Tag: access
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Three Stiles in a Row
This morning’s photograph tells you everything. Three stiles, one after another, in close succession. Not one. Not two. Three. As if whoever built them wanted to make absolutely sure that anyone with a dodgy knee, a pushchair, or simply the misfortune of being over seventy would get the message: this path is not for you.…
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Coleson Bank
This is not a route I use that often. A deep sunken track from Battersby up and over the moor to Baysdale. It gives an impression of some age, but its original purpose has been lost in antiquity. I suspect it may have been the route initially used by Bernard de Balliol (of Barnard Castle…
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Circulus inextricabilis
Remember back in October when I commented on the estate padlocking their newly constructed steps down to the Old Meggison waterfall in Kildale? Well, the steps have now gone, and a hundred metres or so of post and wire fencing has been erected along the riverside of the track in an attempt to restrict access…
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Old Meggison
I’ve heard that some new fencing has been erected at Old Meggison on the River Leven. So that was a good enough excuse for me to head over to Kildale Woods for a wander. Old Meggison is a lovely waterfall, accessed by a “Concessionary Footpath” which is awaiting the confirmation of an order to upgrade…