Do you think the countryside is reserved for your personal use?
Of course not. But I do think that this particular path improvement is a pointless waste of money. If it is the council who’ve done it, that’s public money, and it could be much better spent. There are many, many far better candidates for path improvement in the area, in places that get far more traffic from users who would benefit from smooth surfaces. The local ramblers have been complaining about the state of our paths for years, but they’re annoyed about impassable swamps and other blockages like that. There was nothing like that on this track.
If it’s not the council’s doing, but the landowner, then fine, it’s their cash. Either way, though, it doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to be a bit miffed that they’ve spoiled one of my favourite local trails.
Can you not get the local 4×4 crowd to drive up and down it a few times?
I suspect that the local MX boys will be up and down it in due course, they should help to make it more interesting.
AndrewBF, is that the bit near Blackmoorfoot Res? They completely ruined that a few years back when it was upgraded to bridleway.