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Badger - Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 by Badger Hero on Wikimedia CommonsBadgers force two-month closure of part of Bristol & Bath Railway Path
A section of the popular Bristol & Bath Railway Path is now closed to cyclists and walkers for the next two months while council contractors repair damage done by badgers.
South Gloucestershire Council says that soil dug up by the animals has blocked a drainage ditch through the Staple Hill Tunnel.
The route will be closed for around eight weeks while works are undertaken to remedy the situation.
In the meantime, a diversion has been put in place to enable people to continue to use the route while avoiding the section that is closed off.
In a post on Facebook, South Gloucestershire Council’s StreetCare team said: “The 2.38km (1.5 mile) diversion on map avoids unlit or darker wooded areas so people feel as safe as possible now the clocks have changed.
“On this stretch we have a badgers’ sett and badgers digging the soil over the retaining wall has caused the main drainage ditch to become blocked.
“We will therefore install a pipe in the ditch to stop the soil from the badgers affecting the drainage in the future as well as carry out ditch clearance and widening works to help hold extra rainfall in prolonged spells of very wet weather.”
It added that the works are being delivered by the council and funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) through Sustrans’ Paths for Everyone programme.
The 15-mile (24 km), three-metre wide cycleway follows the route of the former Midlands Railway Mangotsfield to Bath branch line, which was closed as part of the Beeching Cuts in the 1960s.
It was developed by volunteers from the Bristol-based charity Sustrans, which continues to manage the traffic-free route, which is now heavily used both for leisure and commuting by people on foot or bike in both cities, with many cyclists commuting between them daily.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Good old Bernard Hainault.
Never mind the badgers, watch out for the possums:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/15/new-zealand-possum-holds-woman-hostage-at-her-home
Probably looking for nuts...
I found a suitcase with two dead badgers in it, near that tunnel. I phoned the RSPCA to see what to do with them and the lady on the phone asked me "Are they moving?"
"Well, that'd explain the suitcase", I replied
Why will it take two months to put a pipe in a ditch? How long did it take the badgers to block the drainage ditch?
That shovel doesn't stay upright by itself, you know.
Is this one of those logic problems?
Because they have to run a consultation with the badgers first.
I don't see why, I thought we had already decided nationally that the needs of those passing through trump the wishes of local residents.
Fake news. It wasn't badgers - they've just been sett up.
By the mushrooms or the snakes?
HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA
The Wiltshire North West and District cell has fulfilled their mission admirably. Their names will be ranked amongst the highest of heroes
Everything is falling into place as I have planned
HAHAHAHA
We knew, we just knew!
EVERYone will know. It's just a matter of time....
HAHAHAHA
Wait until the squirrels get involved. My Mrs has always accused them of being against her and warning of the Squrrel uprising.
When I showed her this Rik and Morty she shouted. "its all true. finally the rest of the world will know."
Never mind the badgers and the squirrels, be truly afraid of the swans
https://jonnyandthebaptists.bandcamp.com/track/swansong
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/m5-traffic-live-after-swans-6179556
Dont blame it on the badgers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvVsAGf0DPk
Blame it on the boogie.....
Edit: bah, just checked out the link. Hill got there before me
Now you're just winging it....
You can tell it's the swans because of their distinctive cygnet-ure
If only you could be put on mute....
Just be careful not to let them know you understand them...
Infidels. When I am king they'll be the first against the wall
And then up and over it and into a tree, presumably?
Typical shabby squirrel trick