I'm in two minds about this .. It's a great lane, and if it's open it can and should be driven. Having said that, any damage and they have a case, maybe. However, if no-one drives it do they have a case that no-one drives it so why keep it open?
I dunno .. still gonna do a recce of other lanes, but will check Chapelgate first, see how it looks, conditions etc and decide 'on the fly' I think.
I see little point in keeping lanes open and not driving them. If it is opened as a 'managed' lane, it's gonna become like Gatesgarth, only open to a precious few who book early ... what's the point of that?
Frankly, in my view, it should be shut, open or made one-way like they did Stanage and Roych ... put simply, it works! Maybe managed on a seasonal basis, open half the year perhaps and closed for the rest .. no easy answer.
I understand Treadlightly and TRF, but I'm getting hacked off at cow-towing to the bobblies and others who want to stop us. Maybe we ought to be more aggressive in our actions and tell them what we want and do it instead of trying to pacify them all the time. It always seems like it's us who stop, wait, keep quiet, don't antagonise, and I get really ****ed off when you try to engage a ****er, sorry walker, and they blank you or scowl!
On balance, feck 'em .. I'll decide on the day due to conditions etc.