In reply to ChrisJD:
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> You realy should read all of the posts before you chip in with a load of crap like this.
I did
> I'll repeat for the nth ****ing time:
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> I am not a 4x4 off-roader.
Then its interesting that you defend them so loudly.
> Read all the posts and then come back with a reply - if you can be arsed. I'm bored with dealing with tw*ts.
So are most walkers & climbers when they come to deal with people driving where they have no need to drive. If it means being a tw*t and taking a different view to the one you're expressing on this subject then I'll happily be a tw*t. Perhaps its the tw*ts of this world that are bored with you. Why is it that when people start to lose an argument they rapidly turn to abuse. People shouting tw*t at each other is the same mindset as the people who take pleasure in ripping up the small remaining bits of tranquil landscape in this country. This mindset is one of a lack of understanding, a lack of appreciation and a lack of humility.
Its fairly obvious to most users of the countryside that off road 4x4's create a disproportionate amount of damage to the rights of way they go on. Its bad enough in the area I live in that most horse riders don't use some green lanes anymore, the ground is badly rutted and some off roaders are aggressive to other users. As for walking the same lanes its best to pack wellies or just don't go there.
Whilst walking the Ridgeway some years back we were passed by 42 trailbikes in 4 miles of walking. What before had been a small track used by the odd walker and the local farmer was now a 40 foot wide mudbath, impossible to get around unless the walker crawled through the bushes at the side. In later years the local councils have dumped tons of hardcore on the Ridgeway to provide a surface for more motor use. They have tried to restrict motorised use but have failed. This pattern is repeated to a greater or lesser degree in other areas. How and why is this a defensible and mature behaviour?
Why is it that the activities of just a few people intent on wrecking a green lane should take precedence over the wishes of the quiet and considerate majority? Isn't there enough tarmac for the driver to drive on? Do they really have to drive everywhere? After all its never in doubt that their turbo charged 4x4 will be able to conquer the green lane they set their sights on.
In a world where macho man can do just what he pleases and damn the consequences is there anyone out there who perhaps asks themselves if they should be climbing that crag, walking the wilderness, taking that cheap flight, buying those new trainers. Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should.