Thanks BWW - I took a picture thinking of you, earlier in the summer, which shows the wall of the Blundell Estate with an old gateway carefully blocked in to deny access - though when it was blocked, I have no idea. This old entrance faces fields which I walk each morning with my dogs. There is a matching one on the other side of the estate.
PDSTSP Some thoughts that that this TR of yours stirred in relation to the above photo stirred me to do a little mapping exercise. I think showing routes on smaller scale maps helps to broaden the understanding of how our off road ways serve us. I note your interest in the Slow ways topic and choose to post here. This is not a direct criticism of the occupiers of the two estates but an example of how the strategic location of black holes discussed in
Andies; An Interesting Read topic, influence route makers.
I have coloured in the areas of the two walled estates to show there position in relation to some other properties that affect access.
I notice that the Trans Pennine way is runs south through Litherland. Yet the approach to Hall Road Station, large red flag, on the coastal rail line is an attractive suburban side road leading to fields.
The position of the black holes is made more damaging to off road leisure routes by the location of the only bridges for some distance, shown by smaller red flags and the green dots indicate the right of way across open countryside. Lydiate provides a near direct crossing of a major highway, A5147, another feature that should be noted in assessing quality of way. The green arrows represent walkable corridors of countryside, directed to this crossing and the way beyond, with the flared flight end showing the extent of active countryside, that is areas well supplied with RoWs.
PDSTSP walked a 16 mile circular walk, the outer shadow shows a 16 miles radius from Hall Road Station. On this map the lines and stops of the rail network become more apparent.
Slow ways will, IMO, concentrate thought on linear routes, yet most thought from local government is based on short circular walks from car parks.
...., and it is no surprise
that nowadays, people do not
want to walk the short cuts of
yesteryear. People want circular
routes, easily followed and pref-
erably somewhere they can park
their car.
From the CLA's monthly Land and Business.