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PEAK DISTRICT PROTESTS Building on the success of our ‘Back to Tarmac’ day on 21st October, we now invite you to join us for the second event on Sunday, 25th November. We have taken on-board your comments, and this time we are focusing on the main roads and the larger towns in the key areas. As before, we shall be meeting at 10.00am in the car park at the rear of the Monsall Head Hotel at grid ref: SK 185 715, which is about 1.4 miles north of Ashford in the Water. The route this time is from Monsal Head car park - Ashford in the Water - A6 - Buxton - Dove Holes - Sparrowpit - unclassified road to Winnats Pass - A6187 - Castleton - Hathersage - right on the B6001 - Grindleford - Calver cross roads - A623 - Baslow - through Chatsworth Park on the B6012 - Rowsley - A6 - Bakewell turn right through Ashford again on the B6465 to finish at the Yonderman Café at Wardlow Mires on the junction with the A623. Through Dropbox you can access placards for your vehicle, and map overlays for the routes: An A4 placard is available for use inside vehicle rear and side windows. Please print one or three off before you set out, for the rear and both side windows, (if you have them). In a plastic sleeve, this will also work on the cover of a rear door mounted spare wheel, or the back of a motorcyclist’s jacket (with duct tape!): https://dl.dropbox.c...dow Placard.pdf The Route is available from the link below overdrawn on an OS Map extract for printing, to save marking your maps: http://tinyurl.com/cg6blud PLEASE FORWARD THIS NOTE TO ANY AFFILIATED TRAIL RIDING OR 4X4 GROUPS Thank you, see on the 25th Peak and Derbyshire Vehicle Users Group

Should anyone be in any doubt about the need for as many people as possible to send objections to the Peak District National Park to the proposed TROs on Roych and Long Causeway, then please see the emails below from Peak District Green Lane Alliance asking GLEAM to urge all their members, nationally, to respond, and GLEAM's supporting email to its members. GLEAM, at least, are expecting all 3000 members of the TRF to respond! At one level, this is definitely a numbers game, which we MUST win. ----- Original Message ----- From: GLEAM News Group <mailto:news@gleam-uk.org> To: Stuart McLachlan <mailto:stuart.mclachlan@nildram.co.uk> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 3:47 PM Subject: Consultation by The Peak District National Park Authority on two proposed Traffic Regulation Orders Dear Member, I attach below an email which has been circulated by John Newrick, a leading member of the Peak District Green Lane Alliance, to all members of the PDGLA and lovers of the PEAK District. Before responding to the consultation I suggest you use the Internet link towards the bottom of this email. This will tell you more about the two proposed TROs banning motor vehicles on Long Causeway and The Roych. You will then be able to respond with more knowledge of what you are talking about. You will see that the Trail Riders Fellowship with over 3,000 members are lobbying the PDNPA en masse asking them not to ban vehicles, particularly motor bikes. It is therefore incumbent on all people who wish to preserve public rights of way from motor vehicular damage to respond to this consultation, even if they do not live in the Peak District. This includes all members of GLEAM. I would therefore be grateful if you would respond in your own words to this consultation to PDNPA before 2nd November. You will have to respond separately for each of the two ways in question. David Gardiner Chairman, GLEAM

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THIS IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE - ACT NOW Further to the above... The Peak District National Park want to ban all recreational vehicular users and are proposing to do this by a series of TRO (Traffic Regulation Orders), even though we have been in discussions with them. The first two are probably the most iconic lanes in the the Park – Roych Clough and Stanage Edge. Documents can be found here: http://www.peakdistr...nsultation-2012 It's now just a numbers game and we need you to write/email PDNP and oppose the TROs. One or two sentences will do! If it's not obvious, you need to email: long.causeway@peakdistrict.gov.uk and roych@peakdistrict.gov.uk ASK FOR CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF EMAIL If you need help, please ask. IT'S POTENTIALLY THE END OF LANING IN THE PEAK DISTRICT... Please write now. Get friends and family to do the same. If this succeeds, other national parks will follow suit.

Object and ask for a Public Inquiry into the matter.

I believe it's still worth doing. Tried to keep it off public forums originally, but based on the info I've found we need to reply en-mass. Urgently.

Yes, Ali Stewart.

Hi all You may have heard by now of a TRO proposal in the Chute area of Wiltshire. Word has it that the CC have received 97 replies in favour of the TRO. Can I urge you all to write in objection to the TRO, otherwise it's looking highly likely that we'll lose it. The lane is not in a bad condition, and a TRO is unjustified. Please see below: Many thanks

I've just read the petition, and it doesn't really say anything constructive. Give us back the ones we've lost would have been a better shout!

Please state valid reasons, and include things like possible one way use, seasonal TROs, Voluntary Restraint, speed bumps/ditches or run-offs to deter speed, repair, maintenance, user help, alternative routes for other users, heavier use on other routes due to lack of available lanes to spread the load, etc, etc. Thanks

You don't lose that much vision as it's mounted fairly low. Top tailgate wouldn't be strong enough and even if it was you'd be overdosing on spinach!

Try a swing away spare wheel carrier. Check out my albums - when I built my bob, I tried the bonnet and the rear. Sometimes both!

I've replaced the pipe, but not the valve. Might be worth trying that first I guess.

I've got an 82 Rangie with the fat brake servo. Every so often the brakes go hard and I lose servo assistance - not ideal! As the old fat servos are over £300, I was thinking of changing over to the later slim, pan type servo. Does anyone know if this is a simple swap or will modifications have to be made? For instance, will the brake pipe connections reach? Will the servo bolt onto the existing pedal box? Or am I missing the point entirely and another problem is at fault?!!! Thanks

Yeaaaa! I connected a jump leads from (-) terminal on the battery, to the starter motor battery, then another from the (-) to the engine, and perfect starting cranking first time - BRILLIANT! So thanks for that chaps. Sometimes you do need second opinions! I reckon the old engine to earth lead wasn't earthing out properly. I'll order in some decent leads and for good measure will connect both to the engine & starter bolt to the (-) terminal. Cheers!