Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2010/January 2011 | Page 127
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Island Life - December 2010
the rider
Bridleway
Group
opening
up new
avenues
There are more than 500 miles of
pathways, bridleways and byways
criss-crossing the Island, many of them
popular locations for horse riders.
Unfortunately many of the 200 miles
of bridleways that are currently usable
still need work carried out on them to
make them safer and more accessible
places to ride.
That is the aim of the I.O.W.
Bridleways Group which has recently
been set up, with Sheila Weedall, the
Island’s chairman of the British Horse
Society, its founder member. Sheila
explained the plans for the group,
saying: “Basically, it ha