Usual story here – somebody trying to start an ‘us and them’ argument, when the real situation is that there are wrong-doers in all camps.
To tell the workers that he would ride where he wanted and that they couldn’t stop him was somewhat inflammatory, and the workers’ reaction to the goading was ill-advised.
If the cyclist had just let the guys get on with their job (or was a bit more polite in his questioning technique) then none of the confrontation would have happened.
For the record, our local woods suffered from extensive logging work a couple of years ago, but returned to a usable state in a surprisingly short time. You’d hardly know that it had happened, considering that it looked like the Somme at one point.
There’s currently a lot of working going on to remove invasive rhododendrons but, based on previous experience, we know that it’ll recover fairly quickly so aren’t too fussed about it.
Just happy to have somewhere local to ride our bikes – life too short for arguments.
<pantomine>Oh no it isn’t!</pantomime> 😉