GilesM
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It's the thought of lots of farmers sweeping country lanes that makes me smile, I wonder how many miles of road that would need sweeping , a person who has been punctured is unlikely to make me smile.
Farmers about
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It's the thought of lots of farmers sweeping country lanes that makes me smile, I wonder how many miles of road that would need sweeping , a person who has been punctured is unlikely to make me smile.
alex_cycles
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I thought the "punctured cyclist" bit had already been covered by @classic33 elsewhere in this thread?
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/farmers-about.281100/page-3#post-6581538
At least one "punctured cyclist" [sic] has replied to your OP - me. Hedgerows (with or without a smattering of hedge-cutting debris on the lanes) make me smile just about every time I get out on the bike, including the time I got that puncture. Punctures are a fact of life for cyclists that ride on pneumatic tyres but modern tyre technology means that it is easily achievable for most rides to be puncture-free.
Like I said before, of all the ways us humans can mess up this planet, a few thorns on a road isn't one that I have an issue with: it is a non-issue for me whether I get a puncture as a result or not. I find it ludicrous that anyone would expect the thousands of miles of hedgerow-sided roads to be expunged of all hedgerow derived debris. What I've seen on the roads wouldn't be much improved on even with a manual sweep with a yard brush (and would result in several more tons of loose gravel and silt than thorns) - it really is a non-issue.
Keeping it "on theme", so to speak, things on roads/cyclepaths that do bother me are, in no particular order (and by no means an exhaustive list), fly-tipping, broken bottles (I'm thinking urban cycle paths), general littering (especially gas canisters and fast food/wrappings), debris from motor vehicles. As well as the odd thorn, the odd incidental dollop of horse muck on the roads doesn't bother me either. Dog crap does though.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
"I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
matticus
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This is one of those perennial topics where the first 4-5 replies cover all the angles! Then it just gets sillier and/or bitchier as the page count climbs ... :P
Our small holding will be replanted with hedgerows, trees and lovely flowery things. Thankfully, non are directly roadside, those that are, are set back.
GilesM
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I think this one went straight in at silly.
matticus
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Didn't someone say that on Page1?
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
There's no such thing as 'sheep subsidy' anyway.
Headage payments per ewe, were phased out a long time ago, to reduce stocking densities in the uplands.
Nice
hopefully with a bit of food production alongside too.?
I'm almost thinking I might be due to take a few flights, to offset the hundreds of trees planted at the farm over the years .
That's how it works right ?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Sure. You wouldn't want to go into carbon overdraftThat's how it works right ?
If you lived in a rural area you would be of a different opinion
figbat
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I do. I’m not.
Alex321
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I do. I'm not, it is pretty silly to expect there to be no hedge trimming about on the roads at this time of year.
classic33
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