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Ill not say where this was , but we entered thru a gate yesterday (3 of us) when a farmer came flying over on his quad bike.

He told us not to go up the lane as it was blocked with snow, i reminded him it was a boat and he agreed but said he had the right to stop us going up as it was impassable.

I said we would be the judge of that and if it got too bad would turn back, he said like **** and was warned not to carry on.

to keep the piece we turned back... question is ,

can he stop us?

what would you have done?
 
No he can't stop you it isn't his lane it's a public road.

Get this concept of greenlane out of your head it has no legal relevance at all and it's just a word that describes a byway that isn't tarmac'd and which may or may not have vehicular rights.

If you are on a Orpa or Boat you are on a public road and no one except an authorised person (usually a copper) can deny you access to it.
 
Probably the same ...

I think if the farmer, if he actually was the farmer, asks (or tells) us not to use a lane it's in everyone's interest to agree and not use it. I know we have every right to use 'real' BOAT's, but he might have livestock about and in the conditions they may be straying, or other good reason to not want people using a lane, whatever.

'course, he might just be a bit ****ed at having to rescue numpties who ignore his 'advice' ... ;)
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
That is true - but the guy might, just might, have been trying to be helpful. Maybe he is sick of dragging peeps out from there?
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Then all he had to do was say so. and tell them if they got stuck he wasn't pulling them out.

Though I doubt this was the problem as most farmers would have seen it as an good way to make even more money. By charging to drag em out.
 
he said he was sick, repairing walls that got knocked down (not by us, we aint been there before) and wanted all the routes closing off... he hated trail bikes too.


He had a gun with him so didnt hang around :eek:
 
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Only irate 'person' I've come across laning was a walker. Going up some long hill on North Yorkshire mooors. ****in' it down, blowin' a gale, we passed him about four times, 'cos we kept stopping for various reasons. At the last stop when he passed us 15 minutes later he went a bit mad and shouted if we were continuing or staying as he wanted to climb his hill in peace! he did the full on ****ed off angry dance and even jumped a couple of times. I swear if he went red he was like a tomato ... ;) We just rolled around ****ing ourselves ... ;)

As it happened, we branched off from his route anyway, but at the time it was hilarious. (Though you really had to be there I guess)
 
king karl said:
he said he was sick, repairing walls that got knocked down and wanted all the routes closing off... he hated trail bikes too.


He had a gun with him so didnt hang around :eek:
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Fook the guy int going to be stupid enough to shoot you or even point it at you if he wants to keep his licence. Especially if your on a public byway. If it happens again get everyone with a camera or mobile phone to take a picture of him waving the gun around. he'll soon fook orf.
 
Paul D said:
Probably the same ...

I think if the farmer, if he actually was the farmer, asks (or tells) us not to use a lane it's in everyone's interest to agree and not use it. I know we have every right to use 'real' BOAT's, but he might have livestock about and in the conditions they may be straying, or other good reason to not want people using a lane, whatever.

'course, he might just be a bit ****ed at having to rescue numpties who ignore his 'advice' ... ;)
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Sheep tend to shelter next to hedges in snow and can survive for several days even when they are totally covered over. Lanes are usually next to hedges so he might have been worried that some of his sheep would be accidentally run over.
 
Paul D said:
Only irate 'person' I've come across laning was a walker. Going up some long hill on North Yorkshire mooors. ****in' it down, blowin' a gale, we passed him about four times, 'cos we kept stopping for various reasons. At the last stop when he passed us 15 minutes later he went a bit mad and shouted if we were continuing or staying as he wanted to climb his hill in peace! he did the full on ****ed off angry dance and even jumped a couple of times. I swear if he went red he was like a tomato ... ;) We just rolled around ****ing ourselves ... ;)

As it happened, we branched off from his route anyway, but at the time it was hilarious. (Though you really had to be there I guess)
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I think it's hilarious and wasn't there.:hysterically_laughi
 
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