VeryDisco Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4578773.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggy Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 If it us the we deserve it however I suspect that the truth is maybe a few 4x4's lots of feet cycle tyres farm vehicles are all at fault but still were they only ones that rip up the enviro aint we Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Taken from the above link: Head warden of Powys County Council's countryside services, Rab Jones, said: ""We don't know how people learn about the trail, but we think there may be an website they use. no, we just use our brains and grab a copy of an OS map..... Mr Jones added that it was "business as usual" for walkers and cyclists. What, spreading malicious rumours about 4x4's, generally trying to turn the worls against us, whilst simultaiounsly continuing to go walking with boots on, eroding the countryside, but expecting car-tax payers to foot the bill to repair their footpaths? to$$ers!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Marshall Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 expecting car-tax payers to foot the bill to repair their footpaths? I think the real issue here is money - local authorities have a legal duty to maintain green lanes etc and they are under so much budgetary pressure that they will use any damned excuse to reduce their liabilities. Closure is a clever option and we are going to see a lot more. We are facing a much less supportive electorate than even five years ago, so lets not kid ourselves that this is just a blip....the world and his dog now talk in pubs about the damage and noise caused by off-road bikes and cars and they just don't approve. It's time for a re-think on making codes of practice work and a far better partnership with local government to allay concerns. If we loose rights they won't ever come back so we ought to be looking seriously and hard at this issue. Some positive PR would help - a big attempt to publicise removal of abandoned cars etc - in the same way that BASC, the voice of shooting, concentrates publicly on the C [conservation] rather than the S [shooting]. If you don't believe me just look at the Natural Environment & Rural Communities Bill where, since the committee stage in July, a new clause has been added giving powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to National Park Authorities covering byways (BOATs & Restricted), Bridleways and Footpaths. GLASS is on the case but I don't believe that they can counteract heavyweight lobbying on their own. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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