I was out today on some green lanes and boats in Bedfordshire. When attempting to go down the ones near santa pod raceway
Where do i stand on this one?
Are they allowed to park cars there?
Mark.
No, they are not allowed to obstruct the BOAT, however, it is possible that they closed the right of way for the day.
This is done regularly with motor sport. In order to run a motor sport event in the UK where there are rights of way crossing the land being used (be that for parking or the actual competition) the organisers have to contact the local authority (it's a condition of the permit) and ask that the right of way be stopped for the duration of the event. This is normally granted without any fuss or question and I would imagine that in the case of a regular venue like Santa Pod it's just a rubber stamp job.
Of course you can always ask the local authority to make sure there was such an order... if there wasn't then it is an illegal blockage.
cheers
Dave W.
No, it's called obstructing a highway. Unless of course they obtained permission to close the "road" for the event, which is a simple matter.
If you're in any doubt, contact the local rights of way office, or contact the Beds area Rep of GLAss
Alex
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Well if they can close the A43 for Silverstone I'm sure they can do it to a BOAT.
Fire away, but first give us some info - waterline length, hull form, engine(s), river/coastal, construction (GRP/wood/steel/ferrocrete) etc.
HTH
;-)
I can't recall any Ferries working out of Santapod..... but in my defence I was attending Bug Jam around1988 and was probably so plastered if a Ferry full of VW's had gone by then it would have been considerd normal given all the other stuff going on at these events.
Were they definately Cars or could it could have been a container ship?
Lee D
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While I was at Billing, we had a run out to do some lanes, the three that lead to Santa Pod had been TROd on the 31st May, and still were, with the gates chained and large concrete blocks. Where you trying to access them from Santa Pod itself?
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