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Welcome to the online edition of Signpost. This is an alternative to the print edition.
The format of the overview page has changed, just click on the image to the right of the summary text to view the full article.
by Kathy McLeanAs 2021 started, so did my role as Chair of the Society. I want to pay tribute to my predecessor, David Hurrell, who sadly passed away in 2020. David was a great advert for the society and a committed chair and path inspector.
by Shirley AddyAs I write this editorial, the country is in the grips of bitter cold weather as well as the lockdown restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.
Are you passionate about rights of way and interested in the legislation that helps to protect them? If a Highway Authority (HA) fails to fix a problem, could you help to give them a nudge or, if necessary, take enforcement action to get the problem fixed?
Please note that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the 2021 AGM will be held online via Zoom at 11 am, 17 April 2021.
There is now a Facebook - Peak & Northern Footpaths Society Members' group. Find out more!
by David GoslingDavid Bratt retired as the society's President at our AGM which was held belatedly via Zoom in October of last year.
by John FisherRecently I took over responsibility for answering the emails from PNFS Path Checkers and from the general public via our website.
by Tony BrackenburyI got my New Year's present on 4 January 2021 with a new footbridge which I have been asking for over two years.
by Linda SmithI would like to congratulate the team that has been busy digitising historic correspondence relating to public rights of way in our various parishes - David Brown, Jeff Coulson Graham Smith, Geoff Jones and Paul Easthope.
David Gosling writes: Chris Davison has been a volunteer with PNFS since the early 1990s making him one of the longest serving footpath inspectors.
by John WhitePatrick Justin McCarthy died in the autumn aged 91. Justin would have been known to many as a footpath inspector, active member and pioneer on claiming new rights of way.
by John HarkerBoundaries take many forms and their impact on people who try to cross them varies widely as many a walker or traveller knows.
Our new e-newsletter was sent out recently.
by Shirley M AddyIn June 2020, I asked the Wilpshire Parish Council if it could consider improving one of the four paths that meet at where PNFS's new signpost S598 was to be placed.
by David GoslingBob Proctor was an active member of the Society until his death in January this year. He was a keen fell walker and was a rock climber in his earlier days.
by Ken SmithFootpath 100 Saddleworth runs from Old Lane, Dobcross, Saddleworth North to Buckley Street with a short branch leading on to Chapel Street both coming out on to High Street Uppermill Saddleworth South.
by Ken BrockwayI said in an earlier article that research for a Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) application is like a jig-saw puzzle. I would now add that the puzzle is sometimes back in the box when that elusive missing piece is found.
by John HarkerThis footpath is one for the connoisseur of the obscure footpaths in our network. Squeezed between housing estate and heavy industry on the Sheffield/Rotherham border. it was a footpath I hadn't walked since 2002.
by Mel BaleIn January of this year, the society’s membership had increased by almost 10% year on year!
by Terry NorrisAll planning applications potentially affecting a public right of way have to be advertised by a notice on the site of the proposed development and in a local newspaper.
by David MortonAt the end of October we had 537 signposts in total. As at 31 January 2020 we have only 536. No new signposts were erected in the three month period, so this is a report on our maintenance and inspection work.
by Linda SmithThe benefits of walking for our physical and mental well-being are well known. Interest in hiking has increased year on year and particularly during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak when people were forced to find new forms of exercise close to home.
by David Bratt and David MortonFred was the society's Signpost Officer (Admin) twice, in 1992-93 and again in the early 2000s - a position he embraced with great enthusiasm and commitment.
by Ken BrockwayErewash Borough in Derbyshire is a well populated place with a mixed history of engineering, furniture making and lacemaking. The parishes of Long Eaton and Sawley blend into one, as do many others here.
by Jenny Allen and Rhoda BarnettThe C&IC were invited to review this new book as a possible addition to their library. The book is intended as a reference guide for lawyers and non-lawyers who need to have a working knowledge of this niche area of law.
Signpost is edited and published for the Society by Shirley Addy, editor@pnfs.org.uk.
Postal: contact via Taylor House, 23 Turncroft Lane, Offerton, Stockport, SK1 4AB. Design and Print by Lymetrees (Tel / text 07984 059150).
The views expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of the Society
| Page title: | Signpost 67, Spring 2021 |
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