Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
And she drives a Valtra
footpath width
- Thread starter rollestonpark
- Start date
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Whoa, steady there. Local girl, you may know her dad!
Johnnyboxer
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- Location
- Yorkshire
11000v, just attach to an overhead line [emoji50][emoji854][emoji41]
Just don't even mention "right to roam" then.....
9000v... mains powered fencer, it's the way forward. Make sure there is a sign or 3 pointing this out
I have had some success with wandering dogs this time with strategically positioned 2/3 strand electric fences, and I will be expanding the network and going to a mains fence next year! Lots of signs warning dog owners... As I recall, it is a legal requirement near RoW, but iin fact it is a good deterrent.
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
My neighbour, fantastic girl!
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Lots of questions.
How many fields have footpaths, have you tried to get them moved and why not fence them off?
If you can't move them I think your only option is to fence them and perhaps put signs up and patrol them a bit to make sure locals get the message.
Is there a local facebook group or something that you could post why its a problem to? Perhaps get some busybody locals on side and they'll patrol it for you.
- Location
- Showery S.E. IRL
I'm glad we don't have PROW's across farms here (south east Ireland) as we get enough grief with hunting tourists.
A couple of posts claimed that the farmers must have removed the hedges alongside the paths,but as stated they were the shortest route to walk from A to B so would have cut straight across fields.
The roads however would have often had to go around wet areas or avoid steep banks that would cause problems for the carthorses.
Also many of the walkers wouldn't know what winter cereals look like.
Those with rights and a sense of entitlement don't usually have any sense.
A couple of posts claimed that the farmers must have removed the hedges alongside the paths,but as stated they were the shortest route to walk from A to B so would have cut straight across fields.
The roads however would have often had to go around wet areas or avoid steep banks that would cause problems for the carthorses.
Also many of the walkers wouldn't know what winter cereals look like.
Those with rights and a sense of entitlement don't usually have any sense.
Jon 3085
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- Location
- Worcester, UK
4 people wide now
Even wider on the next field by the look of it4 people wide now
Jon 3085
Member
- Location
- Worcester, UK
Yep,it’s slowed them down a bit,but they keep on coming.Even wider on the next field by the look of it
- Location
- North West
We’ve put some wood chip down on a few of the footpaths back in January to try and dry them up and keep people on them. It’s not a cheap job but does seem to have helped, although I watched a woman walking her dog down the wheat the other day and she was actually pulling the dog off the footpath and into the crop
I couldn’t believe what I was watching! The dog actually had more sense than the woman
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You can see by the white bits how far the path was starting to spread!
I use to think it was just a minority that have no respect for the countryside but I’m beginning to think it’s more like 60% of the population are just plain arrogant, have no respect for others property and don’t deserve access to the countryside. If this is going to be public money for public goods they can keep it!
I couldn’t believe what I was watching! The dog actually had more sense than the woman. You can see by the white bits how far the path was starting to spread!
I use to think it was just a minority that have no respect for the countryside but I’m beginning to think it’s more like 60% of the population are just plain arrogant, have no respect for others property and don’t deserve access to the countryside. If this is going to be public money for public goods they can keep it!
- Location
- Hampshire
You DIRTY old man!! (Fight you for it!!)
solo
Member
- Location
- worcestershire
You need a bit of poultry poop off your neighbour.4 people wide now
Fields by Hag...got serious slurry treatment in December. Apparently pooch owners didn’t like green sludge
That steadied the flow of people for a while, but now they drive and park instead.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
a lot of footpaths were the routes used by the rural postmen, and they did go across the middle of a field, if that was the quickest route to the next farm or delivery
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Not just postman, folk going to work, town, pubs etc, it was all about the shortest route from A to B when the only form of transport for many ordinary folk was on foot
Jon 3085
Member
- Location
- Worcester, UK
The next field had pig muck spread on it for a week,some kept to the path,a lot just walked in the surrounding wheat fieldsYou need a bit of poultry poop off your neighbour.
Fields by Hag...got serious slurry treatment in December. Apparently pooch owners didn’t like green sludge
when I ploughed the field even the seagulls and crows couldn’t settle.At least we won’t need any bird scarers when I plant it
Every single path we have cross fields apart from one and they would have to swim the river if that one did, we have maps going back to 1700 and fields haven't changed, the paths go A to B the fields are shaped other reasons
renewablejohn
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- Location
- lancs
Having trouble with the definitive map here. On the map its down as a footpath but it was put in as a road in the Enclosure Act so should be a BOAT. Because of this error locked gates have been erected and access denied. Council have refused to remove gates as they say they only have a duty on footpath access.