Footpath Report – November & December 2017 – Holmer and Shelwick Parish Council

1) Wednesday 15th November – walked the following footpaths looking for parish views that we would wish to keep as part of the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP):
HO3, HO4, HO6, HO9, HO10, HO13 & HO14

View to Hay Bluff from above Highfield House

Looking towards highest hill in Parish from HO14

2) Sunday 19th November – continued walking the following footpaths looking for parish views that we would wish to keep as part of the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP):
HO10, HO15, HO16, HO17 & HO18

Path HO15 access Land near Shelwick Green Farm

3) Tuesday 5th December – Replaced HO6 waymark that had been removed

Replaced waymark on HO6 through The Furlongs

4) Tuesday 5th December – checked out HO1 for Locality Steward following a report that the path was obstructed by a barbed wire fence and the path was not protected from the Hereford Point building work. Path obstruction not on HO1 within the parish boundary.

5) Tuesday 12th December – what a difference a week makes! Snow on Sunday 10th caused damage to trees and bushes flanking path HO1.

Trees & Bushes down near Ayles Brook bridge

Plodded across the snow to the HO1 parish boundary and continued onto Pipe & Lyde path PL9. Came across the path obstruction at SO 4991 4277

6) Saturday 20th December – returned to clear the snow damaged bushes on HO1 – some kind soul had already cleared quite a lot of the branches – thank you for that

PL9 Point at which path is obstructed by fence at SO 4991 4277

PL9 Alternative step over fence crossing point provided at SO 4985 4277

HO1 path cleared of fallen branches and bushes at Ayles Brook

7) Saturday 20th December continued to HO8 at Roman Road end and fixed a waymark to a redundant telegraph post – pending a finger post being erected by Balfour Beatty in due course