Some occasional musings on mountain bike rides and walks in North Yorkshire, with odd bit of discussion on mapping technology thrown in for good measure
There's a nice track that runs around the Rosedale valley. There's a funny thing about this route: It's been used for years by local bikers, and variations on it have been published in national MTB magazines. It has become legal to ride in the last few years, although there were some legal issues along the way. I'd like to feature it here. But there's a catch: It's a permissive bridleway.
At risk of coming over all frumpy, I'm loathe to publish anything on here that is not 100% legal and above board, and despite the route being legal, there's some odd rules about promotion of the route, so I need get the route cleared by the landowner before I can actually publish it, which will hopefully be in the near future.
Here's the deal: A lot of the route is a permissive right of way. What that means is the landowner has given permission for it to be used by bikes. If the landowner thinks that allowing access may cause him/her problems, that consent can be withdrawn. Which means I have to be careful about mentioning something that is already blinding obvious to anybody with a map. Of course, you may well know about this route, so if you do please be responsible about using it. At risk of repeating myself: Don't scare the redsocks, or livestock, try to avoid causing further erosion to muddy bits, and generally try and be a good example. I know it sounds really square to say it, but if we all do a good job, we might get more places to ride. Mess it up, and we lose places to ride. It's that simple.
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