classic33
Leg End Member
[QUOTE 3664592, member: 9609"]If a farmer has made a slight detour to the path then that is fine, we all must try and help each other out, but if a path has been ploughed and planted then please make a fuss about it with the local council, they have a duty to ensure these ROW are kept open. Don't let this right of access to our countryside be lost.
Here is one I reported last December, as part of a planned tour in north northumbrland I had intended to push the bike for half a mile along a path that crosses the center of this field, the farmer had in effect illegally closed the path by blocking it with his crops, as a result I had to take a 8 mile detour that involved cycling along a major trunk road. If it is a public right of way then you should expect that it is open for use.
A fortnight later the farmer had reinstated the path.
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I'd have crossed it, not taken the detour. A lesson learned the hard way for the person planting.
Here is one I reported last December, as part of a planned tour in north northumbrland I had intended to push the bike for half a mile along a path that crosses the center of this field, the farmer had in effect illegally closed the path by blocking it with his crops, as a result I had to take a 8 mile detour that involved cycling along a major trunk road. If it is a public right of way then you should expect that it is open for use.
A fortnight later the farmer had reinstated the path.
I'd have crossed it, not taken the detour. A lesson learned the hard way for the person planting.