Life and limb, lol stop being so dramatic. If you fear that you are in that much danger then you are clearly riding too fast for the conditions.
Cow muck in cycle lane dropped by farmer
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albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
I'm convinced there is many a serious accident caused by farmers mud on the roads.
I also recall on a walking route, a lake of cow muck strategically placed near the stile.
Lesser minded souls might be cack handed and make sure they damage his fencing.
I also recall on a walking route, a lake of cow muck strategically placed near the stile.
Lesser minded souls might be cack handed and make sure they damage his fencing.
Hedge trimmings I agree with you.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Put it this way. If a steel works dropped slag all over the adjacent road there would be hell to pay.
I thought they did and named it Port Talbot.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
countryside equals fields equals mud. I would stick to towns if I were you
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Road equals tarmac equals vehicles.
Not mud.
Not mud.
Peowpeowpeowlasers
Well-Known Member
I don't know about anyone else but when I'm riding the C and B roads through the countryside, mud, muck, sand, dirt and detritus is something I expect to see.
I've never been "surprised" by a pile of muck in the road. If some of you are, you're clearly riding too fast for the conditions. Slow down.
Also, many of these lanes wouldn't exist were it not for farms.
I've never been "surprised" by a pile of muck in the road. If some of you are, you're clearly riding too fast for the conditions. Slow down.
Also, many of these lanes wouldn't exist were it not for farms.
Boris Bajic
Guest
I'm not sure who is being serious on this thread. I suspect few people are.
Cows poo. They are made of beef (yum) and they produce milk (yum). But they poo.
If (as mentioned above) a steel firm drops slag on the road, it is a matter of negligence or similar.
If cows are moved from one field to another, they are likely to poo. If they cross or travel along a highway, they are likely to poo.
It is slippery when fresh and it can cause danger if road users lose control by hitting it too fast.
Livestock have been using the roads since the dawn of civilisation. Many of today's highways were originally paths used by drovers and similar.
It must have been quite galling for farmers to have the peace and quiet of their livestock paths interrupted by cyclists and motorists coming along a century or so ago and metalling them and then whipping along them at speeds over 20 mph.
It makes me a little sad to think that there are people out there ready to call the Highways Agency because of cow poo on a cycle lane.
Ought they to be called when it rains, too?
I've ridden through fresh cow pats on tarmac and it does concentrate the mind... but these things are to be expected where there are farms.
I do hope that this was a comedy thread and I've made myself look foolish by appearing to take it seriously.
At one level, it sounds a little like the rants one hears from motorists who think it's dangerous to allow slow, dawdling cyclists on the road.
Cows poo. They are made of beef (yum) and they produce milk (yum). But they poo.
If (as mentioned above) a steel firm drops slag on the road, it is a matter of negligence or similar.
If cows are moved from one field to another, they are likely to poo. If they cross or travel along a highway, they are likely to poo.
It is slippery when fresh and it can cause danger if road users lose control by hitting it too fast.
Livestock have been using the roads since the dawn of civilisation. Many of today's highways were originally paths used by drovers and similar.
It must have been quite galling for farmers to have the peace and quiet of their livestock paths interrupted by cyclists and motorists coming along a century or so ago and metalling them and then whipping along them at speeds over 20 mph.
It makes me a little sad to think that there are people out there ready to call the Highways Agency because of cow poo on a cycle lane.
Ought they to be called when it rains, too?
I've ridden through fresh cow pats on tarmac and it does concentrate the mind... but these things are to be expected where there are farms.
I do hope that this was a comedy thread and I've made myself look foolish by appearing to take it seriously.
At one level, it sounds a little like the rants one hears from motorists who think it's dangerous to allow slow, dawdling cyclists on the road.
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Good news! The cowmuck has either been washed or swept away.
Bad news! The same farmer has been hedgerow cutting. Yes you've guessed it, thorns all over the cycle lane...and he has a field a mile away from the lane that has a slurry mound, with the stinking brown stuff forming a little river across the road!
Bad news! The same farmer has been hedgerow cutting. Yes you've guessed it, thorns all over the cycle lane...and he has a field a mile away from the lane that has a slurry mound, with the stinking brown stuff forming a little river across the road!
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
So 'the slurry mounds of Acrrington' is it?
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Good news! The cowmuck has either been washed or swept away.
Bad news! The same farmer has been hedgerow cutting. Yes you've guessed it, thorns all over the cycle lane...and he has a field a mile away from the lane that has a slurry mound, with the stinking brown stuff forming a little river across the road!
Do you have muckguards on your bike? And do you drink from your bottles
?
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
There's mud and there's mud though. This is part of my commute home, and part of NCN 72.
The local farmer uses the tunnel to move cattle between fields on either side of the tunnel and the result is a slick of slurry on the track which can be over 3cm deep accross the entire carriageway (looking at my tyres afterwards - the photo is on one of it's better days), gets waterlogged when it rains, and often extends all the way through the tunnel (and runs for 50m behind the camera to the other field gate. It is extremely slippery and I don't really find leaving a cycle path like this acceptable.
This farmer also has form for leaving gates open across the cycle way further down as well so I suspect they aren't particularly happy about having a cycle path through their (rented) land.
The local farmer uses the tunnel to move cattle between fields on either side of the tunnel and the result is a slick of slurry on the track which can be over 3cm deep accross the entire carriageway (looking at my tyres afterwards - the photo is on one of it's better days), gets waterlogged when it rains, and often extends all the way through the tunnel (and runs for 50m behind the camera to the other field gate. It is extremely slippery and I don't really find leaving a cycle path like this acceptable.
This farmer also has form for leaving gates open across the cycle way further down as well so I suspect they aren't particularly happy about having a cycle path through their (rented) land.
