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The Squeeze: Roseberry Topping’s Disappearing Footpath

Climbing Roseberry Topping ought to be one of the simple joys in life. Not on this stretch. Here it is a “stinging” ordeal, and no mistake.
A modern post-and-wire fence runs alongside a maturing line of hedge saplings, squeezed in next to the old boundary. They were planted a few years b ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/18/the-squeeze-roseberry-toppings-disappearing-footpath/

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Phase 2 of Roseberry’s Facelift Begins

Last week, the powers that be helicoptered huge black bags of stone and gravel onto the south flank of Roseberry Topping, ready for this year’s phase of its major path upgrading. I have been anxious to see the progress.

To the left of the leftmost foxglove, the bridleway, after climbing up from the Folly field, cont ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/06/15/phase-2-of-roseberrys-facelift-begins/

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Access Without Respect

A pack of a dozen mountain bikers bursts down the newly rebuilt, stone-stepped path on Roseberry Topping. Several are motor-assisted. Gravity does the rest. Gravel skitters, walkers flinch, gates are left yawning behind them. For a few loud seconds the hill is theirs, claimed by speed and noise. It looks impressive, in the way a juggern ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/02/08/access-without-respect/

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