<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 15:49, St Niklaas <<a href="mailto:st.niklaas@live.nl">st.niklaas@live.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-CA">IMHO it is never a
well taken decision to tag a path / bridleway for walking or pedestrians at the same time. Ill shut up when walking a path and Equestrians have been using the same trail or path, a horseshoe tends to spoil the surface ruinous. Only a rocky hillside trail could
stand it.<br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-CA">I would not consider
a bridleway as anything else despite Andy’s opinion.</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As far as the UK goes (other jurisdictions may differ) Andy's opinion is backed up</div><div> by<a href="https://naturenet.net/row/rowdefinitions.html"> https://naturenet.net/row/rowdefinitions.html</a> and </div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridle_path">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridle_path</a> amongst others.</div><div><br></div><div>Legally, in the UK, bridleways may be used by pedestrians and cyclists as well</div><div>as by equestrians. Some bridleways may not be suitable for all pedestrians,</div><div>but legally they are permitted to at least try to use them. Maybe we need</div><div>something analogous to horse_scale and sac_scale (or maybe sac_scale</div><div>could be used) to indicate that while pedestrians have legal access it is</div><div>not suitable for most pedestrians. I'll leave that to others to decide.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>