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blacknight:
I seem to remember parts of the Three Peaks route in the Yorkshire Dales, which is a long distance hike, having to be re-routed due to the amount of erosion caused by hiking boots. A path that ended up many, many times wider than it's original width.
This is just one instance, no doubt this has also happened in other parts of the country.
Why does this happen? Only one logical explanation I can see, that is that the path is so muddy from hundreds of walkers pounding these paths on a weekend that they have to deviate so far off so they don't get their designer boots muddy.
In fact it ended up with the National Park enlisting the help of a Army Chinook helecopter to airlift materials up to these paths to repair them, but even now, after many years, some of these paths are still closed!
Do you ever hear of ramblers taking responsibility for this - NO THEY DON'T.

Manicminer:
The Snowdonia National Park spends a fortune every year airlifting materials to rebuild footpaths eroded away by people's footwear.

Only 5 years ago there was a stink that the bobble brigade were wandering off the paths and making their own parallel 'ruts'.

Range Rover Blues:
Stop 4x4 in OUR lanes, selfish b****rds! just shows the typeical attitude of those winkers, not prepared to share even 5% of the public rights of way in this country.  Makes my blood boil.

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