Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2010-03-07 23:48:41 - Graham Ellis
The subject lines says it all, really! In the afternoon, full of a cold and not concentrating on other things, I was tempted into a long walk by an energetic and willing companion who - if you look very carefully - you'll find in one of these pictures.
From top to bottom - the field behind Snarleton Lane, the Millenium walk alongside the river Avon - the northern section (two photos), then the southern section, and finally in Conigre Mead nature reserve.
The interesting thing is that many of these scenes are set to change ... with housing already spreading onto the fields in the sector between Snarleton Lane and The Spa, and with the canal coming along into the river. All of which are signs of a town that's growing in confidence and stature and size, and has a great heart.
There have been many discussions as to which direction the town *should* be going in and I'm not going to get involved in those here. I will point out that the well used public footpath across the field shows just how many people make use of the countryside for walks, and that paths that are lost into the urban sprawl need to be replaced by other popular paths; that's not so much a question of designating new public footpaths, but rather of adopting and making popular the "next series out", some of which are currently very hard to follow.
