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The Realm of the 'Bobble Hats'

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Disco Matt:
What always baffles me is stories about repairing footpaths by airlifting stone. These are invariably given a positive light by the media, despite being a very CO2-intensive method of repairing damage caused by over-use! In the case of Snowdon it is pretty obviously only due to excessive numbers of walkers as the routes in question are off limits to everyone else.

Maybe we don't complain enough? Whinging about the state of rights of way and not actually doing anything about it seems to work for the red sock and jackboot brigade...

Disco Matt:

--- Quote from: Suvvey on January 03, 2009, 20:11:54 ---I was especially worried about this one

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/news/archive/2004/greenlanesshropshire.htm

I realise it's old but anyone know who they are pointing the finger at in this? I'm especially interested what make of winch was used to rip out a 200yr old tree as that is a pretty impressive theat :?

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Indeed!

There is a healthy 100 year old tree in my garden (I assume it to be that old as that's when the house was built). I would happily winch from it (obviously with a strop - you'd need a long one mind as it's about 5ft diameter!) without being remotely worried about it pulling out. Any suitably beefy tree that is pulled out is clearly dead and rotting, and therefore needs to be removed before it falls on someone. The dead wood left on the ground will be very popular with wildlife.

Drift:
At least this wasnt us



http://www.lakedistrict-stay.co.uk/tourist/Fix-the-Fells.html

http://www.snowdonia-npa.gov.uk/page/index.php?nav1=learning&nav2=2&nav3=8&nav4=6&lang=eng&contrast=1&view=graphic

Range Rover Blues:
My wife spent most of last year in a wheelchair, as far as I'm concerned the RA is a selfish bunch of *£#'*%$ and can *&#@&%$* :twisted:  A car is the only way she can access the countryside.  I dare them to tell me she is not welcome on "their" lanes :evil:

If they are so concerned about polluti0n they need to explain how they get into the countryside themselves.  As a cyclist I was forever having to dodge oncoming cars because of the amount of ramblers who parked illegaly and dangerously so they could go off and polute the scenery with their cagools and bobble hats.

At least I have the decency to take my car around with me all day rather than discard it at the side of the road like an empty packet of crisps.

hobbit:

--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on January 04, 2009, 02:30:20 ---My wife spent most of last year in a wheelchair, as far as I'm concerned the RA is a selfish bunch of *£#'*%$ and can *&#@&%$* :twisted:  A car is the only way she can access the countryside.  I dare them to tell me she is not welcome on "their" lanes :evil:

If they are so concerned about polluti0n they need to explain how they get into the countryside themselves.  As a cyclist I was forever having to dodge oncoming cars because of the amount of ramblers who parked illegaly and dangerously so they could go off and polute the scenery with their cagools and bobble hats.

At least I have the decency to take my car around with me all day rather than discard it at the side of the road like an empty packet of crisps.

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Know what you mean, love to see them push my other half up a path in her wheelchair, candidates for a heart attack anyone?

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