38 Degrees !

[silverclaws]

Further to a thread started by Retrobike member reanimation regarding government plans to sell off our forests and heathland, here is the link to the online petition, if you feel you would like to make your point ;

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/save-our-forests

But reading an online Guardian article, this is where we should be particularly concerned other than the fact that the scum bags are at it again ;

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act will also do nothing to protect access for those who enjoy our forests on mountain bikes or on horseback rather than on foot, or who rely on wheelchair or buggy-friendly tracks. Almost every single purpose-built, single-track mountain-bike trail in England is in a publicly owned forest. There are none in privately owned forests. If I were a mountain biker, I'd be fearing for the future of my sport.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/nov/16/fight-government-forest-sell-off

 

[drcarlos]

This could be just the latest outcry though as according to one of the commenters the plans are to sell off the commercial plantations and not the old world woodland people like us use.
In the commercial plantations you can only ever cycle on the fire roads as they are too dense for anything else and they aredly support the UK's native wildlife population as they are non indiginous anyway.

Carl.

 

[Andy R]

In the commercial plantations you can only ever cycle on the fire roads as they are too dense for anything else
Carl.

I don't know about that :? Round here there are miles and miles of singletrack, most of which is in what originally were commercial plantations, although the amenity value is being increasingly realised.
They're like one big playground to me............

Disclaimer* - not England, of course

 

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[Tad]

This could be just the latest outcry though as according to one of the commenters the plans are to sell off the commercial plantations and not the old world woodland people like us use.
In the commercial plantations you can only ever cycle on the fire roads as they are too dense for anything else and they aredly support the UK's native wildlife population as they are non indiginous anyway.

Carl.

I do most of my riding on the singletrack in commercial woodland.