Category Archives: Obstructed path

Walking in the wind with Ramblers Cymru

Posted on 21/04/2024 by campaignerkate

Ramblers Cymru’s AGM this year was held in Llandudno in north Wales, a delightful Victorian seaside town. We were on the seafront, in the teeth of Storm Kathleen so we were blown about a bit, but it was exhilarating. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Access, Birds, campaigns, Obstructed path, Public paths, Ramblers, Wales, walking | Tagged Birds, blocked paths, Little Orme, Llandudno, nature, paths, Public paths, Ramblers Cymru, Wales, walking | Leave a comment

Forty fab years at the Open Spaces Society

Posted on 05/04/2024 by campaignerkate

On 2 April I celebrated 40 years as general secretary of the Open Spaces Society. They have been very happy ones. The job specification said ‘Despite its long and productive history the society’s membership and public image are not all … Continue reading →

Posted in Access, campaigns, commons, green spaces, Henley-on-Thames, Obstructed path, Open Spaces Society, planning, Public paths, riding, town and village greens, walking | Tagged access land, campaigns, common land, cycling, Open Spaces Society, Public paths, walking | 12 Comments

Launch of the River Coln Trail

Posted on 30/03/2024 by campaignerkate

I was in Fairford, Gloucestershire, on 23 March to open the River Coln Trail. This 33-mile route links the Walkers are Welcome Towns of Winchcombe in the north and Fairford in the south. It takes in the source of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Access, AONB, Cotswolds, Obstructed path, Public paths, Ramblers, Walkers Are Welcome Towns, walking, walks | Tagged campaigns, Cotswold Way, Cotswolds national landscape, Fairford, Footpath, Public paths, Ramblers, River Coln Trail, Thames Path, Walkers Are Welcome towns, walking, Winchcombe | Leave a comment

John Elfes, campaigner for access

Posted on 21/01/2024 by campaignerkate

When we wander over Buckinghamshire’s access land we should remember John Elfes with gratitude. John, who died last October aged 88, was the access officer for the Ramblers Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and West Middlesex Area for 18 years, from 2002 … Continue reading →

Posted in Access, AONB, Bucks, Chilterns, Obstructed path, Open country, Public paths, Ramblers, Ramblers' path-check, Turville, walking | Tagged access officer, Amersham Group, BBC, Buckinghamshire, Cobstone, Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, footpath secretary, John Elfes, mapping, Obituary, Ramblers, Turville | 3 Comments

Shocking state of paths

Posted on 13/01/2024 by campaignerkate

Yesterday an investigation by the BBC revealed the shocking state of public paths in England and Wales. They are blocked or obstructed in nearly 32,000 places, that is an obstruction every four and a half miles—and the problems are growing. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Access, campaigns, Obstructed path, Open Spaces Society, Public paths, riding, Walkers Are Welcome Towns, walking | Tagged BBC, blocked paths, Bradford-on-Avon, Cornwall Council, obstructions, Open Spaces Society, Public paths, riding, Walkers Are Welcome towns, walking | 10 Comments

Bimble round Northleach

Posted on 06/01/2024 by campaignerkate

My final walk of 2023 with my friends Arthur Lee and visually-impaired Marika Kovacs was on 29 December from Northleach in Gloucestershire. It is more or less equidistant between us (Hereford and Turville). We chose a simple circular walk because it … Continue reading →

Posted in AONB, Birds, Cotswolds, Obstructed path, Public paths, walking, walks | Tagged Blocked path, Cotswolds AONB, Gloucestershire, Hampnett, Marika Kovacs, Monarch's Way, Northleach, walking | 6 Comments

A gate to remember two Kent Ramblers

Posted on 07/12/2023 by campaignerkate

Last month the White Cliff Ramblers celebrated the installation of a gate, replacing a horrible stile, on Elham footpath HE334 in Kent (here, grid reference TR182434). The gate was to commemorate two leading members of the group, Margaret Lubbock and … Continue reading →