South Somerset Bridleways Association
Promoting safer routes for riders
Here is the latest information on the preferered route announcement for the A358 Taunton to Southfields dualling scheme.
Historic link details – highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a358-taunton-to-southfields/
Of particular interest is the need for bridleway impprovements so please do share your comments with us and them.
Sommerset County Concil have confirmed the Puckington to Stocklinch DMMO submitted by SSBA.
The public right of way known as Gummer’s Lane has been upgraded to the status of restricted byway so we may now legally ride our horses along this route.
Nancy (one of our members) was shocked to find that one of the two swallows nesting in her barn had become tangled and died in a loop of binder twine which was included in the nest.
Perhaps due to the dry spring, not enough mud was foundfor nest building.
So the message is, please collect and put away all the odd bits of twine from hay bales.
Swallows nesting in stables are precious to us.
Read and Ride around Westmoor, between Kingsbury Episcopi and Hambridge on Sunday 30th June 2019.
About 8 miles, some road to start and finish. Mostly droves and canal paths.
Level and easy to map read as all straight lines.
Starts 09:30 to 11:00 – £5 per horse and rider.
Book with Belinda Burne – 01460 240360
Please book in with Belinda Burne on 01460 240360 before Saturday 29th so that we know how many maps to bring.
Hi-viz to be worn please.
Trailers are ok to squeeze carefully through to the parking field. Lorries need a space booked nearby.
The ground for this ride has probably been unusually dry, now after a stormy week some of it may be soggy. We will check before the ride.
Our chair, Sarah Bucks, has been working hard on getting as many new safe riding routes as possible out of the A303 Sparkford to Ilchester improvement scheme. Sarah recently responded to ‘Deadline 7’ and there is only one more deadline to go before June 12th.
Attached is what has been submitted. Please let us know your comments.