It's a difficult one. Stickle Ghyll gets c.250,000 visitors per year, that a lot of wear and tear plus the use by the farmer. If there was no footpath work then a path naturally gets wider and wider as use increases and erosion down the hill gets worse - which makes the footpath worse. The present system channels people in to the path and channels water off the path with a series of cross drains.

Not great for running but if done well then visually a better result and more hard wearing for all users.