Gentlemen, This was heard on local radio this morning and just about sums up the stupidity of making a point for the sake of it.
I live in an area called the Marston Vale which stretches from the A1 across to Leighton Buzzard and is one of the biggest quarried areas in Europe. Mainly for brick clay etc. As the Quarries come to the end of their useful life they either become land fill or leisure lakes. In a village called Marston Mortain is a park called the Marston Vale Forest Park, it has 8 Km of footpaths, 4 Km of paths for horses, a large lake and cycle ways and is certainly worth a visit. The people who look after it have recently asked for planning permission to move an original footpath, established in 18 frozen to death. This has caused uproar with a national group to do with preserving footpaths who don't want it moved. Fine you may say leave it be but this footpath crosses the middle of one of the biggest lakes in the area, aqualungs are provided if you wish to use it:-)). How stupid do we have to get to see sense in this country.
Martin P