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[sherco76]

If there was no sign of closure can i ask why you've started a petiton to get it re-opened??

Edited by sherco76, 10 September 2006 - 12:57 AM.

[Telecat]

Mike Jennings was up there on Friday with Sam Jennings practicing and did see the Farmer. No Mention of any closure and other riders were there. I suspect the "local" is stil whining but has not been able to affect the land's use.

Edited by Telecat, 10 September 2006 - 07:59 AM.

[RuffRider]

Hi,
I haven't managed to follow this whole saga and applogise if I'm speaking out of turn.
Has anyone tried discussing the situation with the disgruntled resident.
Understanding their grievance and enlightening them may lead to a better solution than simply going to war.

[2fargone]

Andy, on Sep 6 2006, 07:35 PM, said:

Petitions won't do any good. What MIGHT do some good is working with the complainant to rectify things. Perhaps the planting of hedging to muffle noise.

Could struggle with hedging, grass won't even grow up there!

[Andy]

RuffRider, on Sep 10 2006, 12:08 PM, said:

Hi,
I haven't managed to follow this whole saga and applogise if I'm speaking out of turn.
Has anyone tried discussing the situation with the disgruntled resident.
Understanding their grievance and enlightening them may lead to a better solution than simply going to war.

What he said!

[Telecat]

I don't think there is any suggestion of "going to war". No grevience has been aired to any trials rider at Addingham and as far as the farmer is concerned he seems to be keeping the venue open. When talking to some bicycle trials people there a couple of weeks ago they seemed to think the "resident" was aggrieved about the amount of traffic stopping him from getting his Sunday paper!!! As most traffic up there is due to the view, walkers, farms and the hunting dogs the Trials riders contribute very little except on events which he cannot stop anyway!

[martinc]

hi
i have rode there today everything just appears normal, there were other riders there too,
the only difference i noticed is that a portaloo has been put in place

[geordie_lad]

Telecat, on Sep 10 2006, 10:23 PM, said:

I don't think there is any suggestion of "going to war". No grevience has been aired to any trials rider at Addingham and as far as the farmer is concerned he seems to be keeping the venue open. When talking to some bicycle trials people there a couple of weeks ago they seemed to think the "resident" was aggrieved about the amount of traffic stopping him from getting his Sunday paper!!! As most traffic up there is due to the view, walkers, farms and the hunting dogs the Trials riders contribute very little except on events which he cannot stop anyway!

Now we all know what it's like turning up to trials where there is a narrow track/road leading to the venue, but you have just got to have a little patients if there is a slight queue. As this "resident" didn't seem to be complaining about noise levels i thinks he's being a bit perdantic in complaining only because it's going to take him 5 mins longer to collect his paper; it's not like this occurs every sunday.