Each year there is a sponsored Bike’n Hike in support of Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust. Have fun cycling or walking to churches and chapels in your area and at the same time raised funds for your church or chapel. This year’s is 9th Sept – although the actual date is not important! The …
There have been a few complaints about some of the urban paths obstructed by vegetation. Turns out the combination of changes of staff, policies and different CBC contractors has meant that some paths have been not addressed recently. So I have had a go at: While cutting the Dunstable Road/Luton Road path some young children …
“Beat the bounds” of Chalgrave. On this one day of the year, we are allowed to walk the parts that are not rights of way. We leave 10:00 sharp from outside The Queens Head, Tebworth. Stop for lunch at the Fancott pub around 12:30 and arrive back around 16:30 Tradition has it that we knock …
Today was the ideal weather for installing waymark posts, the ground was damp, the sun was out and temperature cool – spring has sprung! So we went and installed two posts on the footpath (TOD53) crossing the fields grazed by cattle on White Hart farm land. The path has a temporary diversion as detailed in …
More cleansing this weekend. The above photos are the bridge from Long Lane to TOD35, which continues up to J12 of the M1. Although it was walkable, the vegetation was encroaching, and the vegetation on the decking was mixed with mud. Clearing the surface allowed the decking to be inspected for the decking to rot …
After many months of inaction due to some health issues, it was good to get out today and do some clearance. We went down along the river Flit beyond Cowbridge farm. The vegetation adjacent to the bridges are always seeking to engulf the bridge. Had particular impact on the middle bridge TOD46. Heathcote farms have …
In 2015 & 2021 there was an application for a Solar farm at Chalgrave Manor Farm. Although granted, these applications expired and now the developer is planning to re-apply later this month. Solar panels will be fitted on the agricultural land highlighted by the red line on the above map. The panels will be visible …
If you are interested in Conservation, Path Maintenance, and even historical research then CBC are once again supporting the Parish Path Partnership groups. I notionally run one in Toddington and surrounds, but please contact Lindsay to find out more. Tom
We took a family walk today on the Happyland Walk a circular route from Toddington to Milton Bryan. The walk was in excellent shape with the fields well marked out helped by the very dry ground conditions. On this walk, just before you return from Milton Bryan parish into Toddington there has been a muddy …
There is one stile remaining in Toddington parish. This is on TOD33 leaves Park Road. The landowner had agreed to replace by a kissing gate in Spring 2021 but for some reason this has not happened. The second to last stile was removed earlier this year. It is on the amended footpath in Fancott (TOD61) …