Got to go drop off a part for a car tonight and will be using the bike but was curious about a network of unmade roads near the garage (Mowatts - pound lane North Benfleet) and thought i could check them out on the way home, at lunch today i looked on google maps to see how extensive the roads were and saw a really long line of trees with a definite path leading into them and a path leading out of them at the other end, but how do i find out if there is a public footpath here rather than waiting to see if i get shot at or chased by dogs ?
the map is here
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=map+showing+public+footpath&hl=en&ll=51.582803,0.549703&spn=0.019573,0.03798&sll=51.582643,0.551677&sspn=0.019574,0.03798&t=h&z=15&lci=bike
the line of trees is right down the middle and stretches from harrow road at the top down and under the A130 looking at it to Rushbottom lane at the bottom, i'm not aware of any bridges here, but then i'm always in a car shooting along the road ??? this could be a corker of a strava segment, but more importantly a nice easy route for me this evening rather than dice with death along the A13 and Pound Lane !!
