Ongoing Success for Chesterfield Ramblers

The Chesterfield Ramblers have been working under the guidance of the Derbyshire Countryside Rangers. The work undertaken shows how important practical path work is to keeping the Footpath Network open especially in the current economic climate of local authority spending cuts. Countryside Officer, John Newrick, from the Chesterfield Ramblers explains some of the successes they have recently achieved.

'The Group has undertaken important tasks such as path clearing, instillation of signs and of gates. However, our biggest project so far is the construction of a 5m long bridge across a small brook in the Moss Valley, in North East Derbyshire.'

The story doesn’t end there as the Group is already committed to undertaking training on hand power tools, for which they will be certificated, meaning that they will be able to undertake work without the Derbyshire Rangers being present. John points out that this allows the council to commission work without having to spend money on it. More importantly it allows greater access to our Countryside.

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