Opinion on closing the Brigsteer Bridge SCAM. That's what many people think. A graffiti artist has painted the word, big and bold, on the barrier above massive concrete blocks preventing access to Brigsteer Bridge. Not everyone accepts that closure is either necessary, or lawful.
For today, I'm grateful that a friend drives us via Prizet Lane, shunting back and forth as vehicles jam a narrow and winding country lane now the only Scout Scar access for diverted traffic.
With bridge closures we'll see who has made it to walk on Scout Scar.
For today, I'm grateful that a friend drives us via Prizet Lane, shunting back and forth as vehicles jam a narrow and winding country lane now the only Scout Scar access for diverted traffic.
With bridge closures we'll see who has made it to walk on Scout Scar.
For years, I've always walked directly to Scout Scar which is on my doorstep but now that's not possible. And who knows when Westmorland and Furness Council will restore to us our safe, direct and familiar access. Access to access land. The Right to Roam, all of that is barred to us since 12th June
There's a bright blue sky and the morning is so still we feel the peace and serenity of the place. And that's what many people seek. The fields below Scout Scar escarpment are golden, silage and haylage crops all safely gathered in. So Barrowfield Farm is silent. There are a few swallows and goldfinch but no other birds. I'd have expected to hear and see more. Few runners and walkers have made it here today, easier to drive somewhere else presumably.
Impossible to tell what it feels like to look south to the sea at Morecambe Bay, west and to the north to the Lake District Fells when access is suddenly so difficult.
As a Nature Writer, I like to follow the flora and fauna of this place through the seasons and this summer that isn't possible. I look for felwort, autumn gentian. I know where I often find the flower and I 've found it up here late August and early September. We do find a few plants but they've flowered and set seed. Carline thistles look good.
Sometime soon there should be a review of bridge safety, for pedestrians, and a way forward. Could be, might be, might not be. There's no sense that walkers and runners are a priority to Westmorland and Furness Council.
This week, the LIb Dems are holding their Conference at Brighton and fixing the NHS is high on their agenda. Ironic when Lord Darzi recognises that one way of easing pressure on the NHS is by urging all of us to live a healthy lifestyle. Give us a chance. We're more than eager to live active lives. Barring access to the countryside on our doorstep exacerbates pressure on the NHS the longer this exclusion goes on.
There's a bright blue sky and the morning is so still we feel the peace and serenity of the place. And that's what many people seek. The fields below Scout Scar escarpment are golden, silage and haylage crops all safely gathered in. So Barrowfield Farm is silent. There are a few swallows and goldfinch but no other birds. I'd have expected to hear and see more. Few runners and walkers have made it here today, easier to drive somewhere else presumably.
Impossible to tell what it feels like to look south to the sea at Morecambe Bay, west and to the north to the Lake District Fells when access is suddenly so difficult.
As a Nature Writer, I like to follow the flora and fauna of this place through the seasons and this summer that isn't possible. I look for felwort, autumn gentian. I know where I often find the flower and I 've found it up here late August and early September. We do find a few plants but they've flowered and set seed. Carline thistles look good.
Sometime soon there should be a review of bridge safety, for pedestrians, and a way forward. Could be, might be, might not be. There's no sense that walkers and runners are a priority to Westmorland and Furness Council.
This week, the LIb Dems are holding their Conference at Brighton and fixing the NHS is high on their agenda. Ironic when Lord Darzi recognises that one way of easing pressure on the NHS is by urging all of us to live a healthy lifestyle. Give us a chance. We're more than eager to live active lives. Barring access to the countryside on our doorstep exacerbates pressure on the NHS the longer this exclusion goes on.
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