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As per a lost thread over the weekend I wondered what is the correct thing to do .
you are riding a trail centre and come across a nice bit of kit in this case some nice Bloc riding glasses .
would you
pick them up and leave at the centre cafe / bike shop.
pick them up and tell the Bike shop / cafe you had them and leave a number and address.
pick them up and just keep . ( not correct thing to do IMHO )
pick them up and tell the Bike shop / cafe you had them and leave a number and address.
I'd do the above as you don't know if the folk in the cafe/shop etc will pass them on either.
I'd also put a "found" thread on here too if it was a nice bit of kit.
good to have some kit karma
I'd pick them up, then place a few notices up asking for the owner to get in touch with me. I'd then hand over the kit to the police as evidence to support a prosecution for littering.
Drop them at the shop/cafe/visitor centre if it was open.
If not then I'd probably leave them somewhere prominent where I found them in case the person returned
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Honestly, I'd hand 'em in.
Didn't make it up to have a look as I was doing the sportive instead (that bike doesn't like the rough). Normally I would either put it on top of a post or drop in Cafe/shop depending on how busy the trail is and when it is.
Though it does seem people keep "loosing" tubes etc round the trail, collected a few thick maxxis ones for crud catching duties!
Mate who lost them went back up approx 30 mins and they had gone
Maybe someone picked them up to hand in?
Yes we are going to phone the visitor centre tonight as a last resort.
The Mrs lost a brand new paramo jacket on a busy hill in the lakes, I like to think that the anonymous stranger who handed it in felt as good about it as she did when she got it back. Id always hand in.
I have a theory - picking up litter on hills, rivers and trails = karma to find kit. Two weeks ago = huge RIB full of cans and litter from lochshore. I drive home that night to find a canoe throwline, pretty much new, no name or number lying at the side of the road. A few 'found' posts on suitable forums = me has nice new throwline.
I have found maps, hats, sunnies, a canoe paddle etc.
A colleague has a canoe found pinned in a river that he rescued, handed into police and became his a few months later...
A couple of years ago, I found a nice Altura jacket near Feizor . . . which fitted me perfectly!
However, in the pocket was a numbered receipt from a coal merchant in Settle, so I managed to use my stalking skills (and help from the coal merchant, and a pub landlord in Stainforth) to return it to its rightful owner.
She was delighted to get it back, as it was a birthday present, and sent me a £10 voucher for the "Knackered Old Man" teashop. And then I found a similar jacket half-price in my LBS . . . so everyone was happy 😀