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[Closed] 'Deadly' wire strung across Surrey bridle path

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[i]A potentially deadly length of metal wire has been discovered strung between two trees at head height on a bridle path in Surrey.

The wire was found on the North Downs Way in Shere, between Newlands Corner and West Hanger, on Friday 9 April. [/i]

[url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8622670.stm ]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8622670.stm[/url]


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:37 pm
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Lets hope they catch the "harmless, salt of the earth, little tearaways that are good at heart" and string them up with their own wire.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:41 pm
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I rode along there on that day, thankfully I didn't come across it. Unbelievably stupid thing to do though. Hopefully it's just kids and not someone with a grudge against people on bikes round there, although I'm sure that the local Jack Russell's are trained to chase bikes. little ****ers.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:48 pm
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Unbelieveable that folk do this.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:48 pm
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Might be a horse hating biker? no mention of wire height


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:56 pm
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It's not the first time I've heard of this happening and in other instances it hasn't been kids that were responsible, but grumpy locals.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:57 pm
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Head the clues is the word head....Bet that made youre pulse go up ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 4:58 pm
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but who's head

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Posted : 15/04/2010 5:00 pm
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Damn you and youre fancy Google images.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:02 pm
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I hit some nylon rope once, luckily noticed in time to scrub a bit of speed off a hit it with my upper arm . Got a nasty burn and crashed, hate to think if I hadn't had seen it. F'ing ar#eholes ๐Ÿ‘ฟ


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:02 pm
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Now there is reason to be the unfit one
J.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:03 pm
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especially as we are going that way on Sunday..., p'haps I'll not lead

Jason, Jason, are you online? Hopefully not ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:03 pm
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Damn you and youre fancy Google images

It's [i][b]your[/b][/i]

Pedantic karma restored I do believe.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:05 pm
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Right lets have a no talking competion now ๐Ÿ˜


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:06 pm
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Is this anywhere near Mid Somer?


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:08 pm
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Posted : 15/04/2010 5:08 pm
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I'd rather this wasn't mentioned in the news. It will give people ideas.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:29 pm
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Simple solution - build a whacking big (slightly shonky) jump just before the wire - surely nobody would complain about that....


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 5:36 pm
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I dimly remember in the news a few years ago a teenager was killed by a similar thing whilst (legally!) greenlaning on his mx bike: as i recall the police treated it as a murder investigation.


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 6:08 pm
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long, long time ago - back in school days, a few of the lads were well into their moto-x riding.
Spent a lot of time legitimately riding round one of their parents fields, round and round, in and out of a copse of trees - thing was, that upset a couple of locals..

Someone did the above 'wire trick' across 2 trees - took one of the lads off his bike, by the neck.
He had a very lucky escape - the wire was too thick to cut - and had a very red line around his neck for many a week after....


 
Posted : 15/04/2010 6:13 pm
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thats up the hill from my house!

i have removed various items across trees some i reckon are just kids mucking about - but wire jeez, (just thought could be one of my neighbours)!


 
Posted : 16/04/2010 11:03 am
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It's reminicent of our friendly council contracted JCB man - he did the same but with babrb wire at the end of numbskull a few years back, along with wire up in the quarry and the holes - he should have been chased for prosecution!


 
Posted : 16/04/2010 11:06 am
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Similar thing killed someone in Coxley Woods between Huddersfield and Wakefield a few years back.


 
Posted : 16/04/2010 11:25 am