WALKERS on the popular Yorkshire Three Peaks route heading to Penyghent from Brackenbottom, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, are being urged to stick to the path because of erosion and to ‘Dig Deep for the Three Peaks’
Signs at the start of the climb state ‘this path needs your help’ and ‘can you help us fix it’, while a specially made donation stone urges people to ‘Dig Deep for the Three Peaks’ and give what they can.
The Three Peaks Project was set up in 2009 by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority with the aim to ensure the area is maintained and improved in the long term by generating a sustainable income to help pay for its management.
In the late 1980s a report carried out by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology claimed that the path network in the Three Peaks area was the most severely eroded in the UK.
A spokesperson for the national park authority said: "We have done some work on the Brackenbottom this summer to repair the path – this is the main route up Pen-y-ghent. The sections roped off are to prevent walkers taking ‘shortcuts’ which are causing erosion on land adjacent to the path. Both are just part of our ongoing work to maintain the routes in the area.
The donation boxes are part of the Three Peaks Project and are a way of giving walkers an opportunity to help donate to path repairs."
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