As is well known, Spring is the growing season.  Unfortunately for walkers, growth is not restricted to those nice flowers in your garden, but also includes rampant growth of brambles and nettles across public rights of way.  In Dereham, two paths are particularly prone to this – Restricted Byways 30 and 31.  These carry the legal right for horse and carriage drivers to use them between Neatherd Moor and Northall Green, but at their best, they are currently suitable only for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.  And even those users can find their way blocked by nettle and bramble growth, so to tackle this before the route became impossible, Dereham Walkers are Welcome and The Ramblers together cut the paths on 3 May.

Peter James, the Area Treasurer, laying new protective covers for the path, from a previous path clearance day.

Not in the pictures were Rambler Gerald and Ken Hawkins from Dereham WaW.  Try these paths for yourself – and let us know of any potential blockages on these or any other paths. We like to keep Peter busy!  🙂