Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

I enjoy making a nuisance of myself for a good cause

Hurry, hurry: we have only until 2026 to make sure some footpaths and bridleways are not shut for ever

Walkway to heaven: the familiar and much-loved sign. [Sam Mellish/In Pictures/Getty Images] 
issue 24 July 2021

The scaffolding pole across the public footpath led to a farcical conversation with the local council. I had been walking the dogs down this well-used path close to where we keep the horses when I discovered that the pole, which is attached to a post on either side of the path and which has been there for some years, was now padlocked to one of the posts so that I could no longer move it to go through.

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