Ditchling – Oldlands Mill: Path improvement

Before East Sussex resurfaced the Roman Road between Keymer and Hassocks we picked up the many Boardwalks that we had installed to deal with the mud and moved them to to the path between Ditchling and Oldlands Mill, in mid October. On 2nd October and on 9th we have installed them on the path, carrying on a previous installation over a very muddy area. With what we have left – see picture – we can lengthen it further. Whether the whole gets completed will depend on priorities.
There is some doubt about Boardwalk Safety: we have had a complaint that the boards are slippery in wet weather. It may be possible to add grip strips (at some expense) as long as no-one slips and scratches themselves on the rough surface; of course we could just remove the lot and let people get very muddy! Or suggest that they walk along the parallel Bridle path, of course.