• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    I don’t think that step is a problem if the path is single track gravel. Most trails are not wheelchair accessible.

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      2 months ago

      It’s a footpath, not a wheel path. Better to set your expectations at the start than find an impassable obstacle halfway through.

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Aren’t a lot of public footpaths like this? You have to climb up and over walls in fields via little ladders or staircases. Or you have to pass through narrow gates to keep sheep in.

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    2 months ago

    Not entirely sure what your point is. This seems like a good (and literal) barrier of entry to protect people who are not physically capable of taking the footpath.

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    2 months ago

    What is a public footpath? Aren’t all footpaths (in nature anyways) pretty much public?

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    2 months ago

    Did you look at the actual path? It’d be a pain to walk it, let alone try and fit a wheelchair down there.

    • Pika
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      2 months ago

      not all disabled are in a wheelchair, my grandma isn’t chair-bound but she does need a walker or a cane, she could easily traverse that trail but she defo couldn’t get up and over that ledge

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        2 months ago

        That is what I was implying by being a pain to walk it. Even without the impediment of a walker or cane.