Re: Disabled folks and RoW

turtill@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:14:51 GMT, Palindrome <me9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Styles are one thing. But a tarmac'ed path up the side of a Dartmoor stream, with bridges across every gully, no.

I have mislead you again. I am only talking of RoW. I must remember to
make myself clearer when posting.

I'm talking about public footpaths and pack-horse trails across Dartmoor. Signposted RoW.

The problem isn't so much mud as foot-deep water - where a stream crosses the path, there may be stepping stones. Or a clapper bridge. Or just the water. Where a tor is encountered, roughly quarried "steps" with narrow gullies crossing them and gaps where a boulder has rolled out. Many can't even be navigated with a mountain bike, let alone a wheelchair..

It is those sorts of paths that *are* being converted into tarmac'ed paths, with wooden bridges across the streams and back and forth ramps on the steep bits.. Why? Disabled access... The council, with EU money, has just spent 450,00GBP on one 5 mile stretch. Go figure. Phase 2 will add another 5 miles. Including adding street lamps in places..


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