A scheme has been launched in Ceredigion to enable people to ‘donate a gate’.

The project came about following requests to Ceredigion County Council by a member of the public to ‘adopt’ a path as part of a unique wedding present.

The couple are keen walkers regularly visiting Ceredigion to use the Rights of Way network, and their imaginative friend thought that contributing to the upkeep of these would be a fitting way to mark their special day.

Not being something that had been done in Ceredigion before, it seemed wrong to turn down the chance of being able to carry out work which, without this donation, may not have been possible right now.

The team came up with the suggestion of buying a pedestrian gate to replace a ‘past its best’ kissing gate on the coast path.

Speaking on behalf of Ceredigion County Council’s Public Rights of Way team, Eifion Jones said: “We have regular requests to install memorial or commemorative benches along paths in the county, and whilst there are a few locations where this is appropriate and useful, in the most part something as formal as a garden bench can be intrusive and out of place in our wild and remote landscape.”

With this in mind, the team has launched the Donate a Gate scheme.

For more information, get in touch with Jill Lowry, community access officer, by email at [email protected] or phone on 01545 574140.

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