Shropshire Star reports questionnaire results

Villagers back plan for footpath link-up” was the headline in Tuesday’s (3rd Jan) Shropshire Star, when it reported on the results of the questionnaire sent out by Hodnet Parish Council on proposals to create a path to connect Marchamley to Hodnet (and mistakenly also mentioned it connecting with Wollerton – some path indeed!).
The full results can be found on this page. The main result being, as the Star stated, 91 per cent of people who replied were in favour of the proposal.
Richard Underwood, a member of the Parish Council, told them “The Parish Council felt the return rate was pretty good, but there is still time for anyone who hasn’t got around to returning their form to do so. When it came to expected uses of the path, the questionnaire seemed to support our general expectations that its use would be popular for leisure purposes, but in Marchamley many households would also consider its use important in helping to access local based services.
After considering the results the parish council agreed in principle that scheme was worthy of further examination by the Hodnet Footpath Group, with whom the results have been shared.”
Unfortunately, when it came to a photograph, it seems the only one the Star could find for Hodnet, was of a Market Drayton town sign!