Talks to be held after broken glass left on track at Shropshire beauty spot

Shropshire Council said it will work to remove the smashed glass shards from land in Nesscliffe Hill, near Shrewsbury.

A group of mountain bikers came across large shards of glass which had been buried in the tracks.

Mark Blount, Shropshire Council’s country parks and heritage sites manager, said: “Shropshire Council have arranged a meeting with the Nesscliffe advisory group to look at this and other matters, to see if we can find a way forward.

"This irresponsible act puts many users at risk and is difficult to monitor in a woodland of some 56 hectares.

“We will look at this report of glass found to find exactly where it was discovered, so we can check that it has all been removed.

“Our team will put in some more visits to the site and ask people if they know anything about this incident.

"We will also inform the horse and cycling fraternity to make them aware and to be extra vigilant.”

Laurence Williams was the one to discover the glass last week.

He was riding along the path and only saw the glass at the last minute, causing him to throw his bike to the ground and fall in to the bracken.

He said: "It's not as if we were riding where we shouldn't have been. It was just on the path, which anyone could use. They were very large pieces of glass which someone had deliberately buried in the ground.

"I was lucky that I saw it, but if it had been someone else it could have been a very different story."