The world is different now, we walk for leisure rather than going to work. Also there are not thousands of rural folk who need to get somewhere by foot on a dai

The world is different now, we walk for leisure rather than going to work. Also there are not thousands of rural folk who need to get somewhere by foot on a daily basis meaning it is a problem, where over the years paths and parts of paths have been closed so that the paths that are left just don't go anywhere useful and then the landowners attempt to close them on the basis that they are no longer used. It is a further problem, where the council departments who are responsible for these paths are not funded adequately. I myself reported that a 'public right of way' sign was missing last year. The council representative asked if there was still a post present and when I replied negatively, they said that they would have been able to replace the sign easily but putting a new post in was subject to further funding which they did not have at the time. At least, I think, the footpath itself is shown on the OS map (definitive) and the council have it on a list (the representative said they were expecting new funding in the next tax year). I continue to walk it occasionally.