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Hercule Q
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Posts: 1751
Location: On the floor by the bar
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Terry Barker
Joined: 08 Jan 2007
Posts: 203
Location: On the overtake
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colintrav
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
Posts: 208
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 Posted Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:28 pm |
| Hercule Q wrote: | i was out earlier on my local trails and i was coming round a berm and what has decided to find a new home?..... Yep you guessed it, a tree  Now i wouldn't mind if it was on the floor as i could hop it but no this one has found its place resting on another tree so its across the trail AT HEAD HEIGHT!  Needless to say i slammed on the anchors and managed to stop just short of the tree. Whats that how short from the tree? About here....................................to here the peak of my lid just touched the bark 
So when you next go out on the trails after high winds just be careful as you never know what has decided to move house.
and yeah i am going up with a saw/axe to remove the offending tree before someone comes round the corner too fast and really hurts themselves. |
Before you leave the house make sure your saw/axed is covered and you have a seriously legit excuse because no polis is gonna believe you if yer headin up the woods way a saw/axe and out of sight because you will get arrested for carryin an offensive weapon and heavy fined and a possible jail sentence ,, your best bet is to let the park rangers know , Then if nowt is done within a certain time scale , get the local press to film you removing the fallen tree ...
.. and put a large visual sign up further up the trail and tape
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ride_whenever
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 8257
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:38 pm |
carry a wire saw, not great for cutting stuff. But certainly not an offensive weapon in an obvious way like a saw or an axe.
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Hercule Q
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Posts: 1751
Location: On the floor by the bar
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Posted Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:18 pm |
its not fc owned and its not a trail centre
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BorisSpencer
Joined: 19 Jun 2007
Posts: 400
Location: Rushden, Northants.
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Posted Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:44 pm |
I can't think of a more legitimate reason for carrying a saw/axe.
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lock1981
Joined: 20 Jun 2008
Posts: 257
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Posted Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:12 pm |
just bang it in a rucksack!!
how many times you been stopped and searched when riding your bike??
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bails87
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Posts: 678
Location: Solihull, United Kingdom
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Posted Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:58 am |
You can refuse to be searched if the police can't give you a valid reason. And refusing to let them search you isn't enough for them to assume you're up to no good 
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colintrav
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
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Posted Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:38 am |
| Hercule Q wrote: | | its not fc owned and its not a trail centre |
Is the forest council owned or Privately owned ?
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_Ferret_
Joined: 25 Mar 2008
Posts: 457
Location: Freiburg, Germany
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Soggz
Joined: 04 Jan 2009
Posts: 121
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Posted Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:12 pm |
I recently cleared a downhill section of my local trail with a chainsaw carried in a backpack on my bike.(I do have a licence to use the saw though.)
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how nice, soiled my shreddies though!
Happy cutting