Committee Meeting – 23rd June 2014
Present: Barbara Brown
Val Johnston
Gwen Mann
Emma Metcalfe
Irene Pope
Joan Snowdon
Lesley Tierney
June Timperley
Margaret Varley
Apologies: Gill Morrell
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Minutes of Previous Meeting
The minutes of the previous meeting were passed. GM to post onto website GM
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Matters Arising
BB tried to contact Gill Ridings about Woodtop, no response.
Gill M to invite John Oliver to a meeting re upgrade of footpath in Norden..
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Secretary’s Report
BB
reported that we now had 85 members and the Facebook Group and Page were
attracting more people weekly.
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Treasurer’s Report
No
report due to Treasurer being unable to attend meeting...
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Website
No
report due to Treasurer being unable to attend meeting.
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Rochdale Rights of Way
ROW meeting 24th June at 6.00 pm.
Gates at Shawfield Stones – Gwen to take to ROW meeting. GM
Houses being built near St. Annes Academy.
Gwen to take to ROW meeting. GM
Windfarm – no planning application submitted yet. Lots of people turned up for the
demonstration.
Woodtop – GM to ring Gill Ridings/Mick Balls for update. GM
Emma stated that they had had lots of motorbikes going past on their lane so be
aware when riding up there.
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Bury Rights of Way
Notices at Buckhurst had been posted for a 2nd time. 48 hours later they had all disappeared
again.
Ainsworth Loop – LEF meeting on 25th
June. No update.
Dunham – “No Motorbike” notices have been put up.
Lowes Farm – Houses to be built on old landfill site next to bridleways. David Chadwick had visited and will try to
schedule some work to clear the bridleway by scraping mud and cutting
back. He can’t do anything about the
drainage.
IP suggested sending a letter. IP to
draft and send to BB for distribution to the Committee. IP
IP had an agenda for the Bury Local Access Forum, point 5 is “ROW Improvement
Plan Bury Bridleways Strategy” awaiting update on what this is.
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Social
June
– Helen Grundy - Alpenhorn, we should have a collection for air ambulance or
mountain rescue.
28th July – Fire Service
18th August - Lesley to see
if Pastures New can do a talk. LT
September – open forum.
October – Gwen to talk to Dee to see if she is available for Western talk. GM
November – Party night.
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Any Other Business
Gwen
raised an issue with a member taking a non-member through Greenbooth
Concessionary and none of them wearing any hi viz. Gill M to put on website that anyone
infringing the rules in this way will not have their key renewed when the locks
are changed. BB to draft a letter and
put something on Facebook. G
Morrell/BB
Suggested date for committee ride – 10th August – Cowm, weather
permitting.
Next Meeting – 17th
July 2014 – at Gill Morrell’s.
