Discussion
Well I too am a keen walker and walk all over the country and I do not find myself ankle deep in mud and don't expect to always be ankle deep in mud! Most footpaths are well looked after. I walked up to the path in question last week and in all the years I have walked that path I have never seen it so bad. DTC need to get it sorted.
Footpaths are the same all over the country i walk The Dales, Lake District, South West Coast path ,,Pembrokeshire Coast Path, The Lake District, and the Scotish Highlands and i am often up to my ankles in mud it's what real walkers expect.
So why not ask our county councillor, John Clatworthy, to answer the question?
Well thats not the reason both are the responsibility of Devon County Council.
leatash you wrote, " DEEDOODLE there are more pressing problems than a bit of mud on a footpath ie we have a main road the A379 that in places is not fit for purpose and thousands use on a daily basis and has been like it for years. Iwill ask a question why is it we cant get the A379 Exeter Road resurfaced and yet any day soon Coryton Close is being resurfaced." Probably the reason being, ...
@leatash - 19 aug 2017 13:51 - i agree there are more pressing matters affecting the local area that is supposed to be effectively managed by the local/district council. the 'bit of mud' is in and surrounding the access, it effectively closes the path and has been like this for nearly 7 weeks since i contacted the council. Yes, it may be South West water who should resolve the matter, but the ...
Police were called to Dawlish Warren after a parent was seen to dangle their child over the perimeter wall of the railway line. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/police-sent-to-dawlish-after-report-of-child-dangled-over-railway-wall/story-30489471-detail/story.html
It gets better just been up to Ashcombe and followed a lycra clad cyclist through the lanes no hands on his handle bars plus he was talking on his mobile gave him a peep when aproaching a passing place and all i got was two fingers and cyclists wonder why drivers dislike them.
So why did i see 8 cyclists riding towards town down Exeter Road on the footpath opposite the cycle path this morning and i see that on a daily basis. Secondly i followed the so called preparing for road races brigade three abreast from Sainsburys to Cockwood i was in a line of over 20 cars more tolerant i think not.
Magaret Swift - I wonder what the views of the cavalcade of cars, vans and buses that were stuck behind an old codger on his racing bike doing 4 mph out of Dawlish towards Teignmouth this morning was? and the contribution to increased pollution due to him blocking the free flow of traffic. Go at that speed in your car, obviously without a geriatric cyclist in front of you, and see how quick you ...