A highway fossil
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A highway fossil
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 7 Aug 2013
The footpath alongside the stream in Christopher's Lane used to run all the way to Bourne Woods. It is, in law, a restricted byway (the main limitation being on the use of powered vehicles and horses). Here is the sign at the Northern end of Christopher's Lane. The fingerboard pointing back over my right shoulder is along the narrow footpath. The other half is actually pointing along the estate road and footpath in the foreground (the original path was slightly diverted along the pavement of the road). There cannot be many places where a pavement next to an estate road is separately defined as a restricted byway. This suggests that the Bureaucratic mind is not to be trifled with.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.773919
Longitude
-0.381369