Earlier this year an unknown bureaucrat took the decision to ban the Fuzzy Drove volunteers working to maintain this area.

The net result is the path is now almost overgrown by nettles making it impassable for walkers and children.

This short-sighted decision has denied the community the use of this unique area; WHY?

It seems to me that banning of volunteers from working on the drove and then subsequently not arranging an adequate replacement is puzzling.

Is there a sensible reason for this? Or is it just a job’s worth incompetence?

David Dickinson

Kempshott 

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