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Poly, fair point but I don't see Scottish access legislation ever being extended to the rest of the UK, especially in the South of England, where you have a more dense population, more pressure on resources, and so forth. It's worth aiming for but even if it did come in the exclusion for agricultural land would probably make quite a chunk of the South out of bounds for starters.
TJ,
Here you are, the Land Reform Act 2003:
6.1 The land in respect of which access rights are not exercisable is land—
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(d) to which public access is, by or under any enactment other than this Act, prohibited, excluded or restricted;
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I believe it is the Holyrood Palace Regulations 1971 as amended which are the rules which exclude cycling other than on the roads in the park.
However I have checked and Historic Scotland are the Land Manager at Holyrood too. Certainly with Linlithgow Loch and Peel (which is the other park in Scotland falling under the same sort of legislation) they have indicated that they are trying to manage access as though the LRA did apply. Of course they may not consider that off path cycling is responsible access - which is a whole different debate!
Ta for that poly.
NO ... i am 100% for the growth of trails and 100% against the illegal riders ruining walking trials that WE would really like to turn into bike trails .............. BUT i had a warden flag me down a few months ago for riding a (regular trail that is only for walking) ... i slowed ... then pedalled like a demon , it was the best buzz i had in years 🙂
Depends whether you are a responsible person or not. I'm not sure if SofB is!
irresponsible to a T :o)
Most of te arguments on here seem to support footpath use by responsible motor bike riders.
I don't follow that. If I go somewhere with my bike, it's still me providing the motive power. Using a powered vehicle is quite different. I'd have no objection to motorbikes being pushed along a footpath...
I was reliably informed that I wasn't allowed to ride on Helsby hill at Christmas by a rather annoyed walker, the dozen or so other walkers we passed on teh way up and the way back down the other side didn't care and said a merry hello 🙂
The annoyed one was right, you're not allowed up there but it's bloody good to ride with tight single track, slick sandstone and a nice flight of steps to ride down on one side
A slightly different topic, but on the same theme. A mate I ride with and a few other guys were arrested and charged for 'building a cheeky trail' on private land. The owner had warned various people a few times over the years, felled a few trees to block trails etc. This was the final straw he called the police, they arrived with a van and carted them off to the nick. They were all charged with criminal damage and cautioned. Not such a good day!
Come on, come on....
...Wunundred!