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TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Yup, you cannot complain about the behaviour of the Bikers.
A good bunch.
Glastonbury isn't really all eco warriors and vegans.
A good bunch.
Glastonbury isn't really all eco warriors and vegans.
matthew
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- Cornwall, SW England
Jon75
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- Derbyshire
Doubt the bikers made the same numbers. With workers there is about upto 175,000 people over the space of a week.
There is also an army that clean up afterwards but the press never show that
It's definitely not all Eco warrior types these days though.
There is also an army that clean up afterwards but the press never show that
It's definitely not all Eco warrior types these days though.
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- Ceredigion
suffolksmallholder
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- Suffolk
I'm afraid I think it is horrible! It is an 'attitude' that has become accepted which is just wrong in so many ways. Ok there's professional cleaner-uppers who perhaps make money for 'charity' but the ethos is still wrong!
Good on the bikers. As a biker I'm pleased to see they keep their game in the real world.
I held some 'bushcraft events' a while back and the 'bushcrafters' were not so tidy either. Took me some time to clear their mess up but not on the scale of Glastonphant
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Good on the bikers. As a biker I'm pleased to see they keep their game in the real world.
I held some 'bushcraft events' a while back and the 'bushcrafters' were not so tidy either. Took me some time to clear their mess up but not on the scale of Glastonphant
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beefandsleep
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- Staffordshire
They bought it with them, they can take it home. I get walkers here going past with bottles in hand, they never seem to have them on the way back the dirty pansies.
Jon75
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- Derbyshire
Hmmmm. Couple of random pictures photoshopped together. Does anyone really believe the bikers didn't leave a single piece of litter?
Not condoning littering obviously. But I can see straight through the creator of that picture!
Maybe the bikers where in a rush to get back on the road and cut up car drivers whilst doing double the speed limit and didn't have any time to drop any litter?
Not condoning littering obviously. But I can see straight through the creator of that picture!
Maybe the bikers where in a rush to get back on the road and cut up car drivers whilst doing double the speed limit and didn't have any time to drop any litter?
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Unfortunately today many people have a complete disregard for the countryside....but still demand they have a right to access it. Perhaps the two are linked? There is no perceived value....and yet they probably have the RSPCA/RSPB on direct debit each month.
Dog poo bags hanging up on branches is a perfect example of this...that is of course if they actually bother to pick the mess up!
Not to mention those who wander round anywhere regardless of footpath, but walking over margins because the farmer "doesn't farm this land" or "it isn't used" or a fallow/or just drilled field is "empty". Some horse owners are just as bad...the day tramlines disappear from fields and all spray/fert is done by drone could be a blessing in itself. Some here love using tramlines to walk their horses side by side and have a chat.
Oh, and then the Chris Packhams of this world who do as above whilst slagging off the farmer for shooting skylarks or the damage they do to the environment! Have their cake and eat it springs to mind.
THAT SAID....we have numerous caravanners here each year who love walking the footpaths, are respectful and are a pleasure to have about the place.
Dog poo bags hanging up on branches is a perfect example of this...that is of course if they actually bother to pick the mess up!
Not to mention those who wander round anywhere regardless of footpath, but walking over margins because the farmer "doesn't farm this land" or "it isn't used" or a fallow/or just drilled field is "empty". Some horse owners are just as bad...the day tramlines disappear from fields and all spray/fert is done by drone could be a blessing in itself. Some here love using tramlines to walk their horses side by side and have a chat.
Oh, and then the Chris Packhams of this world who do as above whilst slagging off the farmer for shooting skylarks or the damage they do to the environment! Have their cake and eat it springs to mind.
THAT SAID....we have numerous caravanners here each year who love walking the footpaths, are respectful and are a pleasure to have about the place.
Happy hillbily
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- Uwchaled, North Wales
Just watching the news whilst having my pre milking cuppa, goes to a story covering a pro corbyn, anti austerity protest somewhere, started talking to the reporter as it was ending and the people leaving, the rubbish left behind was unbeliveable. How difficult is it to walk 10 maybe 20 meters to put your rubish in a bin !
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
On a similar note....you wouldn't walk through someone else's business premises e.g. HSBC bank branch, Costa cafe, Tesco supermarket and be allowed inside with your dog, let alone let it relieve itself on the floor and pick it up in a bag and hang it on a peg next to the Haribo sweets!
Or walk through Eddie Stobart's yard, the John Lewis Distribution Centre, Certas Energy's depot, let alone when asked to stick to the path following the correct route away insist you were in the right place.
Oh, and how about the 15,000 sheep a year killed by dogs?! Imagine how that would play out if you took your dog to the zoo or safari park and it went for one of the monkeys? or even a horse at the local riding stable?
Just my thoughts for the day....!
Or walk through Eddie Stobart's yard, the John Lewis Distribution Centre, Certas Energy's depot, let alone when asked to stick to the path following the correct route away insist you were in the right place.
Oh, and how about the 15,000 sheep a year killed by dogs?! Imagine how that would play out if you took your dog to the zoo or safari park and it went for one of the monkeys? or even a horse at the local riding stable?
Just my thoughts for the day....!
I dont quite see how road discipline comes into this, but, living by a garage frequented by the festival attendees, I would prefer to be overtaken by a biker doing well over the speed limit than to have to overtake some of the "vehicles" used by them. Its obvious that many are uninsured, and downright dangerous, having been dragged out of a hedge somewhere, and used for a few days then scrapped, with no comebacks!
Bikes cutting up cars? Really? Not really a good idea, the Biker is on the outside of hie machine, the car driver is well protected on the inside of his. Who is going to come of best if things get a little too close?
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Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
We operate under a fascist regime.
RobFZS
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It's hard enough for bikers to get venues to let them camp at ,so they have to pickup everything or they get banned and the annual meeting doesn't go ahead, farm yard has been going for years
Glastonbury's full of different people every year who no doubt dont give a toss
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- Northumberland
They should be made to put their silencers back on their exhausts,or get better ones! Its the bloody noise of them that get on my wick!
RobFZS
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Noisy cans saves lives
all bikes should be loud as fvck, stops gormless idiots pulling out in front of them
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
Corbyn bloody dangerous to farmingNo, Corbyn went too and Jon Snow. On the other hand .......
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- Northumberland
Boll*cks! You dont live on a B road that is used as a race track by the nutters! 4 cylinder touring bikes purr along no problem.Its the gangs who race each other that are the problem.Noisy cans saves lives