Five of us met with Ian Davison, Leader of the Council, and Jim Sinnott, Portfolio Holder, on Saturday.
We took them for a walk around, pointing out some of our areas of concern – access path cluster point, crossing points, restricted access, pedestrian priority on the perimeter path, lack of visibility etc. – and also talked about how important it is to make sure their messaging is clear that this is a multi-use space.
There were some cyclists going the wrong way round the trails that day which kind of proved one of our safety points, and two of them stopped deliberately to earwig on our conversation 
We also took the councillors into the central woods area to show them the tree felling. It’s so obviously not woodland management as it’s all along the side of the trails.
We showed them areas where pedestrian access has been deliberately restricted and asked them why. We showed them the gate at the other end of the LTR area that means you can’t now exit to the car park and asked them why.
We showed them the two trails that were nowhere on the design that went to planning, but that now mean pedestrian access on the Rabbit Run and through those woods is completely restricted.
We also explained to them that regardless of how many safety measures they put in place, a lot of people just don’t use it anymore. We felt it was important for them to understand the emotional connection that so many people had with the place.