I just wondered whether anyone on this forum uses The Chase in Woolton Hill to walk their dogs. The National Trust have just finished almost two years of work on The Chase, to include coppicing, and tidying up the fences. They have also put cattle in there and barbed wire fences. They now say no dogs should be off a lead, and no dogs are allowed in the lake any more, and it looks like no fishing, as they have put barriers up on the two main areas where you could walk down to the lake.
How do people feel about this, as a local dogwalker, I am extremenly disappointed I cannot throw sticks or balls to my dog off the lead, and he loves to swim in the lake. I have been here nearly 30 years and this is the first time we have nowhere local to let our dogs off the lead and play. I am also concerned about the barbed wire and the fact that this is a nature reserve and not a farm.
What do others think? |