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Apply common sense when, what and how to ride - most FPs in Somerset are barely used. What a waste!
You will occasionally meet a Footpath Nazi, but don't let them spoil your day. I practice polite militancy. If they get arsey, I point to the CtBM sticker on my bike that reads: "This machine kills fascists".
"there's a steep as anthing hill down that way, have a blast!"
I think I know where you mean (nr Cheddar Gorge). It's good early/late once grockles have gone home for tea 
Yes I do. Like most people though, I avoid areas if I know they'll be busy / too muddy, and if I do meet anyone I'm always polite and ride responsibly.
I've not used the 'I'm from the footpaths department and am checking the paths' line yet though 
i am often riding where i shouldnt be
that might be where you have no right to be, which isn't quite the same.
I've always enjoyed the local golf course for a cheeky blast... them sandy jumps are lush!
No one else seems to appreciate me joining in though, I've had people who would be considered well-to-do blast golf balls at me!!
People eh? 
Northwind it would be so nice if we could get sensible about this like you lot or our Scandy cousins but in the meantime... I will try harder next time 
yep
cheeky trails in rossendale are underused by johnny walker , so no big issue in my manor
I reckon that barring the odd trail centre outing every ride I've ever done has involved riding something that I don't have the right to ride enshrined in law, 99% at least.
I don't understand why people in England are still saddled with this crap set of land access laws, surely a decently organised pressure group could point to the different rules in Scotland and press through changes in the law? It worked for the Ramblers as someone said above.
Northwind, I know the trail you mean at Innerleithen, I ride it on occasion, I've never seen anyone using it as a push up, the other push up route along the hill is so much easier, so just go for it! They'd hear you coming anyway.
I doubt I would admit it on an open public forum like this even if I did.....
I don't understand why people in England [and Wales] are still saddled with this crap
The different user groups (horse, cycle, trail bikes, 4x4, ramblers) are fragmented and at odds with each other. MTB has no single lobby group advocating a change to the law. The powerful ramblers lobbyist in particular, don't support other types of users on routes where they currently have sole rights.
Also, Scotland had successful defacto open access for decades before becoming law. It also had no legacy of RoW categories - byway, bridleway, footpath. These categories are very divisive.
Interesting reply buzz, I can see when you put it like that it's going to be difficult for any change to happen, shame. I love the fact I can basically ride where I want up here (always responsibly of course!) it's a pity it's not a universal thing across the whole island.
I don't understand why people in England are still saddled with this crap set of land access laws
* I chose my word carefully - usual line is that "the way forward is access agreements because they've been proved to work", when the government's own study proved quite decisively that access agreements don't work at all.
Back to the OP, I don't ride cheeky trails, I ride trails.
yep...most of my routes have a few cheeky bits in them..
yes, although not regularly, and only early doors when it's not busy - todays ride consisted of plenty of footpaths, they are however well surfaced and are unlikely to fall apart at the mere sight of a wheel.
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