This is the path known as High Voltage Terrace which runs down towards Lenny Hill and for a time below the intrusive power line and above the cascades of the higher part of Blacka Dyke. It is a prime site for bilberry and also for cowberry.
By July bracken can push through alarmingly and hide the fruiting shrubs below. The easiest and least problematic way of dealing with this is central to our proposal for managing the site.
The fringes of the path rising to right and left should be the focus of walkers attention. Simply pulling out the bracken shoots as you walk along in successive years eventually leads to a weakening of the impact of the ferns. This is best done by individuals and small groups of users adopting a path for a number of years.
Nobody wants poisons to be sprayed here and nobody wants cattle churning up the paths either - they will have no positive effect on this issue and it is dishonest to suggest they would.
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