David Cragg wrote: > The village of Audlem on the Shroppie is a popular place > with passing boats for its pubs and shops (including a > chemists). The village also has a website at www.audlem.org. > > One of the items on the site is the result of a on-line > village vote concerning dogs using the canal towpath. The > votes results show 52% were for dogs on leads only with 47% > against. This finding will be passed on by the parish > council to the local authority who issues dog control orders.
Out of interest, since the towpath belongs to BW and is therefore private land, albeit land to which the public has access, does Local Authority have the power to impose this requirement on dog owners? David Mack
