Save our bridleway: Meon Valley Disused Railway Line
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Barbara Wood
11 years ago
Although in time a lot of the vegetation will grow back that is not the mak
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Michelle clark
11 years ago
thw surface is awful, I have a barefoot horse and the surface will rip his feet to shreds, so I will no longer be able to use it.
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Jane McGibbon
11 years ago
I have used the railway line nearly everyday for the last twenty years and yes it has had some spots that are muddy - but that's part of being in the country! The new surface doesn't suit anyone, horrid to walk on, useless for horses and unpleasant for cyclists. I met a family yesterday who had to abandon their family cycle ride because the surface was so difficult for their young son to cycle. Not sure what they are trying to achieve?
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David Collins
11 years ago
I think HCC can find better use for £300k than ruining a natural walkway!
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peter williams
11 years ago
ruining the very thing that makes it lovely.
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Rachael Baker
11 years ago
I have used the old railway line for years, walking, cycling and horse riding. It is.. or was.. a place of peace and sanctuary. It is now the complete opposite, with an industrial surface making it hard underfoot and taking away the beautiful and natural environment. It is a huge disappointment to think that this is what the council thinks is needed!
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Thomas Baker
11 years ago
I have lived in the Meon valley all my life and used the old railway line (now called Meon Valley trail) frequently. all the so called improvements have done the exact opposite, the lovely canopy is gone in so many areas and the stone chippings make it less rural and more city or country park, nit what it should be!!
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Rebecca Kendall
11 years ago
There has never been an issue with the surface of the trail for as long as I can remember and I have used it since I was a child, so there is no need to change it now and make it unsuitable for equestrian activity and dog walkers.
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Barnaby Gibb
11 years ago
looked lovely and now looks like a road
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Richard Hayes-O'Connor
11 years ago
The trail has been totally "vanadalised" by this "improvement"
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Pat McGibbon
11 years ago
It's not just horse riders who hate this. I regularly walk my dogs on here an occasionally cycle. Even with a mountain bike, this surface is horrible. It seems to wrong for everybody. Who thought this was a good idea?
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Clare Dando
11 years ago
Leave it alone!
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Samantha Evans
11 years ago
There are precious little horse friendly paths that we can still use locally. The green lanes are chewed up by 4x4 off roaders and scramblers, making them impassable, so this makes the changes to the railway line even more upsetting. Why does everthing have to be health & safety sterilised. The types of people you are catering for, don't leave their sofas.
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sarah avison
11 years ago
Please leave the trail alone!
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W. Culligan
11 years ago
It was beautiful. Now it's just another gravel way.
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Shaun
11 years ago
Local environmental and historic sites should always be openly discussed with the local community, users and advisory bodies to find a good way forward.
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Ella Riley
11 years ago
So many childhood memories along the line, like my first canter on a hack, It's such a pity that you can no longer canter along there. The surface is appalling and all this works has disturbed wild life. So much for the new "better" surfacing!!
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Ella Riley
11 years ago
Save the railway line! It's been totally ruined and the new "better" surface is unsuitable for cantering along now.
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vanessa Taylor
11 years ago
Disgusting totally ruined our lovely bridleway
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Charlie Daniells
11 years ago
We walk our dog along the railway line nearly everyday. It looks awful; in some places the new surface to the path has already been washed away and the trees and bushes have just been hacked at. I also sincerely hope Mr parsons is being made to foot the bill for the area of path he has ruined. It may not be the case, but no one with any power to do anything seems to care...
Although in time a lot of the vegetation will grow back that is not the mak
thw surface is awful, I have a barefoot horse and the surface will rip his feet to shreds, so I will no longer be able to use it.
I have used the railway line nearly everyday for the last twenty years and yes it has had some spots that are muddy - but that's part of being in the country! The new surface doesn't suit anyone, horrid to walk on, useless for horses and unpleasant for cyclists. I met a family yesterday who had to abandon their family cycle ride because the surface was so difficult for their young son to cycle. Not sure what they are trying to achieve?
I think HCC can find better use for £300k than ruining a natural walkway!
ruining the very thing that makes it lovely.
I have used the old railway line for years, walking, cycling and horse riding. It is.. or was.. a place of peace and sanctuary. It is now the complete opposite, with an industrial surface making it hard underfoot and taking away the beautiful and natural environment. It is a huge disappointment to think that this is what the council thinks is needed!
I have lived in the Meon valley all my life and used the old railway line (now called Meon Valley trail) frequently. all the so called improvements have done the exact opposite, the lovely canopy is gone in so many areas and the stone chippings make it less rural and more city or country park, nit what it should be!!
There has never been an issue with the surface of the trail for as long as I can remember and I have used it since I was a child, so there is no need to change it now and make it unsuitable for equestrian activity and dog walkers.
looked lovely and now looks like a road
The trail has been totally "vanadalised" by this "improvement"
It's not just horse riders who hate this. I regularly walk my dogs on here an occasionally cycle. Even with a mountain bike, this surface is horrible. It seems to wrong for everybody. Who thought this was a good idea?
Leave it alone!
There are precious little horse friendly paths that we can still use locally. The green lanes are chewed up by 4x4 off roaders and scramblers, making them impassable, so this makes the changes to the railway line even more upsetting. Why does everthing have to be health & safety sterilised. The types of people you are catering for, don't leave their sofas.
Please leave the trail alone!
It was beautiful. Now it's just another gravel way.
Local environmental and historic sites should always be openly discussed with the local community, users and advisory bodies to find a good way forward.
So many childhood memories along the line, like my first canter on a hack, It's such a pity that you can no longer canter along there. The surface is appalling and all this works has disturbed wild life. So much for the new "better" surfacing!!
Save the railway line! It's been totally ruined and the new "better" surface is unsuitable for cantering along now.
Disgusting totally ruined our lovely bridleway
We walk our dog along the railway line nearly everyday. It looks awful; in some places the new surface to the path has already been washed away and the trees and bushes have just been hacked at. I also sincerely hope Mr parsons is being made to foot the bill for the area of path he has ruined. It may not be the case, but no one with any power to do anything seems to care...