Pics of the day. Wednesday, February 28th

Richard Wyatt

Isn’t it time Gravel Walk lived up to its name? Jane Austen would blush!

Published by Richard Wyatt

Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath. Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.

2 Comments

  1. Couldn’t agree more! We’re starting to see a build-up of cars and vans (5 or 6 yesterday) coming down through the lockable bollards on Brock Street, as you highlighted to great effect in 2017. ‘Slush Walk’ more like!

  2. I believe the problem is caused by the residents whose gardens back on to the Gravel Walk. They are allowed to drive vehicles on to it, park on it and store their building materials on it. However no one checks the condition of the area before and afterwards. Maybe the council should return the mud bath either side of the path to the once attractive gravel as a base line. Then photograph it, and refer to this record when granting permission for builders’ traffic. Builders and residents would then have to repair any damage, replace missing gravel and restore it to the photographic record. At the moment a residence in Brock Street has an area of the Gravel Walk fenced off, to protect a pile of old carpet, with muddy wheel ruts clearly showing where their van has caused damage. Surely my suggestion would immediately put an end to this abuse of a public area.

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