There's a BOAT (byway open to all traffic) near me that provides vital access to hacking in a bit forestry commission land. However the local 4x4 drivers have ruined part of it so it is now impassable by horses. A river crosses it, so where the 4x4s go through and hit the opoosite bank it is getting softer and softer, to the point where there is now a massive crater, filled with soft mud.
Of course the 4x4s love this, as they get stuck and have to winch themselves out. But it means that horses have to scramble up the side of the crater, as going through the mud at the bottom of it would prob be fatal, or at least cause severe distress and injury when the horse got stuck. Scrambling up is just about do-able although not v nice, but scrambling down is something I wont even try. Before it got really bad I would dismount and lead over the footbridge, but now its too narrow to get a horse safely across in hand - you'd have to go single file, and horse would probably rush and trample you.
There's also loads of overgrown branches, and there was a tree until the 4x4 that first got stuck chainsawed it out the way for me. Some a*%# has also been flytipping.
I dont mind about the 4x4s, they have every right to be there and they are quite handy for chopping up the fallen trees quicker than the council. Its the damage that has gone untreated that is getting my goat.
So, a little complaint to the council is needed. Where do I go about doing this and does anyone have any tips?
Ooh, just to add - this is probably East Hants DC land, although it may possibly cross the border in to Surrey.
Of course the 4x4s love this, as they get stuck and have to winch themselves out. But it means that horses have to scramble up the side of the crater, as going through the mud at the bottom of it would prob be fatal, or at least cause severe distress and injury when the horse got stuck. Scrambling up is just about do-able although not v nice, but scrambling down is something I wont even try. Before it got really bad I would dismount and lead over the footbridge, but now its too narrow to get a horse safely across in hand - you'd have to go single file, and horse would probably rush and trample you.
There's also loads of overgrown branches, and there was a tree until the 4x4 that first got stuck chainsawed it out the way for me. Some a*%# has also been flytipping.
I dont mind about the 4x4s, they have every right to be there and they are quite handy for chopping up the fallen trees quicker than the council. Its the damage that has gone untreated that is getting my goat.
So, a little complaint to the council is needed. Where do I go about doing this and does anyone have any tips?
Ooh, just to add - this is probably East Hants DC land, although it may possibly cross the border in to Surrey.