Just read the lates copy of Summit – shows how out of touch the BMC can be. A short section about Dovestones ends with ” the ideal location for a walk without another person in sight. ”
This comes at the time when all the stakeholders are putting together a strategy to manage the massive influx of visitors to this popular area. Happy to buy anyone a pint if they can ever get a photo of Dovestones with no one in sight!
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Yes I agree Peter. I have friends and relatives living in that area and they say that during the last 12 months of lock-downs and restrictions, the place has been like Blackpool on a sunny holiday weekend.
Inconsiderate drivers have been parking all over the place. The authorities have had to introduce parking restrictions on the Holmfirth road. Volunteers have been busy picking up all the rubbish these so called walkers have left.
Dovestones was featured for walking recently in the Ramblers magazine. Then Healey Dell in Rochdale was featured. I’ve stopped going up to Binn Green to run since January lockdown because the police have been going round checking registrations and where they come from. Before the lockdown everywhere was parked up and mostly I was lucky to find one space left. I’m only 8 miles from Binn Green but won’t drive that far now because I don’t want the hassle of police asking me where I live.