Wednesday 29th April 2020
Fund-raising evening in aid of: Forde Abbey Carriage Driving for the Disabled (RDA)
Forde-Abbey-The-Horse-in-Art-talk-poster-2020Category: Volunteering
Seedlings and saplings for natural protection
Hedges make a great natural shelter for horses (and other animals!). It’s a good idea to plant new hedges along bare fence lines and add saplings into old ‘gappy’ hedges. Our Committee member, Belinda, has a few spare seedlings and small saplings of native hedge species (Hawthorn, Field Maple etc). Please call her (telephone number on the newsletter) or email info@southsomersetbridlewaysassociation.co.uk if you would like to collect some from her home near South Petherton.
Vote for Our Access Champions Phil Wadey & Sarah Bucks
Phil and Sarah have worked tirelessly for many years to try and restore our lost bridleways and restricted byways.
If you enjoy riding out and off road, please show your support by clicking on the link above and voting for our amazing access champions, Phil Wadey and Sarah Bucks.
VOTING CLOSES THIS THURSDAY 27TH OCTOBER AT 11.59PM
Restoring the Record – Free Training
Want to find out what your evidence can unlock, and how to create a systematic research method to make DMMO applications to record & save lost routes? The British Horse Society is collaborating with the Ramblers to deliver two training days on Restoring the Record in the South West of England.
The courses will be conducted by two experts, well-known to the BHS: Sarah Bucks, Historic Research Advisor – South Somerset, and Dr Phil Wadey, CABO Hertsmere, Historical Research Advisor to AROWAC & Hertfordshire County Committee Member. They will run from 10am-4pm, covering how to research and apply for routes and the key resources used to study them.
The courses will run in the following locations (click on the link to find out more and book):
- Saturday 22 October: Willand Village Hall, Willand, Devon, EX15 2PL.
- Sunday 23 October: Thornford Village Hall, Thornford, Dorset, DT9 6QB.
The courses are free of charge, but spaces are limited so please book your place if you’d like to attend.
Volunteers Needed Compton Dundon [Edit] Postponed Until 6th March 2022
Would you like to help improve a new bridleway by helping to plant trees (small whips) in the Parish Council Allotment land between Peak Lane and Somerton Road. This will continue the new hedgeline which will delineate the boundary of the new permissive bridleway.
The new green lane runs from the B3151 opposite L7/12 (Restricted Byway Touch Lane) through an existing vehicular access around the fields to Peak Lane by the southern end of Public Footpath L7/11.
Pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders will be able to cross the B3151 where there are clear sight lines and no longer need to travel along the road to/from the Peak Lane junction.
For further details or to register your attendance please email info@southsomersetbridlewaysassociation.co.uk
What defines a good path for you?
Natural England has commissioned the Oxfordshire County Council, Systeme D and the University of Oxford to undertake a project to understand the most important qualities that define a good path (e.g. footpaths, bridleways, byways) for different types of uses. As part of this project, they are conducting a survey to collect feedback from user groups across England to identify the top quality metrics for different use types. The results will be openly available and published on greenspacehack.com/.
The survey comprises of 7 questions and should take less than 10 minutes to complete:
Your access routes need you!
Take a look at this informative leaflet. Remember you can report issues on routes in Somerset here
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/report-a-problem-with-a-public-right-of-way/
HOW-YOU-CAN-HELP-IMPROVE-RIDER-ACCESSNew permissive Bridleway in Compton Dundon
The new permissive route is now ready to ride.
Huge thanks to volunteers from Compton Dundon and Reimagining The Levels who planted native trees and hegdrows along the route.
Take care crossing the busy B3151, we advise wearing high-viz.
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Volunteer! Tree planting to mark a new bridleway in Compton Dundon
Volunteer! Tree planting to mark a new bridleway in Compton Dundon
Would you like to join the Compton Dundon Volunteers on Tuesday 23rd March from 10.00 to plant trees (small whips) in the Parish Council Allotment land between Peak Lane and Somerton Road?
The new hedgeline will delineate the boundary of a new permissive bridleway (see route below).
The new green lane would run from the B3151 opposite L7/12 (Restricted Byway Touch Lane) through an existing vehicular access around the fields to Peak Lane by the southern end of Public Footpath L7/11. Pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders will be able to cross the B3151 where there are clear sight lines and no longer need to travel along the road to/from the Peak Lane junction.
Please email info@southsomersetbridlewaysassociation.co.uk by Sunday 21st March if you would like to join us to help the fantastic Compton Dundon Volunteers with this very worthwhile project. We will send you the Covid compliant joining instructions and details of where to meet. Thank you.
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