Legal Off-Roading

[Zen Dog]

Since I'm thinking of getting an enduro bike, I thought I'd better check out where I can legally ride in my local area. This is the South Wales valleys, all the hilltops are completely devoid of people, its all forest and moorland, with the occasional sheepfarm. I spent my childhood wandering around these hills, so I know there are vast areas covered in trails and paths.

After a bit of research, it seems that the only places open to motorised traffic are BOAT's. In my valley, there is precisely 1 BOAT. Its 2km long. In my entire county, there are 18kms of BOAT. In total. I mean, what the hell? Apparently there is an illegal off-road riding problem in my area. No wonder. Its a great place for offroading, and there's nowhere you can actually do it.

Is this a UK wide problem? I confess, I never realised just how bad the situation was in my local area.

Zen Dog

TL;DR - So I'm going to be riding illegally then.
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[yen_powell]

Not just BOATs, also UCRs, I've been on these in South Wales (Carmarthenshire I think) and they weren't even on my OS map, just large empty areas of green.

I'd arrive where my map was marked by the Welsh TRF and find a gate and a grass road, the gate would usually be made of tree trunks passed through horseshoes driven into the posts. You had to slide 2 or 3 out then put them back afterwards.
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Come to Scotland. We have NO offroad motorcycle access.
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