Evening Everyone,
Just a gentle reminder to those who ride around the devils punchbowl at hindhead and the gibbett downhills not to drive up the quiet lane and randomly park on the side. Please park at the designated car parks or actual surrounding roads rather than quiet lanes and BOATs….and dare I say it, actually ride the bikes.
Since the old A3 was ripped up and the old quiet lane resurfaced to link the BOATs the amount of cars and 4×4’s has increased by I reckon 10 to 20 fold.
I stopped two riders today in their van and car to point out that common sense would say not to drive up the “quiet lane” which is more of a walkers lane on a bank holiday weekend.
The best bit was when one of the riders in his blinged up red van told me he needed to drive up there to get where he was going..he shut up when I mentioned I too rode those downhills and never felt the need to drive up there.
With large numbers of families with young kids and dogs etc enjoying the Nat Trust walks etc at weekends its frustrating to have to stop, grab kids, dog every few minutes for people who have no reasonable excuse for using the route.
Fair enough for those who need to use it in order to get to the youth hostel (although there is a different preferred route anyway) or have a valid reason, but for those people who simply use it to get somewhere quicker need to think again.
Anyway, rant over and I encourage anyone who feels the same to flag down and query those using it as to why they feel the need, in a nice and polite manner, and of course thank them afterwards for keeping their speed down 🙂
Anyway, glad the trails are finally drying out!