Bev attends Fosdyke windfarm consultation on horseback to question bridle path rumours

After hearing rumours a bridle path was set to be closed due to windfarm works, Bev Edwards decided to find out for herself – by attending a consultation on horseback.

A spur of the moment decision saw the animal lover visit a public event at Fosdyke Village Hall last Saturday (October 28) riding horse Sally.

The consultation was being hosted by Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind, who are proposing to build one of the country’s largest wind farms in the North Sea, with cabling coming to shore at Anderby Creek and laid through the area.

“I decided to do that because of the bridle path and byway along the bank,” explained Bev, who lives in Swineshead and stables Sally in Fosdyke.

“I’d heard a rumour that they were going to be closing the bridle path and turn the byway into a walkway.

“I was out on my horse at the time so I said I might as well turn up and find out, and that was basically what happened.

“It wasn’t planned, I just did it.”

However, after discussions with the Outer Dowsing team, Bev’s fears about the Smeeton’s Lane byway and bridle path were allayed.

“Everything was good. They put my mind at rest and probably all the other people who use the bridle path.”

Outer Dowsing confirmed to this paper that land being dug up to allow the offshore windfarm to connect with the National Grid at Surfleet will all be filled in and returned to its original state.

It is planned that – when work can begin – trenches will be dug, cables laid and the trenches filled on a daily basis, up to several hundred metres per day.