Brian Herrick
1 Has spent £40,000 on turning overgrown paths to all-weather footpaths at his own expense.
2 Has never blocked access to walkers along any of the footpaths.
3 Has planted 2000 trees
4 Has planted 6km of new hedgerow with wild roses along footpaths
5 Has replaced all stiles and gates, rearranged fields to accommodate livestock as open runs have been created for the disabled.
6 Holds an Awareness Day and NHS Garden Opening to raise money with rural access for the mobility challenged and climate change exhibition.
7 Hedges cut four times a year, the paths weekly.
8 Has created a RSPCA wildfowl release area for distressed birds
But let’s hear from just one local resident Andrew Godfrey (statement made under oath):
“I walk on the footpaths surrounding Barcroft Hall up to three times a week with my dog. Over the period of the last seven years I have noticed a dramatic improvement in the foot-paths around Barcroft Hall since Mr. & Mrs.Herrick took ownership. Beforehand the footpaths were not clearly defined and stiles were broken and everything was overgrown, not maintained and generally in a poor state of repair. I can remember walking along Barcroft Lane before the gates were there and it was in a poor state, it was muddy full of brambles, dark and dingy and there were dumped cars. Now that the gates and pillars are in place the width of the lane appears to be wider than it was before, and the area is bright and tidy.” |
