Do have your Boots sorted and ready for our winter walks. ….and Lots of thing Happening Locally: The Network Rail Public Inquiry has resumed. Our area will be covered in week 5 (16thto 19th October) at the Novotel, Stansted Airport. David Glass is planning to attend on behalf of the Essex Ramblers. St Michaels Hurst… Continue reading
A planning application for 750 homes at Bishop’s Stortford South has been submitted to East Herts District Council (EHDC) by the developer, Countryside Properties. The plans allow for a mix of uses on the site to support a ‘sustainable community’, and currently propose around 750 new homes including affordable housing, land for a secondary school,… Continue reading
Hello All First walk in September was brilliant….a trip to Debden… and a lovely day ‘to boot’. Newport to Debden took us through chalk loam-lands of northern Essex which provided a propensity for both UP and DOWN…some of them requiring quite a bit of ‘puff’. There were an amazing number of sloe bushes….so I must… Continue reading
In February we reported that Herts County Council had issued a TTRO for BS footpath 015 which would result in a section of the path closing to enable essential bridge work to commence. We are pleased to confirm that the bridge work has been completed and the footpath has reopened. In addition arrangements are being… Continue reading
The Sawbridgeworth Local History Society has recently published a tribute to Brian Rochester who died in 2016 and was a former chair and committee member of the BSDFA. Brian was born and breed in Sawbridgeworth and spent many hours maintaining the local rights of way network in and around the town. The article can be… Continue reading
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