closed in to make it so beautiful today (orchids too! pic taken there 3 yrs ago) (3/4) https://t.co/2OdtV8ylHe

]]> https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/comment-page-1/#comment-10764 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:55:02 +0000 https://andrewchapman.info/tweets/1674704290705727488/#comment-10764 But now the same campaigner is trying to get its status restored to a ‘byway open to all traffic’ = a road. Why would anyone do this? A govt inspector is now supporting this change. Motor vehicles /might/ get restricted… or might not. It’s insane. (4/4) https://t.co/HO5HiGA8tC

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