[Talk-GB] Advice please: Goat tracks in mountain areas

Martin Wynne martin at 85a.uk
Sat Feb 5 15:06:37 UTC 2022


On 05/02/2022 14:26, Gruff Owen wrote:

> For balance, a small number of walkers do choose to follow this track 
> deliberately, but that is rare as it covers poor ground and is not very 
> enjoyable terrain. With loose bouldery ground and a number of steep 
> gullies where we have attended a number of serious accidents / 
> fatalities over the years.
> 
> In terms of access rights. It is not a Public RIght of Way, but it does 
> sit within CRoW 2001 Access Land.
> 
> The reason this has come to my attention is that Strava have now updated 
> their background mapping from OSM, and it is now one of the newly 
> brought in "paths" which their users will be able to see on the map as a 
> potential route.

Hi,

How about removing a few yards of it somewhere in the middle, or 
wherever it becomes the least distinct on the ground. It would then 
appear as two dead ends and not be routeable over.

cheers,

Martin.



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