anyway the final date to say anything is 2nd November for those who are up North....
"The Peak District National Park Authority is consulting on whether trail-bikes, quad bikes and 4x4s should be permanently banned from two key green lanes.
A six-week public consultation is running until November 2 on proposed Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) to exclude motor vehicles from the Long Causeway (a 3.6km route between Sheffield and Hathersage) and the Roych (a 3.5km stretch of the Pennine Bridleway near Chapel-en-le-Frith).
Both are former packhorse routes. The Long Causeway crosses the spectacular Stanage Edge, following a route between Redmires and Hathersage. The Roych track is part of the Pennine Bridleway, a national trail dedicated principally to horse-riders"
I quite agree.
Whilst I detest 4x4s, both on-road and off-road, I do think that people have a right to engage in their off-road passtime, but not in inappropriate areas.
A solution would be to make every effort to provide facilities away from the "unspoilt" countryside. Unused quarries, spoil heaps, old landfill sites, artificially made courses, and even farmland, in certain areas, turned into 4x4 routes, which would also provide extra income to farmers.
All green roads should be banned to 4x4s, as they now are in many areas, as should all public access areas. After all, so much of our country is dominated by cars, be it their presence, or their distant noise.
Cheers,
TE.