This year’s Bedfordshire Festival of Autumn Walks takes place from Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 September. There will be walks for all abilities all over the county with history walks, nature walks and general walks where you can chat and meet fellow walkers. The Programme for the Festival has not been finalised but the walks […]
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The path between the sewage works and the substation has been closed for some years due to surface water flooding off the works and across the path due to a blocked culvert. The current CBC closure notice is here, see Chalton Footpath 46. I am aware this was a popular circular route from Chalton. It
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Conger Lane We have cleared more mud from the footpath that leaves the end of Conger Lane (TOD52). See the previous post for more details. Footpath towards Old Park farm This path (TOD42) goes from Griffin farm and from behind the cemetery down the hill towards the Bridleway road and Old Park farm. We have
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Not been able to post too much due to other life commitments, but here is some recent activity that you may already have noticed while out walking… Over recent months been having a go to cut and widen the Icknield Way bridleway from Chalgrave church down to Chalgrave Manor. The bridleway is meant to be
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On one of the hottest days of the year we cleared the bridleway and two footpaths that cross from the arable fields behind the Fancott (Toddington parish) into the electricity substation field (Chalton parish). For the last year or more, the area has been muddy due to cable works, it is now very dry, hard
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Over the last few days, we have cleared four bridges on the River Flit and a couple more nearby. The river Flit between Cowbridge and Fancott. The area has had contractors laying cables which has meant it has been very muddy, but I understand the work is coming to a conclusion and the muddy tracks
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On Sunday, 5th May, the Ramblers are leading a walk from Toddington village hall at 10:00. Full details on the Ramblers website. Booking is recommended. The fields may be a bit wet!
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In 2015 & 2021 there was an application for a 30 or 50MW 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
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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
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With the help of Tom Hose we replaced the missing waymark post near Common Farm today (CHL4). The cross field path (CHL3) is still obstructed by a fence, this has been reported to CBC again. Yesterday did some cutting adjacent to Chalgrave church continuing to keep the brambles at bay!
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