Travelling from Northern Ireland and now as far as county Wicklow in SE Ireland I haven't seen any of the public footpath signs so common in England. I'm assuming this is historic. In centuries past locals everywhere must have walked the same paths each day to go about their business and no one bothered to legislate rights of way. I suspect such rights of way (if you can call them that) fell into disuse everywhere when our ancestors migrated into cities, or were fenced off by opportunistic landowners. Fortunately in England and Wales we have laws that have protected most of ours. The Ramblers, Open Spaces Society and others work tirelessly to keep them from being closed down. Recent cuts to local authority budgets have impacted them, since someone has to ensure they are kept open when vegetation does it's thing. We may decry many aspects of the UK but at least we have public rights of way (although recent experience in the Llyn Peninsula of North Wales suggests not all are equally managed). Personally I have no desire to 'trespass' on agricultural land, just as long as there are plenty of places I can go for a walk in the countryside, that they are marked on maps and on the ground, and of course they are suitably maintained. The England and Wales Coast Paths are my favourites. I'm half way through walking/cycling them all and write my story up on leggingroundbritain.com. Please Ireland (North and South), give us your version. Brimming with millions of urbanites desperate to get out of cities and into the greenery probably explains our public rights of way legislation (consider the Mass Trespass on Kinderscout in 1932). Just to even things up Ireland. Your roads are super for biking, whilst ours are a national disgrace!
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