Thanks to BHS Bridlepath Officer

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Can't go into details, but I would like to thank the local County Bridlepath officer for their sterling efforts to protect riders' rights. These are unpaid volunteers who spend hours and hours on riders' behalf.

Thanks to the BHS Officer it has been acknowledged that the riders can continue to use some common land. It was going to be fenced off and force riders onto a busy, winding B road.

Result!
 
Orangehorse said:
Can't go into details, but I would like to thank the local County Bridlepath officer for their sterling efforts to protect riders' rights. These are unpaid volunteers who spend hours and hours on riders' behalf.

Thanks to the BHS Officer it has been acknowledged that the riders can continue to use some common land. It was going to be fenced off and force riders onto a busy, winding B road.

Result!
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We're really delighted to see this, Orangehorse. Thank you for writing your post.

Our volunteers work extremely hard to help equestrians and horses - and often in very challenging circumstances when the odds may look to be against them. Many have jobs, families and horses of their own to care for but they give up even more of their time because they believe in what the BHS is doing.

Successes like these mean a lot to our volunteers and to everyone who helps and supports them - both at HQ and around the country - and it's brilliant to hear volunteers' efforts acknowledged by other people in their areas, too.
 
Will the BHS be able to help with an 'unconfirmed' bridle way. There is a 'cart track' in my village which the old residents assure me was always used by horse riders and carts that the landowner has stopped riders using. I can find it marked as a 'cart track' on a map, but would like some guidance as to how I could get this formally recognised and reinstated as a bridle path.
 
This is unfortunately a common type of query that our Access Officers get, and they're all the more important ahead of the 2026 deadline, when unrecorded rights of way will be extinguished and access will be lost. There's more information in our Access FAQs at http://www.bhs.org.uk/helping-horses-and-riders/bridleways-and-routes/bridleways-and-routes-faq.

We'd recommend you contact your local officer to get them involved; you can find their details here: http://www.bhs.org.uk/bhs-in-your-area/east-of-england/essex (you can also find regional contacts at http://www.bhs.org.uk/bhs-in-your-area/east-of-england).
 
Thats great anything that keeps horses off busy roads has to be good.We had a result as well when a BHS officer got some no horse riding signs taken down allowing riders to use a path instead of the road so another well done from me.
 
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