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Whilst horses do cause damage to country paths (in some cases making it all but impassable for many walkers) it is by no means to the same degree as is caused by 4WD. Even though I'm a non-rider I do not feel that horses should be excluded from this path, a satisfactory state of affairs before the "off-roaders" came along. (Pity they're not all as incompetent as the Fast Show characters, Simon and Lyndsay!).
To redesignate the Ridgeway as a bridle path would have been a viable option years ago but allowing horses to retain access would not allow the ground to recover. I fear the only effective course of action would be to temporarily redesignate it as a footpath and then later to further redesignate it permanently as a bridle path when sufficient recovery had taken place.
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road