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Harryshill H
Harryshill Oct 25, 2012 14:28:21
Replying to moss

I'm not supporting 4X4's and the like but, bridleways came about as thoroughfares for horses at a time before these 'green lanes' were used for recreation. At a time when horses were the main form of transport. They would have been churned up by the horses at certain times of year and I bet pedestrians complained about them as well.

I can't remember if it was Surrey or Sussex but I was with a sizable group of people walking along a bridle path, when we encountered two or three people on horses. They weren't happy to confront us and were vocal about it and we was weren't happy about them and the churned up lane.

Recreational use, has altered the status quo.

H harestonesdown
harestonesdown Oct 26, 2012 02:09:02
Replying to Harryshill

As this is on my doorstep i'll comment.
Fair do's we don't want them ripping up paths that people need to use, and maybe that is the case with these two paths in question, so let's close them and give them somewhere else to go rather than banning them.
Let's have a bit of tolerance for each other eh, relocation and education is what's needed here, not banning people from doing what they enjoy. i guess those that own the land EKLB stands on would rather not have people there but they tolerate us.

As for making them walk, have you not seen the erosion us hikers cause of some of the more popular paths ? and you can include Britain's 3 largest mountains in that, ffs just look at the train up Snowdon for example, but we aren't rallying to have that closed.

Live and let live i say, or we could just ban everything that grinds our personal gears. :/

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