Any chance of telling us which lane the tree was blocking (map ref or lane number and position)? We've got a Norfolk 4x4 Forum meeting with Norfolk County Council coming up and we 'push' blocked lanes very hard ... whether it was deliberate or not we can keep an eye on the track to make sure it doesn't recur.
I assume it was Dersingham site that you played on? It can be a real panel killer, glad to know people enjoyed it!
Screen grab of my memory map track showing the lane/first ford that was blocked by a tree. The actual blocked lane is the one almost in the centre of the pic, to the left of the purple footprint symbol (footpath) and is the jumble of lines where we were parked a while ubder trees and I guess GPS got confused a bit. ;)
On or around Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:44:49 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@btopenworld.com (Tim Jones) enlightened us thusly:
GNAS, the governing body. They're much bothered about child protection, probably following government guidelines, and doing the full arse-covering exercise.
The child protection thing is, as usual, blown up out of all proportion. I approve of some of it, for example not having children alone with only 1 adult, which is as much for the adult's protection as for the children. But some of it's bloody silly.
There are no governement guidelines on photographing minoirs taking part in bona fide events. Obviously this doesn't stop some sporting NGBs from making up such absurd rules ;(
We have noticed that GNAS can gold plate things rather better than any other NGBs we encounter ;(
On or around Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:45:03 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@btopenworld.com (Tim Jones) enlightened us thusly:
like I say, arse-covering, carried to extremes.
yeah. However, they're not alone in this trait by any means. I suspect that any NGB or other NGO with children involved that fails to make such rules will be pilloried in the gutter press for failing to care for the children, so they tend to go OTT, then they can point to this and act all self-righteous and say "well WE have exceeded the government guidelines in these IMPORTANT ways".
's all a load of crap, TBH - the only things I do agree with are the guidelines on one-on-one coaching and the like (don't...) and on number of adults, and I agree with that 'cos it offers me some chance of protection of someone comes up with a fatuous claim about me, or at least another witness to call, and furthermore, if I comply with the NGB guidelines, I can maybe call their people in to defend me - it's a sure bet that if I DON'T comply, then they'll happily let me hang.
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