Quote Originally Posted by SteveS View Post
The route description says "After footbridge, climb up to open land" which is the southern route. I'd consider the northern option as an illegal offroute shortcut since it isn't mentioned. Is the path even a right of way? It's not shown as a public right of way on my OS map, nor are the woods shown as access land, though my map is aging a bit now.
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Agreed. Last year's route description wasn't so specific, & that path doesn't appear to be a right of way. And we've no idea whether you can get through anyway.