This may be of interest to those of you who run along a canal towpath...

[Hennith]

The Canal and River Trust are currently consulting users of shared towpaths. They aim to improve users' experiences and further encourage safe use of the towpaths around England and Wales. If you want to take a look at the consultation, or have your say, it's available here: canalrivertrust.org.uk/abou...

[GoogleMe Graduate]

Thanks for that, very interesting. Means well, execution a bit un-nuanced. All towpaths are not the same - and all times are not the same. I'm no fan of being mown down by a thundering fast-paced stony faced runner, or cyclist, but I don't really see that the slowest towpath user should feel entitled to occupy the full width of the path all the time. I love my local towpath, I'm a slow runner and I am happy to keep my dog on a short lead on this canal for the sake of the water voles... but I do have goals sometimes and it would be nice to feel that people would move to the side for me to past them without breaking my rhythm... but I wouldn't run there on a Bank Holiday!