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Latest News Horse Around Archive
March
2023 Relaunch of WPBA website with full support for Mobiles
July 2020
Horse Around E-Bulletin Number 9 Issued.
December 2019 Horse
Around E-Bulletin Number 8 Issued.
September 2019 Horse Around
E-Bulletin Number 6 Issued.
April 2019 Horse Around
E-Bulletin Number 5 Issued.
March 2019 Horse Around
E-Bulletin Number 4 Issued.
May 2018 Horse Around
E-Bulletin Number 3 Issued.
May 2017
Horse Around E-Bulletin Number 2 Issued.
March 2017 First New Horse Around E-Bulletin Issued.
March 2016
Horse Around Number 38 Issued
September 2015 Horse Around Number 37 Issued
March 2015 Horse Around Number 36 Issued
March 2014 Horse Around Number 35 Issued
November 2013 After gettig over significant local difficulties our P4C project was completed with grant nobnies totaling £21k
July 2013 After much hard work by our committee we were pleased to be offered a grant under Natural England's Paths for Communities Scheme (P4C) for renovation and completion of the bridleway link through St Euny Well near Brane
March 2013 At our AGM Members enjoyed a talk Allen and Page feed specialist.
March 2013 Horse Around Number 34 Issued
September 2012 Horse Around Number 33 Issued
March 2012 Members packed the Yacht Inn at the AGM to hear guest speaker Alison McSally Hill on Pilates for Horse Riders
March 2012 Horse Around Number 32 Issued
August 2011 Horse Around Number 31 Issued
August 2011 Bridleway Sancreed 17 Reopened after successful enforcement action by Cornwall Council
July 2011 Tredavoe bridleways repaired and reopened.
March 2011 Bridleway Sancreed 17 Blocked by landownber it Caer Bram
February 2011 Nancledra Bridle;way to Moors renovated and reopened
Febraury 2011 Horse Around Number 30 Issued
November 2010 Horse Around Number 29 Issued - loads more news in this edition.
November 2010 Bridleways on to the Moors at Nancledra is shortly to be repaired by Cornwall Council and also the brdileways near Tredavoe, Paul. - All have been in a dangeropus condition owing to rain damage.
October 2010 National Trust Opening Horse paths around Loe Pool nr Helston
March 2010 Horse Around Number 28 Issued
February 2010 - Gwallon Bridleway is now open although some aspects of installation still have be resolved
January 2010 - Met wtith Natuarl England on Carnyorth Common - NE agreed at last to modifiy the unsafe gates
December 2009 Horse Around Number 27 Issued
October 2009 - Gwallon Bridleway (St Hilary 81) to be opened shortly avoiding having to cross the Marazion Bypass - Awaiting installation of the gate purchased by local riders and WPBA
September 2009 Horse Around Number 26 Issued
July 2009 - All Grids in St Ives treated a great success - horses now ride over them safely and cyclists too!
April 2009 - Cornwall Council Highways - Trial of Non-Slip Surface on St Ives Drainage Grids - Details
AGM was held Tuesday 24 March, Yacht Inn - Brilliant Speaker, Victoria Andrews - Simple Systems
March 2009 - Horse Around number 25 sent out to members
March 2009 - Major work completed by PAROW/WPBA on the moors by Towednack and Zennor
March 2009 - Drains in St Ives - Still not resolved - Update
January 2009 - 130a Order submitted to the County Council - to get Bridleway 81 St Hilary (Gwallon) opened
December 2009 - Fencing for Conservation Grazing has caused much protest - Full Access to Carnyorth Common and Carn Galva is still available via newly installed gates. Nine Maidens Scheme is abandonned
December 2009 - CC start work start on renovating Break-my-Neck Lane Madron
08 May 2008 - New Drains in St Ives - Stops Access for Horses - Full Story
08 May 2008 Nine Maiden Conservation Grazing Scheme announced
02 May 2008 Work Completed by the CC on renovating the Rocky Lane Bridleway from Lamorna - A tremendous job - Click Rocky Lane
15 March 2008 Horse Around Number 22 Issued
20 October 2007 Horse Around Number 21 Issued
September 2007 - County Council have installed an iron gate to allow horse riders access to the Men-an-Tol Track - ofiicially it is is only a definitive footpath.
June 29 2007 - The BHS is urging all horse riders to contact there local MP and ask for there support in expanding the coastal access plans to include all access for all non-motorised users. See Coastal Access
June 2007 - New Web Site Feature - Grid reference of every bridleway now shown together with easy reporting - AND now with MAPPING! - Bridleway Reports.
May 2007 - The County Council have published the Draft Countryside Access Strategy for Cornwall (incoporating Rights of WAy Improvement Plan)
Please do read it carefully. We have contributed and worked hard to get a good deal for horse riders, but getting firm commitments has been very hard. However definitive map problems, anomalies, and omissions have been recognised. These are the issues that are of great importance to riders.
April
2007 DO PLEASE SIGN the online Downing Street Petition for better bridleways
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/bridleways/
28 March 2007 - Annual General Meeting held in , Yatch Inn, Penzance
19 March 2007 Horse Around Number 20 Issued
17 March 2007 Both St Hilary paths are currently open again.
14 March 2007 Byways in St Hilary temporarily Blocked - access to two byways blocked by gates on undesignated part of the path. Although legally nothing could immediately be done - the County Council have been very helpful. We are looking into getting the paths legally defined along the whole route(s).
14 March 2007 Friendship Woods St Hilary - Kissing Gates have been installed by the landowner (St Aubyn Estates) after liaison with the County Council on the top access to stop nuisance, and environmental damage to the sensitive site (above the woods) by motor bikes. The entrance to the woods themselves, opposite the campsite in unaffected at the moment. The only access to the woods protected by law is on foot. There could be historic and unrecorded rights for other users.
5 March 2007 County Council has restored some lovely bridleways on the downs at Porthgwarra, St Levan, they are worth a visit.
February 2007 Men-an-Tol - The boulder has been moved back again on the main access track making it too dangerous to attempt to get through. The County Council were going to fit a horse friendly gate (although it is only designated as a footpath) but it had been overlooked. We have alerted the County Council hopefully this issue will be resolved again soon
Back Issues of Horse Around are available on-line: Back Issues
10 December 2006 Horse Around Number 19 Issued
Adopt a Bridleway - (November) Riders In St Hilary plan to label their bridleways to enable regular reporting
Most of the BW reports for Penwith are completed - BUT more uptodate information and comments are wanted.
10 November 2006 - Kennel Lane Madron Completed - Picture
PAROW Web Site Launched (November) - www.parow.org.uk - Penwith Access and Rights Of Way - We are working with PAROW to make big improvements to our bridleways and other paths.
Horse
Hike Programme gets off to a good start - Four
brilliant rides to date (12th November) -
Great Flat Lode - Polgigga - Chapel Carn Brea (14 miles) - Lizard (15 miles!)
Kennel Lane Bridleway, Madron - November 5th 2006 - Major Renovation of is completed
TROT Toll Ride St Hilary - Opened 1st November - See TROT
27 October 2006 - Work in Progress by the County Council on Kennel Lane Madron -Picture
8 October 2006 Horse Around Number 18 Issued
September 2006 Relaunch of WPBA Web Site