Wiltshire rights of Way asked us to cut back the overgrowth on two separate sections of Byway. Just under half a mile of green road was cleared by two separate teams. Attention was paid to clearing high, so equestrian users can use without ducking. The clearance will help the lane to dry out also.
The aim was to clear back the byway to allow light to get in and dry out the lane. Also we were asked to cut back hard to give walkers a ledge to walk on so that they weren’t in the ruts. Run over two days, this project saw us clear a mile of green […]
The local parish have a large percentage of byways which are well used and a small selection of other rights of way which were poorly signed and with dilapidated stiles and gates. The first part of the project was helping waymark, erecting a couple of bridleway signs and removing foliage around several existing signs. We […]
The highway authority had no budget to maintain the lane, so permission was given to open up the lane and cut back the overgrowth to allow the sun to dry out the wet sections. Additionally, at the lowest point, the drainage ditches had become blocked, so these needed clearing out. Opening up blocked sections of […]
SPTA is the largest military training area and collection of range complexes in the United Kingdom. SPTA covers one ninth of the county of Wiltshire (94,000 acres) and has some 300 miles of public rights of way, approximately 70 miles of which are in range danger areas, to which access is denied when the ranges […]
Over the 2017/18 winter months, we were asked by Wiltshire County Council to undertake three major clearances. With budgets ever tightening, local authorities are looking ever more often to volunteers to assist them. In the very far north of Wiltshire, my team and I saw our third and final lane clearance of the winter season […]
Organised in conjunction with Wiltshire County Council, a Green Lane Association team undertook a clearance day on a crisp, clear and cold December day. An official lane clearance in Wiltshire on Saturday 16th December with 15 the Green Lane Association members giving up their day to help cut back the over growth. We cleared just […]
