We've fixed 102 paths so far, and want to repair a further 70 paths. Our photo gallery show some of the best examples of:
Repair guidelines
Before any repair is agreed the question should be asked: "is there a better solution?"
Repairs are necessary to prevent visual intrusion and environmental damage.
Works should be of a high standard of design and implementation using indigenous materials, sympathetic in colour and texture to the immediate surrounding area. Uniformity of construction should be avoided, for example steps.
Techniques used should protect existing vegetation and normally, only locally occurring plant species should be used in restoration. Non local species will be acceptable only where necessary as a nurse crop and where natural succession will rapidly result in their disappearance.
The more remote the path, the more stringently the criteria for path repairs should be applied. This will be a matter of judgement but in general, the more remote or wild the location, the less acceptable an obviously engineered path will be.
Repaired paths should be suitable to the route's use and constructed on a scale appropriate for the intended use as a footpath, bridleway or byway.
The use of waymarks, cairns or other intrusive features, other than those traditionally established on summits and path junctions, will be discouraged.
A sustained commitment of resources to path management will be sought, so that small scale continuous maintenance can replace infrequent, major repairs as the normal method of path management.
