<html><head></head><body><div>On Tue, 2018-08-28 at 12:17 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2018-08-28 12:04 GMT+02:00 Paul Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com" target="_blank">pla16021@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-"></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">My vote would be for amenity rather than man_made. Amenities are something people (whether general</div><div class="gmail_quote">public, or customers, or members) use. Man_made is usually for objects that are used mainly by employees.</div></div></div><br></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'm not decided, but want to bring the following point to consideration: Amenities are usually something for (a significant part of) society in general. Yes, schools are only for those who have children, hospitals only for those who are ill (potentially everyone though), and post offices only for who still sends paper mail or parcels. </div></div></blockquote><div>Post offices are far more important than just sending mail.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Still, these are significant parts (in number) of the population. Opposed to this, horse riding is a small fraction of society, and in rapid decline as well. These are numbers for the UK (numbers might be tainted, as they are from the horse riding industry):<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">"The overall number of those who ride has fallen, from 3.5 million in 2011 to 2.7 million in 2015. There has been a decline in regular riders, from 1.6 million in 2011 to 1.3 million in 2015." [1] This equals to just 2-4% of the British population, for the overwhelming majority, these blocks are useless.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">[1] <a href="http://www.beta-uk.org/pages/industry-information/market-information.php">http://www.beta-uk.org/pages/industry-information/market-information.php</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Horse riding has long ceased to be a method of transport, but is a popular leisure activity. Whilst it is common to see horses out on the road, its quite rare to see them outside the local shops.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure that these blocks are of any use in modern horse riding, I have never seen them used but are historic features that date back to a time when they were transport and used to get to the pub, shops or market.</div><div><br></div><div>I would use the historic tag so that they fit in with other preserved features.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil (trigpoint)</div></body></html>