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Breezeway Bandit
Lol, yeah, I don't know why Stavros came to mind, it just seemed appropriate.Was that the Kojak School of Paraphrasing you attended?
Cheers to all who attended last night.
Lol, yeah, I don't know why Stavros came to mind, it just seemed appropriate.Was that the Kojak School of Paraphrasing you attended?
- DH guys made point well re mitigating illegal trails with well built legal stuff, esp the guy near the end (nerf herder?).
I also think the gent down the back (dark hair, goatie, sorry forgot your name)
Thats Steve, AKA Wiffle on here. Excellent speaker, considered, respectful and made some great points. Top work.I thought the mtber who replied directly afterwards spoke just as well and answered his concerns in a good way.
Steve spoke brilliantly, especially his final point. Very impressive. The first person though was the larger (sorry) bloke in the very back row. Someone told me his name yesterday but I've forgotten it, sorry.Thats Steve, AKA Wiffle on here. Excellent speaker, considered, respectful and made some great points. Top work.
This is a good point and I've been trying to think of a non bike example and the best I can do is a tourist drive.*snip ... This is simplistic/plain wrong. In other words I don't think you need to be stopped and looking directly at a tree to enjoy it. I have a constant awareness of enjoyment of peace/smells/'I love being out here and not on some road with a truck on my hip' even if I'm pushing it at 90% MHR. Don't know about you guys. I digress!
I think we have a more hands on approach ... well some of us anyway.I think the truth is that MTB and walkers overlap massively in terms of what we enjoy (being out in the bush), and our concern to help preserve it (we don't want to trash the place). We have a proven record for being willing to help, willing to be educated, happy to share repectfully and so on.
When you think you have numbers or strength or more influence ... it is the easiest and most common way to demonise(sp) those you oppose ... you don't need to compromise then.It's a great shame to me that some opposing can't see us as potentially great allies for thier agendas.