Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, August 28th, 2008 ll- f Footpath: still time


to have your say FURTHER to John Hudson's ieiter last week about the blocked footpath a t the Spread Eagle, Lamb Roe - from February onwards the Ram­ bler^ Association has recmved a con- siderable number of complaints about this obstruaion, mostly from residents of Whalley and Barrow. The problem has arisen through a


discrepancy between the Definitive Statement (the official description of the right-of-way in words) and the Definitive Map (the line of the path shown on the official map). The Definitive Statement says


this footpath CiSTialley No.5) goes from " . . Brook House, to Trunk Road A59 opposite Spread Eagle Inn". (Clitheroe Road was the A59 when the Definitive Statement was written.) Until early this year, there was a footpath signpost at the pave­ ment marWng the above point. This has been unofficially removed. At the time the Definitive hlap


was drawn, there was a farm (Spread Eagle Farm) behind the inn, with access to th e farmyard from Clitheroe Fioad via the present "staff car "park". For some reason unknoiin, the draughtsman drew the line of the path from Brookhouse across the fields only as far as the then field boundary of the farmyard.' The remainder of the right-of-way through the farmyard was left undravrn although the Definitive Statement says clearly that it goes all the vray to the road. (The field boundary was then about 30 metres nearer the road than it is now, so the Definitive Path as drawn goes about 30 metres into the garden of the house which has replaced the farm.) The Clitheroe Group of the Ram­


blers' Association has applied to Lancashire County Council for a Definitive Map Modification Order so as to correct the draughtsman's error and bring the Definitive Map into line with the Definitive State­ ment. We have supported the appli­ cation with a substantial body of user evidence. We hope th a t this path, the best


underfoot of the four paths which connect Mitton Road \vith Clitheroe Road, will in due course be open again for walkers to enjoy without let or hindrance. It is not too late to add to the user


evidence. If any of your readers would like to support the application and has walked the path between the Spread Eagle Inn and Brookhouse Farm, preferably for more than 20 years, they can get in touch with me on 01254-823227 for an official evi­ dence form which will be returned to Lancashire County Council. Or they can telephone the secretary of the Clithoroe Ramblers, Mr Ben Brown, on 01254 822851.


NORMAN THORPE, Footpalh Officer, Clitheroe Group, Ramblers'Association, OGMitton Road, Whalley


Sad that our cash


is used for repairs ON Saturday, August 16th, Pendle Club held its annual coffee morning to raise funds for the organisation. As a result the sum of £350 was raised. Thanks to those who provid-


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'ed help and aid in the form of gifts -for a raffle, tombola, cake stall and brie a brae. Thanks also must go to all who attended or purchased a tick­


' Wriie Uk The Edhoc; COiheroe .tdrertiser and Times,-3 King Stit^^Clilheroe BB72EVI


et. I t is disappointing, however, to have to report th a t a substantial amount of that sum has had to be. used to repair windows tha t have been broken. The first of these was broken on aj-


Friday evening during the latter part of July: This was as a result of an incident outside the club, a member of the committee was called out and had to remain on the premises into' the early morning having to wait for i t to be boarded up. The second smaller window was broken later and i t has resulted in rubbish being thrown into the club while waiting for it to be replaced... The Pendle Club is a facility which


has grown out of the hard work of a number of citizens who, alas, are no longer with us. I t continues to pro­ vide a venue for all people over the age of 55 who are membeis. I t is also used by a number of community- organisations including the Girl Guides and Ribble Valley Talking Newspaper. I shotdd like to think that this let­


ter might be read by one or more people who have been involved in either of the mentioned incidents. Please remember that, like everyone else, organisations such as ours are feeling the current economic squeeze: what should be unnecessary expen­ diture of this nature negates some of the benefits that have been accumu­ lated from the hard work of existing supporters.


.ALANYE.ARING, Chairman, Pendle Club


Trying to ‘clear up’


a bit of a mess IN response to the somewhat aggres­ sive tone of the letter from Mrs E. Daglish, I would say that as a former employee the lady has been well aware of the issues at Trinity Com­ munity Partnership over the past several months. However, due to an oversight the container has not been emptied as as regularly as it should have because the recycling company Abitibi wait for a phone call to say it is full and they very quickly empty it.


Furthermore, until Monday


August 18th, when a Ribble Valley councillor asked me if I knew any-


. thing about it I said no, as I have not heard mention of it before. On making further inquiries and


discovering TCP were in some way responsible I rang Abitibi who emp­ tied the container very quickly. The company is also having a meeting with RVBC week commenc-


■ ing August 25th to discuss placing it in a better location.


r. Finally no matter where contain­


ers of this sort are located we cannot legislate for the mindless morons who fill it and put'on it and around it all kinds of unsuitable items such as dog waste along with normal


■ household rubbish assuming some­ body is bound to remove the mess eventually. I trust this "clears up the matter."


IAN BROWN, Chatburn Road,


Clilhcroc ■ ■ ' Let’s Hope funds


can be found AS a regular walker in Brungerley Park, I was’most dismayed .when the lower footpath which runs beside the river was closed a few months ago, firstly by some temporarj-looking barriers and subsequently by some extremely permanent-looking rail­ ings at each end.


. This path has given pleasure to


scores of people who enjoy being able to do a circular walk in the lovely surroundings of Brungerley Park. I unders tand th a t the park was opened for public recreation back in the early 1900s and obviously pro­ vided a wonderful facility for the good folk of Clitheroe. This contin­ ues to be the case. I t is obvious tha t in its present


state of collapse the lower path is unsafe and the council has taken the only possible course of action by closing it. However, the majority of people who walk regularly in Brungerley will be extremely disap­ pointed if this path cannot be reopened. As usual, the cost of the work to repair the path seems to be


, the stumbling block. Let us hope th a t the powers-that-be recognise the benefits and pleasure which this path has given to so many people and th a t the necessary funds to carry out the repairs can be found.


ANNE.WILKINSON, Bridge Court, . Clitheroe


Keep an eye for


orange monsters! IF you look towards the sky near ■Brightenber Hill, close to Nappa and see a big orange thing, i t ’s not the sun, i t’s an orange blimp being flotvn at the height and location of the planned wind turbines. Except of course there will be five of them spread out across the landscape and each one will have rotating blades bigger than the. wing span of a jumbo jet. The blimp won’t be there all the time, ironically it can’t be flown if the \vind is too strong. I have just driven past the wind


turbines a t Penny Pot Lane, near Harrogate, and was saddened to see so many houses and a farm for sale.


: This must be a direct consequence of those wind turbines and the absolute damage they do to an area. I w’onder if the Brightenber Hill developer, is still offering coach trips to that site to see what little impact they have. Maybe he’ll imitate Homer Simpson -Doh! : : Because of the turbines, the value


of those properties will have fallen by atleast2C-%. . There has been a recent legal rul- ■ ing on the loss of property value


: against a couple in the Lake District. The judge Michael Buckley, upheld the purchasers’ claim th a t their house had been de-valued as a result of the noise pollution, light flicker and damage to visual amenity and he ordered the vendors to pay 20% compensation. A study of eight properties in Carmarthenshire esti­ mated that the total loss in value if


the turbines were built nearby would be’£1.5 million or typically 20 to 25%. All this for these monstrosities that blight the countryside and pro­ duce'just a trickle of electricity.


' If this planning application is approved there will be a lot of people including the planning committee imitating Homer - Doh! Keep a look out for the orange , p j j p PEACOCK,--'


monsters.


STEPHLANIE EMMETT, Bank Newton, Nr Gargrave


Scenic blight we


will see for miles CRAVEN District Council has before them a planning application which, at a stroke, could do more visual damage to the area than any other single application I have wit-^ nessed in over 30 years of working iii local architectural practice. There have, of course, been other


developments which, in landscape terms, one would have preferred not to happen. Generally speaking, though, the planning process has struck a balance between environ­ mental cost and social benefit and has been able to moderate any detri­ mental impact by requiring schemes of planting and landscaping. Given the contours of the Ribble Valley and Craven that has been remark­ ably effective in protecting the spe­ cial quality of the landscape. In the case of wind turbines, how­


ever, it is simply not possible to do that; by definition they must project above everything around them. Those proposed for Bank Newton are to be 100 metres high. That means they will be visible for miles around, notwithstanding the fact


, that the site is in an area adjacent to a national park on one side and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beau­ ty on the other. If the project were allowed to hap­


pen it would make.a nonsense of all the subtleties of control th a t have been applied by the local planning authorities over the years to their rural developments and particularly to the listed buildings and conserva­ tion areas. The enormous size of this proposal


is unprecedented in the area. It tvill turn a rural landscape into an indus­ trial site. The charm of this land­ scape is its essentially human scale; the nature of the turbine proposal is megalomanic. It will dwarf its sur­ roundings and create a scenic blight th a t w'ill be inescapable for miles around. The visual arrogance of it is astonishing. The initiative is not local; it is by


a German developer taking advan­ tage of central government grants. I t is not concerned, therefore, with damage to the amenity of local resi­ dents nor to the inevitable damage which will be caused'to tourism


; when visitors discover th a t rather than being in a rural landscape they will be in the shadow of an engineer-


, . ing behemoth. Without the political pressures


behind the project it is inconceivable that anyone would contemplate sub­ mitting such a grossly insensitive


Sunderland Peacock and Associalcs, Architects and designers, Haslemere, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe


Thank you for


your kindness MAY we, the family of Mark Cater- all, th an k the kind person who returned his lost property, and who left no name. Thank you so much.


J.S.ROCKLIFFE, (Grandmother), Address supplied


Another satisfied


reader responds FURTHER to my grumbling letter of last week in which I bemoaned the contined lack of a green bin, I would like to extend a huge thank you to the many residents of Wesley Street and others who contacted me with


offers of their unwanted green bins! I am now the proud owner of their I


cast-off. I would also like to thank Coun. Fielding who arrived \vith an emer-


. gency supply of garden sacks. Next time we have a domestic


emergency, I will make sure I write to the newspaper as clearly Sabden- ers always have a solution. Thanks


again! JANINE GRACE,


. Whallcy Road, Sabden


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Open gardens raised £3,400 for charities


TWO beautiful days in the middle of our wet summer ensured the success of the annual open garden weekend a t Downham Hall which raised £3,400 to be split between the village hall funds and the Children's S o d - .


ety. ' The beautiful gardens were much admired by the


many -visitors who went along on both days and lots of- stalls did a roaring trade. Entertainment was provided by Barnoldswick Band, a martial arts demonstration, cheerleaders' display and sheepdog demonstrations. Delicious teas were also served.


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Pictured are some of the visitors with Lord Glitheroe andhisdog.(T280708/2)


High-speed transvestite


PO L IC E in v e s t ig a t in g com­ p la in ts of a m an dres sed in : women’s clothing being sexually suggestive to children on a school, bus caught a 49-year-old motorist wearing a purple leotard, blonde wig and high heeled boots. Blackburn magistrates heard that


Lawrence Balshaw reversed at high speed when his car was approached by a police officer causing school run traffic to swerve into hedges to avoid collisions. And when Balshaw was eventual­


ly stopped he was wearing a purple leotard and combat trousers and the mg, glasses and boots were recovered from a nearby bin. Balshaw (50), of Lyndale Close,


Wilpshire, pleaded guilty to danger­ ous dri'ving and possessing an offen­


sive weapon, a pick-axe handle, in the car park of Eaves Hall Country Hotel, West Bradford. He was sen­ tenced to 12 weeks in prison sus­ pended for two years, made subject to community supervision for two years and banned from driving for 18


months. Mrs Philippa White (prosecuting)


said police had received reports of a man wearing women’s clothing and driving a blue Peugeot winking and making sexual gestures towards chil­ dren travelling to Rowland High School in Grindleton. On July 21 at 8.45 a.m. a police


officer dri-ving an unmarked police vehicle saw the car pull up outside the school as the children were get­ ting off a bus. Balshaw was wearing a blonde wig and sun glasses.


. As the officer approached Balshaw reversed back down Sawley Road at


speed. “Oncoming traffic had to turn into


hedges to avoid collisions and the car then reversed around a blind bend towards Grindleton,’’ said Mrs ■White. As the officer gave chase Balshaw


drove through Grindleton at speed and as he entered West Bradford a “watch your speed” sign showed he was doing 45 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. limit. “This was at a time when chil­ dren were going to school and the lanes were busy,” said Mrs White. Balshaw was eventually found on


the hotel car park in Eaves Hall Lane wearing a purple leotard, com­


bat trousers and nothing else. . He told police the pick axe handle


was to protect himself in case he was accosted because of his appearance.


“The blonde wig and female cloth­


ing were found in a bin on the car park,” said Mrs White. When interviewed Balshaw said


he had been follomng the school bus wearing female clothing to get atten­ tion. A doctor had. previously told him his behaviour was a form of escapism. - Mr Jonathan Taylor (defending) said Balshaw had no pre-vious con­ victions and was clearly unwell at the time of the incident.


' “I t is evident there are deep underlying problems here,” said Mr Taylor. “The dressing in women’s clothing is an attempt at escapism and a cry for help. He knows that what he did was extremely danger­ ous and it is only by the grace of God nobody was seriously injured or even killed.”


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