Public Right of Way - Anglophile Friday

Public rights of way from gov.uk

"Public rights of way are open to everyone. They can be roads, paths or tracks, and can run through towns, countryside or private property.

"You have the right to walk along them. Some rights of way are also open to horse riders, cyclists or motorists:

• footpaths - let you go by foot only
• bridleways - let you go by foot, horse or bike
• restricted byways - let you travel by any form of transport that doesn’t have a motor
• byways open to all traffic - let you travel by any form of transport, including cars (though they’re mainly used by walkers and horse riders)"

Lovely Reeth - in the Yorkshire Dales. Even the pigs take little notice of the tourists who decide to walk from the lower level of the town (above) along the public footpath to the upper level. Look what a beautiful environment those pigs are in, yet they seem oblivious to those incredible drystone walls and the grand hills surrounding the village. Snort. Oink. Zzzzz.

Turning the corner of the [fenced in] footpath

and heading toward the incline

Looking back, from halfway up the hill (still on the footpath)

Problems in using a right of way (from gov.uk)

"The people who own or maintain the land must keep public rights of way open and useable. 

If you have a problem using a right of way - eg an obstruction, poor maintenance or a misleading sign – you should report it to:

• the National Park Authority if it’s in a national park
• the local highway authority – you can contact them through your local council
• the Forestry Commission in woodland"

Aha! an obstruction! But I think we can forgive this one and not report it to the authorities.

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He went 'thataway!'

Public footpaths are great for the walking enthusiast, but not always easy to follow.

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 What?! This is a public footpath sign?

Some public footpath signs are hardly distinguishable from any other old post, especially if you don't know exactly what you're supposed to be looking for, or if they're obscured by flowering shrubs. When my daughter and I were in Bourton-on-the-Water, we decided to take the public footpath toward Little Rissington and lost track of the sign posts, eventually ending up in a pasture with a friendly? bull. That was our first real clue that we must be off the posted track. Fortunately, neither the bull nor we were irreparably offended.

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Hoping to have another opportunity to get lost in England

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