点评:A well marked, relatively easy walk with lovely views, which must be of special interest to Lord of the Rings fans. Sadly some aspects of the walk downgraded its enjoyment for us.
We were very disappointed and bemused to find substantial parts of the narrow public footpath Astro-turfed-(yes, this was in open countryside). Have never seen this done before, despite walking extensively. It cannot be good for biodiversity and do we really need to find new ways of spreading micro plastic in the environment?
The river sections of the walk are very badly affected by highly invasive Himalayan balsam which has taken over the river bank and is moving into hedgerows and woods running parallel.
The trail is “diverted” away from the river at Winkley Hall Farm and walkers are directed along an unattractive track which joins the river walk at a later stage. The diversion is not shown on OS maps and there is no indication that this is an official footpath diversion.
翻译:这是一条标记清晰、相对容易的步道,风景优美,这对《指环王》的粉丝来说一定特别有趣。遗憾的是,这条步道的某些方面降低了我们的享受。
我们非常失望和困惑地发现,狭窄的公共人行道上的大部分地方都铺上了人造草皮(是的,这是在开阔的乡村)。尽管我们走了很长一段路,但从未见过这样做。这对生物多样性没有好处,我们真的需要找到在环境中传播微塑料的新方法吗?
步道的河流部分受到高度入侵的喜马拉雅凤仙花的严重影响,它们已经占领了河岸,并正在进入平行的树篱和树林。
这条小路在温克利霍尔农场“改道”远离河流,步行者被引导沿着一条不吸引人的小径行走,这条小径稍后会与河边步道相连。OS 地图上没有显示改道,也没有迹象表明这是官方的步道改道。