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[Closed] Clearing over grown cyclepaths?

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Are there any groups that are likely to organise this or should i just stick a sickle in my panniers & sort it out myself?

Anyone got anywhere with getting a group like chiltern society or sustrans to help out - many hands making light work 🙂


 
Posted : 28/08/2017 11:22 am
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We usually bung a little folding saw and/or secateurs in one of our bags and use that when we go back to somewhere that was overgrown, it's really satisfying to clear a path that was overgrown 😀 We sort of think along the lines of JFDI.


 
Posted : 28/08/2017 11:26 am
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I used to volunteer for sustrans to organise stuff like this. If it is an ncn route they'll likely have a local group you can join. But it is probably the councils responsibility so ask first - a few times we spent some hours grafting away only for the council to come with their machines days later and hack a lot more down in a fraction of time.


 
Posted : 28/08/2017 12:51 pm
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I find a chain dog lead useful for clearing nettles.


 
Posted : 28/08/2017 12:52 pm
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Just be careful what tools you take, many of them will fail the "it's a knife" test if the police find you...


 
Posted : 28/08/2017 6:43 pm
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Thanks for advice, not on sustrans route & prob worth contacting council as someone has part cleared some spots, part is on a track by main A413 that I had never even seen it is that overgrown 🙁 only found it after checking out a commuting route for my wife.


 
Posted : 28/08/2017 7:02 pm

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