Kent Ramblers: Meeting for Footpath Volunteers

Source: Kent Ramblers

I am writing on behalf of Kent Ramblers to invite you to send a representative to the next of our regular meetings for volunteers with an interest in protecting Kent’s splendid public rights of way network. For our purposes Kent includes Medway, Bexley and Bromley.

Most of the attendees will be our own volunteers who spend time checking paths and scrutinising planning applications and proposals for diversion and closure of paths to ensure that the interests of walkers are protected. Applications to develop solar farms present us with particular challenges at present. We know that many parish and town councils also have volunteers interested in these issues – some have attended past meetings and found them useful.

The meeting will be held at Lenham Community Centre, ME17 2QT, on Saturday 7 November. A provisional programme for the meeting is set out below. There is no charge to attend the meeting and a light lunch will be provided. Anyone wishing to attend should email Tony Bristow on [email protected] stating their name, parish/town and any dietary requirements no later than 30 October.

All attendees will be welcome to raise any issues they like in the Open Forum and are more likely to get well-informed responses if they advise me of them in advance. There will be ample opportunity for informal discussion with other attendees, which is one of the major benefits of the event.

Robert Peel, Area Secretary, Kent Ramblers
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09:30 - Doors Open. Refreshments. Lead Speaker - 10:00 - Welcome - Colin Sefton

10:10 - Rights of Way through the Planning Process - Colin Finch, KCC

10:50 - The Trail Riders Fellowship - Mark Robson

11:30 - Break

11:40 - Camp Wildfire: a Case Study in the Work of our Parish Footpath Observers - Robert Peel and Andrea Lawrence

12:10 - Lunch

13:10 - Solar Arrays Update - Tony Bristow

13:40 - Bromley Update - Paddy Collyer

13:50 - Medway Questions and Answers - Stacey McGregor

13:55 - Bits and Pieces, including:

• Vegetation Clearance Teams
• Volunteer Recruitment
• Walking Guides
• Parish Footpath Maps
• Richborough Quay

14:35 - Open Forum (please advise topics in advance if possible)

15:00 - Finish