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Updates 2005 and earlier
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| 20 December | Lost Ways | Added link to unrecorded ways web site |
| 11 December | Walks reports | December 11th walk to North Bushey |
November 2005
| 30 November | News | Nancy Robinson |
| 9 November | Home Page | Notice of Small Mammal Walk on Home Page (Temporary only) |
September 2005
| 24 Sept | Law | Deleted "True or False?" as many browsers don't read Java. |
| 24 Sept | Law | Add planning to article on width of paths |
| 20 Sept | Law | Revised article on width of paths |
August 2005
| 20 August | News | Museum garden party 2005 |
| 17 August | News | Further update about A41/M1 crossing |
| 14 August | Walks | Added two rivers walk pictures |
July 2005
| 15 July | Walks | Added Festival Walk pictures |
June 2005 no updates
May 2005
| 22 May | News | Update to traffic free crossing |
| 18 May | Paths |
Added picture of 'Tessa Yates' Greenway (third thumbnail down, 100K size) |
| 5 May | News | Changed picture (thumbnail) to show surface material and RADAR lock in use to allow big wheelchairs. |
| 5 May | News | BADFA helps build steps at Woodland Trust Merryhill |
| 3 May | Walks | Next Sunday's walk start now 11.00 am due to football |
April 2005
| 28 April | News | 2005 AGM and EGM on constitution |
| 18 April | Links | Added link Walking in Herts |
| 4 April | Home page | Added AGM date 26th April to home page |
| 3 April | News | Friends of The Hertfordshire Way has new web site |
March 2005
| 28 March | News | New English Agency named |
| 28 March | News | Note on use of fine surface material and 'peat' added to news item. (also added to Gaps Gates Stiles page) |
| 20 March | News | New gate at Hayfield Close |
| 16 March | Bride Street | Short update note added |
| 13 March | Website page heading | Change to heading on all main pages. Please report any difficulties with these headings by clicking HERE. |
| 13 March | Walks reports | Some pictures of 13th March Walk at Chenies |
| 10 March | Whole web site | Change to display centrally substantially complete. PLEASE REPORT ANY ISSUES |
| 9 March | Walks | Walks programme for 2005 ("at last" you may well say) |
| 8 March | Whole web site | Starting change for all pages to display centrally on browsers instead of to the left side of the browser window. Expected to take a few days |
| 5 Mar | Home Page | Improvement plans, chance for input, new venue and date. |
February 2005
| 12 Feb | Walks | 13th February walk cancelled |
| 9 Feb | Bride Street | Note added about notices served by BADFA. |
| 9 Feb | News | Diagram added to M1/A41 item |
| 9 Feb | News | Update to Welwyn Garden City proposal HCC decides to object |
| 8 Feb | News | BADFA objects to Welwyn Garden City proposal |
| 5 Feb | Home page | Harlequin event confusion (RoW improvement plans) |
January 2005
| 31 Jan | Home page | Added note on how to change appearance of site |
| 31 Jan | Comment | Two consultation responses |
| 31 Jan | Home page | Rights of way improvement plans roadshow |
| 29 Jan | 31A | Minor update to 31A |
| 28 Jan | News |
Gaps
Gates Stiles Standard may be revised Public help sought. Electric fencing & barbed wire to be standardised? |
| 24 Jan | Home Page etc | Revised common index bar at head of most pages |
| 23 Jan | News | A41/M1 traffic-free crossing started |
| 22 Jan | News |
Some data
released by County Hall (This should strictly be a 2004 news item) |
| 21 Jan | Works |
Steps & bridge at Bushey Mill Lane (Somehow omitted until now) |
| 18 Jan | News | Hilfield Lane Path reopened |
| 18 Jan | People | Change to reflect John Carleton's resignation |
| 17 Jan | Our area | Merged 'Our Area' with 'Paths' to reduce the number of top links |
| 15 Jan | Whole site | Changing from java buttons which cannot be always read by some new browsers. This will take a week or more, please be tolerant of non working links. If in doubt return to the home page. |
| 10 Jan | News | Hartspring Meadow Path Blocked |
| 8 Jan | Walks | A few words added to Jan 1st walk |
| 6 Jan | Walks | New photo and minor wording |
| 3 Jan | Walks | New year's walk photos |
| 2 Jan | Walks | 2005 Walks report page started |
2004
December 2004
| 29 Dec | Walks | Dates for 2005 walks on new 2005 page |
| 28 Dec | Walks | Minor layout to walks and update for 1 Jan |
| 9 Dec | Links | Added link to SW Herts lostways new site |
| 5 Dec | News | Homefield Road path claim - Success |
November 2004
| 23 Nov | News | Commons Bill included in Queen's speech |
| 6 Nov | Home page | Added link on home page to CROW Act coming into effect schedule |
October 2004
| 10 Oct | News | Merryhill board unveiling and walk |
September 2004
| 8 Sept | Walks reports | 22 August walk pictures & words added |
August 2004
| 21 August | Walks | 22 August walk updated |
July 2004
| 29 July | Maps/Our Area | Change of name and some changed content. |
| 18 July | Our Paths | Added County Council officer and area map |
| 18 July | Lost Ways | Linked 2001 page to Lost Ways instead of Our Paths |
| 18 July | Our Paths | Deleted Anthony Emmet (left) and some link & layout amendments |
| 15 July | News | New Countryside Code |
| 4 July | Walks reports | Festival Walk 2004 |
June 2004
| 28 June | News | Ref to 15/20 June response in News + photo |
| 26 June | News | Sally Banks' John Sears Day report |
| 15/20 June | Comment | Added comment 7: BADFA response on common agricultural policy cross subsidy |
| 9 June | News | Aerodrome dumps on and damages our paths |
| 3 June | Bride Street | Two photographs of this badly served path. |
May 2004
| 24 May | Bride Street | Update on this badly served path. |
| 24 May | 31A | 31A gates starting to go, includes picture |
April 2004
| 21 April | News | Update, with photo, of our chairman's talk |
| 13 April | News | Our chairman to give talk to Friends of Museum |
| 5 April | Walks | Netherwylde walk extra photo (by D & B Ivory) |
March 2004
| 23 March | Walks | Added photos of March 21st Netherwylde walk |
| 20 March | News | Radio Masts and BADFA |
| 19 March | News | Response on vehicles on rights of way |
| 14 March | Links | Added link to Bushey Festival web site |
| 14 March | Walks | Update Festival Walk date and start point |
| 9 March | News | Alleyways to be closed off |
| 6 March | Updates | Split off pre 2003 updates to reduce file size |
| 6 March | Law | Tidy up Signpost and Waymarks page |
February 2004
| 18 Feb | News | More of the CROW Act comes into operation |
| 17 Feb | Lost Ways | Added link to Countryside Agency page |
| 15 Feb | Lost Ways | Added Javascript (PDW) showing % time past |
| 14 Feb | Lost Ways etc. | Added note with query on Blue Book |
| 13 Feb | Lost Ways | Updated and linked to CROW Act |
| 13 Feb | CROW Act | Text of CROW Act and Notes put on web |
| 5 Feb | Lost Ways | New lost ways page |
| 5 Feb | Lost Ways | New main button |
January 2004
| 31 Jan | Walks | Note re phone number error on printed walks list |
| 24 Jan | News | Ramblers' Association helps BADFA |
| 20 Jan | Home page | Tidied up appearance |
| 20 Jan | Walks | Corrected solstice walk date |
| 19 Jan | Walks | Added 2004 walks list |
| 14 Jan | Home page | Added invitation to ask us questions |
| 5 Jan | Ald 31A | 31A inspector decision not challenged |
| 5 Jan | News | 31A inspector decision not challenged |
| 5 Jan | News | New year walk |
November 2003
| 21 Nov | Aldenham 31A | Inspector finds in our favour |
| 14 Nov | Walks reports | Two photos of October Berrygrove walk |
| 14 Nov | Links page | Added HCC standards, local weather etc. |
September 2003
| 12 Sept | Laws | Update and general tidy-up of Signposts |
| 30 August | Structures | Amendment to signs page |
| 28 August | News | 31A Inquiry completed |
| 17 August | News | Garden Party 2003 |
| 5 August | 31A | 31A inquiry date etc. |
| 29 July | News | Local Access Forum members announced |
| 29 July | People | Added John Carleton, moved the McCormicks |
| 13 July | Walks report | Festival walk added |
| 20 June | Walks report | Cissbury pictures added |
| 7 June | Walks report | Cissbury walk |
| 18 May | Bride Street | Minor amendment and update to page |
| 17 May | News & Bride St | More dumping, and bodged gates |
| 16 May | Membership | Membership form link (PDF) added to page |
| 13 May | Walks report | May 11th Letchmore Heath and Aerodrome |
| 13 May | Comment | Minor update to feedback from our web |
| 12 May | Aldenham 31A | Provisional date of inquiry |
| 9 May | Law | Revised PDF version of Ownership document |
| 6 May | Law | Common Law and Abatement modified |
| 6 May | Bride Street | Bride Street updated |
| 5 May | Bride Street tag | Bride Street given its own page (provisional text) |
| 25 April | Walks report | Photos of 2003 Bluebell walk |
| 27 March | Legal | Added a 'box' about new rules for inspectors on width |
| 14 March | News | Bride Street blocked again |
| 9 March | Walks report | Added Colney Heath/Tyttenhangar walk |
| 9 March | Walks 2003 | Amendment to detail of Sept and Oct walk |
| 2 March | Walks | Amendment to detail of 9th March walk |
| 27 Feb | Aldenham 31A | Case will go to Inquiry |
| 23 Feb | Achievements | Help with Jubilee Bridge and Walk |
| 22 Feb | News | Charlie Watson to stay on |
| 22 Feb | News | BADFA committee's concern over Bride Street |
| 14 Feb | Legal | Added article on use of Common Law |
| 14 Feb | Legal |
Added Acrobat (PDF) version of ownership paper |
| 12 Feb | News | Changes to pictures to enhance speed |
| 9 Feb | Walks | Feb walk report and pictures |
| 5 Feb | 31A | Copied News text to 31A page |
| 4 Feb | News | Diversion order refused on Aldenham 31A |
| 30 Jan | Legal | Two recent issues, gates and common law |
| 20 Jan | Walks reports | January 19th walk add picture |
| 19 Jan | Walks reports | January 19th walk report and problem |
| 19 Jan | News | Bride Street updated 19 Jan 2003 |
| 11 Jan | News | OSS makes formal complaint about path |
| 11 Jan | Walks | Some changes to walks reports and other walks pages and structure triggered by year end. |
| 11 Jan | Walks | Provisional walks programme for 2003 |
| 4 Jan | News | Bride Street updated |
| 1 Jan | News | Bride Street Blocked |
| 1 Jan | Walks | New year's day walk |
| 23 Nov | News | Kate Ashbrook wins 'Hoogstraten' appeal |
| 10 Nov | Walks | Walk to Mad Bess Wood |
| 29 Oct | Comment | Add 'secrecy' and 'crop obstruction' and minor updates to others |
| 26 Oct? | Whole web | Added cascading style sheet to set default font to Times. Most visitors will see no change, but comments by anyone on typeface (font) consistency or readability are solicited. |
| 24 Oct | News | Zapper course |
| 22 Oct | News | Membership |
| 14 Oct | Walks | Reorganised walks reports by calendar years |
| 13 Oct | Recent Walks | Bushey Heath, Grimsdyke & Merryhill walk |
| 11 Oct | People and Membership | Membership and Treasurer changes |
| 27 Sept | Aldenham 31A | Meeting at Hertsmere offices |
| 20 Sept | Comment | Crime prevention, BADFA's response |
| 15 Sept | News | Norman Hedges - an appreciation |
| 11 Sept | Comment | Picture of kissing gate without swing-gate |
| 27 August | Home and News | Added picture on home page and on News page about Vodaphone Mast |
| 26 August | 31A | Update at 26th August |
| 16 August | 31A | Provisional response to County's new document |
| 7 August | 31A |
a. Rejection of diversion
proposal b. Request to open up the definitive route |
| 27 July | Walks | Festival Walk 2002 photos etc |
| 27 July | Gates & Stiles | Photo of stile re some stile issues |
| 11 July | News | Vodaphone refused permission - Success |
| 11 July | News | The Merry Month of May path |
| 9 July | Walks | Correction of erroneous Festival Walk starting point |
| 5 July | Links | New a page with some links to other sites |
| 4 July | 31A | Not mad at all, just an oversight |
| 3 July | 31A | County may have gone mad |
| 2 July | NEWS | County destroys part of public footpath |
| 2 July | 31A | Safety issue near 31A (destruction of path) |
| 22 June | 31A | Small update to the Aldenham 31A saga. |
| 21 June | Comment |
New button (sort-of replacing foot & mouth) Includes: foot and mouth and are these people more important? |
| 7 June | Recent Walks | Added two pics and extra pic page to Jubilee Bridge Walk |
| 4 June | Recent Walks | Jubilee Bridge Walk |
| 13 May | Legal | New: Who is responsible for maintaining gates and stiles? |
| 12 May | Recent Walks | Colne Valley Walk, pictures and words |
| 11 May | 31A | Update on visit to path |
| 8 May | Law | Widths of paths |
| 8 May | News | Sally Banks write up of John Sears day 2002 |
| 7 May | News | News rearranged with one page per year |
| 6 May | News | 10 percent more paths: official |
| 6 May | News | Watford makes bad order |
| 3 May | 31A | Update to this totally unusable path |
| 14 April | 31A | Update to this totally unusable path |
| 14 April | Recent walks | Added photo at start of 14 Ap Thames walk |
| 14 April | List of Walks | Added all walks up to 1 Jan 2003 |
| 17 March | Recent Walks | Added March walk pictures |
| 16th Mar | General / Home | Added word search |
| 27th Feb | Gates & Stiles | Minor changes |
| 27th Feb | 31A | HCC decides to make an order |
| 23rd Feb | New Section | New, provisional, section relating to Aldenham 31A |
| 13th Feb | Home Page | Tidied left border and moved test screens (eg 800 x 600) to main page to allow search engines to present our site even better in due course. |
| 10th Feb | Recent Walks | Pictures from the 10th February walk |
| 7th Feb | Foot and Mouth | All notices to be removed |
| 6th Feb | Reviews | Reviews index page added with Blue Book review etc. |
| 28th Jan | Various | Minor non-substantive changes in text and layout |
| 23rd Jan | People | Included link to BADFA's Constitution |
| 20th Jan | Review | (New category) Elizabeth Agate's Fencing |
| 14th Jan | Recent Walks | Added other pictures of 13th Jan walk |
| 13th Jan | Recent Walks | Added group picture at start of walk |
| 1st Jan | Recent Walks | Added New Year Walk 2002 |
| 1st Jan | Walks | Moved some walk reports to the 'older' page. |
| 1st Jan | Walks | Added in some of the 2002 walks programme. |
| 29th Dec | News (on separate page) |
Added photos to Sally Banks' report of the John Sears day |
| 29th Dec | News (on separate page) |
Sally Banks' report of the 2001 John Sears study day |
| 20th Dec | News | Watford and Police aim to close public path |
| 12th Dec | Our Paths | Added two more county officers and contacts |
| 8th Dec | Foot and Mouth | Some dubious foot and mouth notices still up |
| 1st Dec | News | Added gate on Bushey 25 |
| 1st Dec | News | Split news into 2000 and 2001, and resulting changes. To improve loading speed |
| 26/27th Nov | News & Our Paths | The text
part of CoAg's consultation and of BADFA's response on 'lost paths' (this is also accessible via News or Our Paths) |
| 22nd/23rd Nov | Foot and Mouth | Restructured and amended Foot & Mouth page |
| 20th Nov | Recent walks | Addendum to Report & photos of 11th November 2001 walk |
| 11th Nov | Recent Walks | Report & photos of 11th November 2001 walk |
| 1st Nov | News | Clearance on new bridleway |
| 1st Nov | News | Richard Cuthbert appointed |
| 27th October | Gates & Stiles | Added Watford's definition of a Kissing Gate |
| 15th October | Walks | Added 14 Oct walk and photos |
| 7th October | Walks |
Added photo
of recent Thames walk Moved some walks into Old Walks page |
| 2nd October | Law | Link to Planning Inspectorate guidelines on IPROW site |
| 19th August | News | 2001 Garden Party photo |
| 11th August | News | An Article in The Times |
| 10th August | News & Foot + Mouth |
Minor changes/updates |
| 25th July | News | Update on National Grid structures |
| 23 July | News | Nasty and unnecessary National Grid structures |
| 19th July | Gates and Stiles | Update on new standard for gaps, gates and stiles includes Countryside Agency endorsement |
| 9th July | Foot and Mouth | Update on 'saboteurs' |
| 8th July | Walks | Report and photos of Festival Walk |
| 7th July | News | New Greenway opened |
| 4th July | News | BADFA chairman's leg problem returns |
| 4th July | Walks | Festival walk start changed to 11.30 to fit in with Festival Leaflet |
| 8th June | News | Minor adjustments to text and layout |
| 7th June | Achievements | Added Merryhill bench. |
| 7th June | Achievements | Reorganised one-to-a-page to speed up loading also added picture of Merryhill, Haydon House and buttercups. |
| 26th May | Gates and Stiles | Publication of new British Standard |
| 20th May | Foot and Mouth | The 'saboteurs' |
| 15th May | Walks | 'Recent walks' split into two with new list of about over a year old items. Also some pictures reduced in size. All to allow faster loading. |
| 15th May | Foot and Mouth | Small addition. |
| 15th May | Walks | Photo of people at Bluebell walk start |
| 8th May | Foot and Mouth | New entries, ITV (Carlton) slams Hertfordshire etc.and government guidelines. |
| 8th May | Walks | Confirmation that Bluebell Walk will take place |
| 3rd May | News | Updated AGM and John Sears |
| 3rd May | Foot and Mouth | Update |
| 3rd May | Walks | Minor changes to walks programme. |
| 17th April | News | Added index to news page. |
| 17th April | News | Added John Sears' Study day |
| 17th April | News | Added BADFA's AGM announcement |
| 17th April | Foot & Mouth | Update |
| 25th March | News | Added Van Hoogenstraten path success
by RA Updated Munden |
| 22nd March | Foot & Mouth | Update and new Government guidelines |
| 14th March | Recent Walks | Added London Walk 11 March 2001 |
| 12th March | Foot & Mouth | Update |
| 8th March | New BUTTON | Foot and Mouth |
| 11th Feb | Recent Walks | Added report of 11th February Wall Hall walk |
| 10th Feb | News | Signpost
going up at Munden Extra photo at The Grove |
| 8th Feb | Gates & Stiles | Updated example to conform to pre-publication BS5709 |
| 4th Feb | News | Added: Paths at The Grove, Watford |
| 28th Jan | News | Added: Bushey 35 Magistrates Court decision. |
| 14th Jan | Recent Walks | Added some words on St Albans walk (pictures to come later when developed) |
| 9th Jan | General tidy-up Throughout |
Changed most file names to all lower case (but
left main files alone to try to protect people who have 'favouriteised'
these files). Removed most of the unused files on the web. Put 'thumbnail' enlargements onto HTML pages to improve appearance. |
| 7th Jan | Recent Walks | Added small Festival Walk 2000 picture |
| 1st Jan | Walks | Added note about 01.01.01 walk. Rearranged Recent Walks to show most recent first. |
| 31st Dec | News | Updated Watford
Fieldpath Association Some updating to Aldenham 31A |
| 31st Dec | Achievements | Improve view of bench (JPG to HTM) |
| 31st Dec | Home page | Added 10th Year (2001) |
| 22nd Dec | Walks | Walks and Recent
Walks seperated, 2001 Walks Programme added |
| 20th Dec | News | Countryside & Rights of Way Act now law |
| 1st Dec | Achievements | Improved Sears' larger picture navigation. |
| 21st Nov | Achievements | Added Greenway and wide footpath and photos |
| 14th Nov | Our Paths Walks |
Added photo of cleared
path 12 Photos of 12 November walk |
| 12th Nov | News | Flood photo under News |
| 5th Nov | News | Add news of Garry Preston Update Watford Fieldpath situation |
| 3rd Oct | News | Add news of David Dench (CMS) |
| 2nd Sep | News | Add Watford
Fieldpath Association proposal Move Tykeswater Leap to Walks page Minor tidy up |
| 1st Sep | Walks | Update and some new pictures |
| 1st Sep | Our Paths | Amend to change HCC contact |
| 1st Sep | Achievements | Add John Sears Study days example |
| 24th Aug | Law | Add Phil Wadey's article on Creation of paths |
| 13th June | Our paths | Add training for survey, and Ivy Stevens picture. |
| 26th June | Minor changes |
| 26th May | People | Added picture of Steve & Jennifer McCormick |
| 21st May | APOLOGIES | Rename of many files for consistency may have made some of your stored hyperlinks to our site inoperative. We will try now to be consistent and change file names and structure as little as possible, though some change is inevitable. |
| 21st May | New section The Rule of Law | Just two items on it at present |
| 21st May | Gates & Stiles page | Added photo of 1999 charity walk (Jennings) |
| 12th May |
Layout only |
Re-laidout Achievements, EXAMPLES.htm put into table format |
| 11th May |
Technical changes |
Navigation bar in a table to avoid occasional double line spacing. Logo moved to bar. |
| 5th May | News item and referenced page | Countryside agency new publication |
| 3rd May | News page | Path 31A added |
| 1st May 2000 | Major changes | Complete rebuild as it was not readable by many
browsers Revised Gates and Stiles page |