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Madrunner
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Evenin' mukkas
This Friday we are moving house down to Dorset.
I've been doing some work for a company in Salisbury for the past 3 years and will be doing a fair bit more for them. anyhows on my regular commute down there I've been cutting across Salisbury plain and often wondered about off road potential on the various by ways and army tracks.
So you knowledgeable peeps, who lives round there and knows what what ?
Cheers all
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25th Jun 2012 6:43 pm |
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we have an annual (and often a summer) day out on the plains. You just need to get the MOD schedules of what bits are "live" and what bits aren't .
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25th Jun 2012 6:55 pm |
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DSL
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Just don't go off piste, could be very financially dangerous.
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25th Jun 2012 6:58 pm |
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Madrunner
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Cheers both, just what I'm after !
Could do with a lead vehicle before I go and get myself into trouble.
Are all of the military roads open to the public, assuming they are not live ?
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25th Jun 2012 7:00 pm |
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DSL
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All military roads are most deffo not open access, they have seized vehicles from peeps using the army tracks that are not proper open byways. Not a place to try & replicate Jezza Clarkson in the RRS.
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25th Jun 2012 7:02 pm |
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Madrunner
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Lol cheers for that. I presumed that was the case.
I'll get settled and try to dig out some more info and get up there.
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25th Jun 2012 7:09 pm |
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DSL
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Look for an organised event, some clubs organise these. Then you'll be safe from heading off in the wrong direction and upsetting the range warden, and if you do you can point at the dude taking point and blame him.
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25th Jun 2012 7:14 pm |
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I'd recommend an up-to-date 1:25,000 map. There was a big effort recently to sign-post the rights-of-way, or there's a good online map at
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityandli...apping.htm
But as others have said that's only half the story and you need to check with the MOD (or at very least pay attention to the gates and flags).
Lastly, please be respectful to the wardens and other users, and switch off while horses pass. It's a beautiful place and long may it remain somewhere we can all enjoy!
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25th Jun 2012 8:24 pm |
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Madrunner
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That's exactly why I didn't want to just go up there prior to researching what's what and ending up either in a whole heap of bother or getting everyone a bad rep.
Cheers for the info and advice.
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25th Jun 2012 8:29 pm |
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SCOR are there on the 14th October, AWDC two weeks later on the 28th.
Both events are for Safari racing, so opportunity for spectators to freely drive around will be very limited.
It's fun to watch though! Despite the cost of living, it remains as popular as ever!
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25th Jun 2012 8:53 pm |
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