It's unbelievable the difference a path has made: how volunteers are building a cycle network a yard at a time

The Guardian - The Strawberry Line network of paths in Somerset has found a way to speed up planning permission and harness the goodwill of the community. In the past two years, multiple sections of a hoped-for 76-mile rural cycling and walking route spanning Somerset have sprouted up around the small town of Shepton Mallet, seemingly every few weeks.