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I appreciate 99 percent on here would style it out but for the 1 percent this and at least 4 others tonight on just one of the trails, placed perfectly after a nice swoopy corner where you wouldn't see it till take off.
Absolute ****s!


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 6:01 pm
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that's some obstacle, would take a fair bit of effort to put it there.

On a local path, have encountered similar stuff on much smaller scale - as quickly as I cleared small branches, they were back. At first assumed it was maybe windfall, or dogs leaving on trail, but had cleared some fallen trees and now reckon its some re-forming of the obstacles...


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 6:14 pm
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Dont move it, rub it in their noses by building a feature over it.


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 6:15 pm
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Seen a bit of it up there wrighty - how long before it's wire is the worrying thought?


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 6:18 pm
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I know it happens a lot in the Derwent Valley but are you sure it's not windfall, there's loads of trees down on Cromford Canal and in the surrounding area?


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 6:21 pm
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And is it on a footpath or a bridleway? I know that area has had a few tensions over the years, one of the reasons I [s]wimp out and pootle round my flat and boring local bridleways[/s] avoid heading up that way.

Knobbish thing to do regardless, obviously


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 6:38 pm
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Definitely not wind fall. Absolutely 100 percent placed there as there were several more which I couldn't be arsed to photo. One was directly after a rock drop off. They'd actually gone to the trouble of pulling the stuff from the side of the trail.


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 7:00 pm
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Which side of the valley was this? Crich or wire works? Have moved a few bits myself lately and posted on peak district MTB about it as they are recurring each week, though i haven't seen on that big so far.


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 7:03 pm
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This was in shining cliff. Short section from jackass to higg lane, so loads of other trails up there.


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 7:13 pm
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We have the same problem round our way

You have three choices.

The fun one, is putting more sticks/logs against it and turning it into a kicker. That really hacks off "stick-ladies"

The other choice is carefully moving it to the side of the trail then coating the underside with dog-mess for next time its picked up.

or just don't escalate and just saw it in half, an hurl it as far as you can off into the trees


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 9:53 pm
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The other choice is carefully moving it to the side of the trail then coating the underside with dog-mess for next time its picked up.

That is so fantastically evil!


 
Posted : 30/06/2016 10:03 pm

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