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Long distance footpath sign thread

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McGoohan Jan 2021 7:45pm, 15 Jan 2021 48,153 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I recognise that spot Jen - you've got the Yorkshire Wolds Way on the other side of that finish post you can do now
minardi Feb 2021 11:23am, 15 Feb 2021 6,348 posts	Quote Pin minardi Does anyone know anything about this footpath? All I can find is that it is a circular route - Boston, Crowland, Spalding, Donnington, Boston and reports vary between 58 - 66 miles. I've tried contacting the local tourist boards but no one has a clue! Any idea where else I can try?
minardi Feb 2021 11:23am, 15 Feb 2021 6,349 posts	Quote Pin minardi Sorry, I should have said that I mean the bottom sign - the Brown Fen Waterway Trail
um Feb 2021 11:26am, 15 Feb 2021 4,271 posts	Quote Pin um From cambridgeramblers.org The circular Brown Fen Trail runs from Boston, south towards Spalding and Crowland, before returning north to Boston via Donington. The route also 62 miles long. Your editor tried in vain to obtain details of both these routes from the Tourist office in Ely. From another souce, eventually she learnt that waymarking has indeed been underway, and a leaflet has been produced, which describes both routes, one on each side of an A3 sheet. Then a right of way dispute arose on a small part of the Brown Fen Waterways Trail, and until this was settled, the authorities were loath to make the leaflet available. However, we have received a copy of the leaflet recently, so hope it will be generally available soon. It would have been pleasant to sample The Brown Fen Trail, for example near Spalding in the Spring bulb season.
um Feb 2021 11:30am, 15 Feb 2021 4,272 posts	Quote Pin um Or there looks to be a download guide here - if you're a member (or know a member) of LDWA ldwa.org.uk
minardi Feb 2021 11:57am, 15 Feb 2021 6,350 posts	Quote Pin minardi Thanks um, someone has been putting up further signs but no one seems to know who is putting them up! I don't think that page in the Cambridge Amblers has been updated for a while!! "On page 9 is the statement that a leaflet on the Black & Brown fens Waterways trails “will be available in March 2001“." anyone around who's a member of LDWA?
Cerrertonia Feb 2021 12:48pm, 15 Feb 2021 13,746 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia The fact that the LDWA don't even list it as a path (and they do include a large number that have no waymarking whatsoever and no particular legal status) makes me think that whoever is putting up the signs is doing so unofficially). There's a group in Cambs putting together a Fen Edge footpath that looks quite ambitious.
Rosehip Feb 2021 1:12pm, 15 Feb 2021 19,701 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Have you asked this before, Min - or has someone else? I can remember mum trying to find out about it and none of the local walk leaders having heard of it
minardi Feb 2021 1:22pm, 15 Feb 2021 6,351 posts	Quote Pin minardi I might have Rosehip, I came across the photo in my FB memories the other day and it put me in mind to ask the question (possibly again!)
Snoot Mar 2021 6:57pm, 26 Mar 2021 2,027 posts	Quote Pin Snoot Bit of a different route today came across oss a few of these. The others weren’t as new