The Road To Red Cross.

In the 'We Live Here' plan attention is given to proposals for a footpath leading from the square to the bottom of Upexe Lane. I would contend that there is also a case to be made for a footpath from the end of Park Road to Red Cross.

When I was young, the road from the village to Red Cross was a popular walk on a sunday afternoon and was a route often walked by those living in Ellerhayes. To walk this road now is taking your life in your hands due to the volume of traffic and the speed it travels along that road. Besides being the main route by which you can walk to Ellerhayes it is also the route that can take you to the longer route to Babylon and Stumpy Cross and if you turn right at Red Cross you can access the road to Greenslinch ,Ford Farm and the steep hill that takes you onto the Criss Cross- Bradninch roads. If we want to give people the maximum safe access to the countryside around the village a footpath to Red Cross would be a useful addition to the current plans.