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s planned, on 31st March, we welcomed the first cows onto the Town Moor. The weather was exceptionally changeable this Spring, so the Town Moor herd spent their first few days in the smaller paddock at Moor Bank. Machinery arrived to start the Town Moor demarcation fence line on 5th February, heavy snow on the 8th slowed our progress but we were well prepared in time for the returning cattle. It’s disappointing that many of the newly installed fences were vandalised, with the obvious dangers this presented to cattle, pedestrians and our staff. This has been reported to the City Council and to Northumbria police and we are working together to prevent this antisocial behaviour. Collaborating with Newcastle City Council, we have restored the original footpath on Nuns Moor Central. The original path was 2.5mtrs wide but encroachment of the grass
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over the decades reduced it to 1.2mtrs. The team carried out an inspection and restored the path to its original 2.5mtrs and installed new entrance gates.
