In the initial consultation the negative responses were far outweighed by optimistic messages from cyclists - and that's why the WG is now looking to reform access so drastically.
We really need as many people as possible to respond now that it's almost within reach.
I agree. Hopefully, in seeing this some who might not bother responding might be spurred to do so.
Having been involved in volunteering on the MTB side for a decade+ I am acutely aware of the general lack of involvement your average rider will take. Not being nasty, just experience, and given all the frustrations and glacial pace of progress I can't entirely blame them at times *-)
Good to see some of the trade/pro's supporting this:
For anyone interested in this stuff, I think you'll find this a fascinating read...
http://openmtb.org.uk/trails-for-wales/trails-for-wales-faqs-with-kie-foster/
Please do share on social if you wish. And keep those responses coming!
Some more thoughts from MTB peeps in Wales...
http://openmtb.org.uk/trails-for-wales/trails-for-wales-colin-down-flattyres-mtb/
http://openmtb.org.uk/trails-for-wales/trails-for-wales-nick-ball-bikeshredz/
Just a few days left now. Please don't put it off and miss the deadline on Saturday.
I've done a bit which Pinkbike have been kind enough to put on their homepage today...
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/trails-for-wales-help-change-british-mtb-forever-2017.html
Thanks for sharing and bumping. This had somehow passed me by until now. Email sent.
Finally! It finally let me enter my email address, kept saying 'email not valid'
Email sent, hopefully a good outcome for all.
I'll just paste this is from OpenMTB's Facebook, but please give us a "follow" to get updates direct
Trails for Wales update
The Welsh Gov consultation closed yesterday and we've heard from Cycling UK that there were more than 8,000 responses in favour of reforming access rules to allow riding on footpaths made through the C-UK website.
There are also several thousand supportive responses via other organisations - so that's well in excess of 10,000 people sending a clear message that its time to make access rules fit with modern usage.
We'll bring you more info on this when we get it, but for now we'd like to say a huge thank you to everybody who has responded and helped to spread the word.
Now fingers crossed...
