any abduction anywhere is risky. but there is always a very ^very small window of opportunity for no one to see anything. In this case it was 10 minutes.

if I wanted to measure how this routes busy times I would monitor the area and note how many people I saw at any given hour, through all hours of the day. most of the people that walk through there, especially on a weekday, will be walking their dogs. these walkers may very well run on a schedule and do that same walk every day, much like Nicola did. with enough observation and enough studying, you could definitely realise the empty periods and you will definitely recognise the same people over and over again.

it's not a commercial route and it's not a shortcut to any area of significant.