Some kids rode where they shouldnt be and built a bonfire arroud a tree at the NT park my dad woks at. We’re probably talking kids on bikes, not mountainbikers.
Now this adds fuel to the debate that all MTB’ers are bad and there’s talk of banning bikes (at the moment we’re not banned, but in no way encouraged by the stiles/gates).
Anoyingly though theres no talk about banning car drivers, despite the big problem with chavy wannabe McRae’s going “drifting” on the medow. Again we’re talking kids in cars, not car drivers. And thats before we get annoyed by the commuters looking for a shortcut that thought it would be ok to push through some iron gates causing 000’s worth of damage.
So how do I argue for a tenuous right to ride in my own back yard, without resorting to the above argument which will just wind people up.
p.s. if anyone knows of the pyromaniac riders , the police and fire brigade would like a quiet word.