Much has been said about grass cutting of verges and paths in Brigg over the past few months while periods of wet weather and warm sunshine have combined to provide ideal growing conditions for the green stuff to sprout here, there and everywhere.
North Lincolnshire Council, Brigg Town Council and social landlord Ongo share the task of trimming at various locations across the town.
At Brigg Town Council's latest meeting, members discussed the possibility of devolving "inter-town verge cutting" to the town authority.
However, a very pleasant walk we undertook at the weekend reminded us that local landowners also have a part to play.
We were pleased to see that two public footpaths linking Brigg and Wrawby are being well maintained, despite various crops being grown very close by. Some fields have already been harvested, while others are approaching this stage.
One public path runs from Churchill Avenue, Brigg, winding its way between fields to emerge at Tongs Farm, on Brigg Road, Wrawby, near the top of the hill.
The other leaves this path at right angles and heads up an incline before eventually connecting with Kettleby Lane, Wrawby.
It skirts the boundary between North Lincolnshire and West Lindsey (Brigg, Wrawby and the Kettleby part of Bigby parish).
The footpath offers fine view of the countryside, the Sheffield-Cleethorpes railway line and Bigby High Road (looking towards Brigg Garden Centre). On a fine and sunny day it's possible to see the white so-called golf ball monitoriing facility) far away on the top of the Lincolnshire Wolds.
