BIKER VS LANDOWNER 

if they are maintaining it . . . . . and the council aren't.

@@MsVanorak if they have made application to local authority to maintain the byway and have approval then fair enough. They clearly haven't applied and clearly aren't complying with any council policy or specification for maintenance. They are simply wanting to claim it as their own. Its not theirs. It belongs to the public as a right of way and should remain that way...... forever.

@@stevesvids as a rule of thumb the council don't maintain roads with 3 or less properties (in my neck of the woods anyway.) So the council are ignoring the bit in the middle to dodge maintenance costs of it. the property owners are maintaining it however and if they do so for a certain number of years then they can claim it and if you go there annoying them then they will act to get it closed as a right of way for everyone. and it looks like a nice walk so that would be a shame. the public footpath stile is to the left of the yard after the woodland bit. they need to get the right of way status changed which i think the cash strapped local authority will do quite happily.

@@MsVanorak you're right in that their actions to claim it as their own eventually, is most likely their exact intention, based on lack of use by the public. So public .... get your bikes down there, get your 4x4s down there, get walking down there, get your horses down there, get your quads down there, get your tractors down there, get it all down there. If there's no planning application for gated access then get them gates gone. If the planted shrubbery is limiting the width of the byway for all users cut them back. Don't use it.... you lose it.

I know my rights as long asit does not apply to me or mine.

they're called "karens"

Unfortunately that would have the opposite of the desired effect. Think of all the bad publicity the media would churn up. The way to fight for our rights is to stay respectful and challenge illegal obstructions via the councils. You’ll find the councils don’t like people obstructing public access as much as you do! Unfortunately a lot of people take it into their own hands and it never actually gets reported. End result is the council doesn’t know there is an issue so can’t do anything about it.

sounds like we should have another covid lockdown until they get the message.

It's never a good idea to do mass ride outs. in this day and age the last thing we would want is bad press.

I can understand it aswell but she would of been told its a right of way when she bought the house 2 years ago so should know traffic is allowed to pass through

They just don't want the public there even though the public have a right to be their. All they are is fucking selfish.

Its the same old crap, people have a house next to a byway and suddenly find out it doesn't suit them. I am afraid we are destined for a life of hatred from people like these who refuse to recognise its our right to use the byways. Well handled though buddy.

I hear you. I’m sick of being polite and patient with people spending 20mins each time explaining. They are not all bad but it isn’t getting any easier in the uk especially with society full of entitlement.

@@thomasc6412 I feel that way too, it's hard to stay calm when you are fed up with trying to explain to the red sock brigade why you have the right to be there. I tend not to stop now.

@@diggerdave.6587 Yeah, you can not tell some people, even if you are tooled up with GPS and maps it’s not good enough until the council are trying to close the lanes down.... I am friendly to everyone and like to be a people person. I’ve had people yelling in my face and swearing it’s a joke just who do they think they are? It’s like they are entitled to treat you like this and the majority of riders I know of aren’t aggressive in anyway (riding style as well)

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The house at the top had illegally extended their driveway and garden into the byway. To put it in perspective it's the same as deciding because you live next to the m1 you can plant some flowers in the middle of the tarmac and add steps to it and gates its mental

@@H19Enduro Did you report it?

@@trainman665 it had been recently reinstated as a byway and glass is dealing with the obstructions to 4x4s at the moment.

@@H19Enduro That’s good to hear. Unusual for them to be reinstated isn’t it?

@@trainman665 yes it is now but all the work to reinstate it was done before the nerc act came into effect so this one along with one other lane got reinstated around the same time

Look at the modification orders on the herefordshire government website they havent updated it yet its still down as a modification order and not passed however it was passed abit ago now our council arent the greatest for these kinds of things

@@H19Enduro Jesus it says the application was received in 2003, that is absolutely shocking lol. Now that it is a BOAT can you cut down the giant bush and move the stones? or do you have to take them to court and wait another 16 years?

@@danielwilson5102 court or get a application from the council to go clear it is the legal way the illegal way that i deffinately wouldnt ever ever suggest to you would be to just go do it quickly and as quietly as you can ;)

Cool thanks where'd you see it ?

@@H19Enduro I have the video link here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q1-aSd1nZnc.html

@@H19Enduro it's towards the end

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Thanks mate, I will let u know when I use it!

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Basically

@@H19Enduro You would have thought in that case, people like that should not draw too much attention to themselves. Now it's all over in the public sphere now, lol 😃

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@@H19Enduro Thanks a lot mate :)

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The rocks at ever end have been removed so a 4x4 could fit but the ground is that soft there that it'd most likely get stuck and if you didn't get stuck you'd probably dig a very larger hole. It may be doable in summer though it's at Brockhampton in herefordshire

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@@H19Enduro Thanks

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@@H19Enduro Appreciate it as always

It's audio from a go pro in a waterproof housing I don't normally use the audio in my videos as I like to make my videos with music over them

So, this guy is riding his bike on what's referred to as a BOAT (Byway Open to All Traffic), basically a road that anyone can use in any vehicle. The owner of the house at 04:37 has had their driveway illegally extended to the point where it overlaps on to the Byway. Think about it as if this person: prntscr.com/rsk6ax extended their driveway in to the middle of the road, same idea. She has then parked their little red Polo in the middle of said Byway, to the point where she is actually obstructing the highway, she then has a little whinge at the biker for driving on roads he is legally allowed to.

It's a byway open to all traffic they've extended their garden into a roadway illegally. It's like someone living on a road extending their house into the middle of the m5.

He didn't smh

if you don't ride these byways more people will illegally extend their land!

How so ? I didnt ride it at speed i didnt make uneccasary noise and i was polite to the person who had purposely blocked the lane closing it for a while in the first place ?

@@H19Enduro to be fair mate, I'm not having a go at Bikers but the people in 4x4s. We own the farm below Knapp Green and have people coming through all the time messing up the ancient tracks made for horse riders and foot traffic only. Bikers hardly make any imprint when dry. Fair play to you for shutting all or our gates. We seem to have an Influx of people using these Byways recently and something needs to be done about it. If you want to see the countryside why not just drive the country roads instead of driving through people's estates...

@@jonathongreen7727 these are roads ive spoken to who i assume was your wife from that farm as i ride through there quite abit its our hobby we like riding dirt and seeing the countryside is a bonus we do shut all the gates that are already shut when we come to them (we being the herefordshire trf) ive led a few people thrpugh the local lanes but our guys wont ride fast through and we try not to cause uneccasry hard to the land i get the frustration with 4x4s but in all fairness it is a road... the reason i met your wife is because the route isnt marked up very well and was quite confusing the first time i went through and she had to point me in the direction if you want help marking it up so people dont stray from it asmuch me and the rest of the group woild be happy to help and if it doesnt cost too much woulc contribute to any signage or anything like that EDIT just re read what you said you dont actually live in the house the lane goes around if you own the farm below this shouldnt be a issue to you as there isnt any lanes going through that farm in particular unless you own the fieldfields up past it where the new gates are ?

She looked a bit like Jeremy Clarkson, and he doesn’t like bikes much either.

Johnathon Green what reason is there for any closure ? Nayr rode that lane throughout in an exemplary manner! I will agree there are some motorised users nowhere near as considerate (you’ll find the same sort on tarmac too) but a blanket ban for ALL simply enjoying a legal hoody is unjust surely???