David Giles

My understanding of your questions is: 1. I think this is just about roads where you share the road surface with the motor traffic. Obstacles and Features includes "walking on paths besides roads" ...

I've had a look at Bonlar one (Bonnybridge to Larbert, about 9km). This is 5.5km along the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath (a tarmac cycle route that is significantly wider than a typical English tow...

I agree the PMGG is a good resource for looking at path grading and I've been trying to you the vocabulary of p8 in writing descriptions. I've also been finding it very hard to grade path surfaces ...