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Lickey Hills Circular Walk Report

Lickey-Walk-July-2017

Well, we struck lucky with the weather today didn’t we, dry and just a nice temperature.
Nineteen of us were able to make this year’s annual “out of parish walk” which was around the Lickeys and surrounding countryside.

I hope those who came found the look at the WW1 gun butts of interest, as well as the 14th century St Michael’s church, Bittell reservoir and steam pump house.  I hope you all enjoyed the walk too of course, especially the lack of stiles!
Thanks for your company.

Regards,
Stuart Smith
(Paths Warden)

May Wild Garlic Walk 2017

Garlic walk May 2017

Hello All

Thanks again to those of you who could make today’s walk. Those of you who couldn’t, well, you missed a treat as the wild garlic was at its best. The weather wasn’t quite what we’ve become accustomed to on parish walks though – we had a few drops of rain near the end! It was good to see a few new faces amongst the twenty of us who enjoyed the walk, I hope the “regulars” will not misconstrue that, I’m always glad to see you!

shelterI mentioned, when the walk went along the permissive path in Ell wood that someone had sent me some photos of a shelter that had been built in the wood. I’ve attached a couple of photos of it along with the walk group photo. I thought it was quite an impressive effort!

I look forward to seeing those who can make the next walk, The Orchid walk on 17th June. Lets hope the wild flowers give as good a showing as the garlic.

Regards

Stuart

shelter 1

Rights of Way Walk April 2017

Apr 2017 Rights of Way Walk

Many thanks to all those who were able to make today’s walk, it was good to see such a good turnout (20).
In particular, thanks for your forbearance in listening to me rattling on about Rights of Way, I hope you found it at least a little bit interesting.
Rights of Way Walk Apr 2017Rest assured that “normal service will be resumed” for the next walk on 13th May!

Here are a couple of photos for your scrapbooks or recycle bin as appropriate.

Regards

Stuart

Talk and Walk on Public Rights of Way

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map snJust a reminder that next Saturday 29th April, starting at 10am, there will be a talk and walk on Public Rights of Way starting at the Swallows Nest. In the talk part I hope to shed some light on the confusing subject of Public Rights of Way and some of the problems they create. At least that’s the plan! The walk part is about 2.5 miles with some road walking, to point out the paths that are Rights of Way , those that may be Rights of Way and those that are permissive. Its all very confusing but might become clearer on the day…

If you do plan on coming I have attached three files to this email. Two are maps of the Public Rights of Way (or some of them?) around the part of Romsley and Hunnington that the walk will cover and which might be useful to have to hand to see exactly where the different paths are. The third is a “statement” covering several of Romsley’s paths. I’ll explain what statements are all about on the day!

Regards

Stuart
Statement

April 2017 Walk Photos

Apr 17 Walk

Hello all.

Well didn’t we pick a good day for a walk?!
I don’t think it could have been much better, except a less hazy view from the top of the hills perhaps.
No mud either.
Thanks to those who could make the walk for your good company, Nina and I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Regards,
Stuart

Please keep to the paths…

We are aware of issues in our parish where path users are not keeping to the paths and are straying across private land and farmland. This is particularly a problem where fields appear to be just grass and considered by many not be a crop, when in fact they are used for livestock and to produce haylage. There are quite a few such fields in Romsley that have for years been set to grass for this purpose but which should not be considered to be public parks.

We are always keen to improve the public paths network across the Parish for the benefit of path users. Trespassing and damage leads to a loss of goodwill and co-operation from landowners making our attempts to improve these wonderful assets difficult to achieve.

We are aware of issues in our parish where path users are not keeping to the paths and are straying across private land and farmland. This is particularly a problem where fields appear to be just grass and considered by many not be a crop, when in fact they are used for livestock and to produce haylage. There are quite a few such fields in Romsley that have for years been set to grass for this purpose but which should not be considered to be public parks.
 
We are always keen to improve the public paths network across the Parish for the benefit of path users. Trespassing and damage leads to a loss of goodwill and co-operation from landowners making our attempts to improve these wonderful assets difficult to achieve.

Romsley Post sign

Orchid Parish Walk

On the 19th June there was an Orchid Parish walk around Romsley.

In spite of the recent wet weather the Wild flower meadows in and around Romsley are at their best at the moment. The four mile walk, specifically to discover these meadows was a success. The walk to us through seven of the local wild flower meadows where there were plenty of orchids to be seen as well as an abundance of yellow rattle and other wild flowers. It didn\’t rain either!

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20 walk after Snow Storm

Romsley Walk April16

Romsley Walk 16th April 2016.
We had a good parish walk on Saturdayday, 20 of us, – in spite of the snow storm earlier in the morning!

The weather, although cool turned out to be very nice.
Excellent views from the top of Clent Hills to the snow covered Cotswolds and Long Myndd and to the Black mountains in the distance.
Only two of the party succumbed to the smell of the bacon butties as we passed by Nimmings cafe, although Nina and I were soon back to join them!

Regards,
Stuart Smith

Romsley Parish New Year Walk 2016

Romsley New Year Walk 2016 group photo

Here is a photo of Saturday’s participants in the Parish walk.

There are 15 of us altogether and we had an enjoyable walk in spite of challenging conditions underfoot.

Hope you had a good holiday!
Stuart Smith
Parish Paths Warden

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