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  • AF63

    I walked Derbor at the weekend  (review / survey to follow), and might I just mention I recorded it as unlit for nearly half the route ?    I found the route fine by day but I think there is at least one feature that might make me think twice about wanting to walk it in the dark, which I could expand on if there’s any interest.

    Adrian

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  • Lynn Jackson

    Yes, I’d be interested Adrian. (Excellent survey of Belder, btw!)

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  • AF63

    Thanks Lynn.  I think I’d be a bit wary about walking Derbor in the dark, one reason being to do with sharing the path with cycles in the dark, the Derbor route being a national cycle route.  I’ve walked it twice (both directions, in daylight) and the path-sharing wasn’t a problem, but I don’t know how I’d feel about sharing the unlit section with bikes at night.

    I’ve seen a review (Dermel) suggesting  some care might be needed in Alvaston park in Derby, for reasons that the reviewer gives.  The overview page of Dermel suggests the route wasn’t verified by that reviewer due to safety concerns.   I wonder if this might come into thoughts about “24-hour Derbor”, as Derbor goes through the same park.   The walk through that park was fine for me in the daytime but I don’t think I would walk it at night out of choice, even with the path itself lit.  If you walk the Derbor route, you might form your own view?

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  • Lynn Jackson

    Regarding Dermel I’ve checked with someone familiar with the route and they say that the part in Alveston Park is only about 400 meters long and isn’t a bad part of the walk, so I will look at doing the route in the next couple of weeks.

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  • Lynn Jackson

    I’ve added Beenot Three as a demo. This may or may not be to the letter of Slow Ways but I think that it follows the spirit. Please let me know what you think.

    https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Beenot/9155

     

     

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