Mud Club sticker on tv.

[paul_humphreys]

Just seen a Mudclub sticker on a Disco on TV. It was on a tv proram program called Wese Eye View on ITV HTV West about Green Lanes and Rights of way.

[Jim-Willy]

Brilliant, we get about, TV, LRO, we practically have a monoply on TOR's back page.

First stop TV, next stop world domionation, HA, HA, HA........maybe not

[paul_humphreys]

The only reason I knew it was on was it was posted on the Difflock forum. I have to add the channel to my sky box to get it. But it was worth it. I will try to get it from video to the pc and post a pic tomorrow, if I can do it.

[the loon]

Do we have any idear who it was on the telly?

[paul_humphreys]

REG was L** Mud if it helps?

But not ChrisW70

[ChrisW]

:shock:

[ChrisW]

:idea:

Anyone seen Tazman  :?:  

[paul_humphreys]

I could give out the full reg number but not sure if the owner would like it?

[JeepCher53]

Yes, he'll own up - it was Tazman and not a very happy one at the moment :(  First, the head gasket blew on the Disco, then we had to take the head to be skimmed, etc and now after last night, he (and others) have been mis-represented by TV - well no shock there really?!  Gary Lawes is Press Officer for GLASS and a very good friend of ours. Gary was approached by these reporters to do an interview and show "some lanes" which involved Tazman and another friend. We were supposed to be told when the programme was going to be aired. Unfortunately, Gary and family are driving across Morocco in his 110 and will have missed it :twisted:  We will be watching the whole programme again tonight.  The programme listing states "An investigation into a campaign by off-road enthusiasts to apply to councils in the West to open rural byways to 4x4s and trail bikes. Opponents say the move would result in environmental damage and local tax rises of between five and 10 per cent" This was never mentioned :shock:  Typical reporters. Anything for a story!  None of us in the West Country, as far as we are aware, is "campaigning".  We are all members of GLASS doing our best to keep everyone happy - smiling, being courteous, offering help to ROW officers, lane clearances, hole filling, tree lopping, trimming, and educating etc. etc.
We will just have to wait and see but feel this programme has not done any of us any favours.

[Barry Scott]

Anyone know if it will be aired again and on what station?

[muddyweb]

If you've been misrepresented, get onto the Broadcasting Standards Commission.. they are obliged to investigate and report on any such allegation, and it is well worth putting the reporters under a bit of pressure now and again.

[tazman]

Hey guys and girls
Yep as Ladyfreebie said it was me................. (Hi Babe!!)
I was asked so as I am the GLASS rep for East Gloucestershire I attended. It was shot on a couple of lanes in Gloucestershire.

Oh well famous at last....he he he  We are so miffed as we couldn't get that channel.
Old Taz is poorly at mo, but I can now change a head gasket!! :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

If anyone has the full article on cd I would be interested.  I wonder if Taz can get his own dressing room now?? :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[paul_humphreys]

As I said I will get it put on some free web space as as possible and post the link for people to download it. Hoping to get it put onto DVD today and then resize it down to a smaller size. I am hoping to have it done by later tonight.

[Wanderer]

If you've got $ky digital

Try this
I understand you're looking for HTV West for this program.


All regional channels are available on the satellite, but to get the ones you want, you need to program the digibox. Listed below are the settings required for all ITV channels.To do this Press 'Services' on the remote and choose option (4) 'System Setup' Then press (4) 'Add Channels'. An example here for one set of channels..



Four things to enter .....

Frequency 10832 (it will put the decimal point in itself just type those numbers)

Polarisation H (you need to use the sideways button to change it, not type it in)

Symbol Rate 22 (as above use the sideways button)

FEC 5/6 (as above use the sideways button)

When you have done that highlight 'Find Channels' and press enter

A list of channels will appear, highlight the ones you want and press the 'yellow' button, and press select

Continue as above for other ITV regions as per the list below.

You can't get these channels by using the normal channel list, they won't be there. To get the channels, you will need to .......Press 'Services' then choose 'Other Channels' Hopefully they will all be there
 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ITV Regions

Carlton (London)/LWT
Carlton (Central)
HTV Wales
HTV (West)
Carlton (West Country)

Frequency 10832
Polarisation H
Symbol Rate 22
FEC 5/6

 
 TV Regions

Anglia
Border (England)
Border (Scotland)
Meridian
Tyne-Tees TV
Yorkshire

Frequency 10891
Polarisation H
Symbol Rate 22
FEC 5/6
 ITV Regions

Channel
Grampian
Scottish TV
UTV (Ulster)
Granada

Frequency 10906
Polarisation V
Symbol Rate 22
FEC 5/6
 

HTH
Ed

[Barry Scott]

Ta, I'll set up the old Sky+ to record it for me.

[Wanderer]

Unfortunately Sky+ won't work on it as the channel isn't in the TV guide.
It'd have to be done with a video and making sure nobody else used the sat.
You've got to use Services then 8 to access the saved channels menu.

Ed

[Barry Scott]

Unfortunately Sky+ won't work on it as the channel isn't in the TV guide.
It'd have to be done with a video and making sure nobody else used the sat.
You've got to use Services then 8 to access the saved channels menu.

Ed

Ah, might be able to use the manual record option, if not, I do not have VHS  :oops:

[Wanderer]

Just done a quick test and manual record doesn't work. More than likely because it doesn't have the TV guide. You can only see the next program on an added channel.

Such is life.

You'd think you'd be able to swap it for the ITV London channel.

Ed

[Barry Scott]

Ta for the info.

[MuddyMary]

I agree with MuddyWeb. If there has been mis-representation then it should be brought to the attention of the relevant people. It will put pressure on reporters but wil also help the cause, good luck

[Wanderer]

Anyone know what time it's on at?

Ed

[Jake]

is it going to be repeated?
when?
 :D

[Wanderer]

Trust me!

Es said "We will be watching the whole programme again tonight"

I thought she meant it was on again tonight. Looks like I read more into it than was meant.

I've been watching brizol news thinking it might have been an article on the local news.
SWTSMBO wanted to watch Flogit.

Ed

[Barry Scott]

Got the below from here.

Programme 6 - Tuesday August 16 2005
In Riding Roughshod, WEST EYE VIEW investigates the stealth campaign by off-road enthusiasts to flood local councils in the West with applications to open up rural byways to 4x4 vehicles and trail bikes.

Councillors say taxpayers face having to cough up millions of pounds if the campaign to beat a forthcoming ban on upgrading leafy lanes to take motor traffic is successful. More than 130 routes in Somerset alone face being re-classified. According to Somerset County Councillor Henry Hobhouse, each application which ends up in a public enquiry or court case could cost council taxpayers up to £50,000. Simply investigating an application could cost in the region of £20,000. He estimates the total cost in Somerset alone could total over £9 million.

“If we pay out as much money as we potentially have to, we are talking about somewhere between a 5 or 10% rise in council tax per council tax payer to allow people who don’t live in the area access to somewhere the local people do not want them to have access to,” he states.

The Trail Riders Fellowship, which bills itself as ‘the national club for all who wish to ride legal motorcycles on legal carriageways,’ is one of the groups behind the flood of applications.  It says simply that access to the countryside is an inalienable right, that the majority of them are responsible drivers and do not cause damage, and that the routes have been used by vehicular traffic from the time of the horse and cart.

The TRF’s campaign was launched to thwart the impact of the Countryside & Rights of Way Act of 2000 which will reclassify Roads Used as Public Paths (RUPPs) as restricted byways, and make it an offence to drive illegally on footpaths and bridleways. However, the Government gave interested parties a year to apply to retain some of these RUPPs for vehicular use by having them redefined as Byways Open to All Traffic (BOATs).

WEST EYE VIEW questions TRF campaigners, who promise members £5 rewards to enter applications with local authorities and £250 if their applications are successful and a RUPP becomes a BOAT.

According to Cllr Hobhouse: “Off-roaders’ clubs have an enormous amount of members. If they have a million members, they put in £10 each that gives them £10 million pounds fighting fund to actually set up, to go through and to get access to what they are trying to get access to. And the county councils do not have that sort of money easily available to fight it. So the social services or the old people will suffer because we have to pull money back to actually deal with the situation that’s arisen.”

GLEAM, a lobbying group set up to protect green lanes, says repair of damage to tracks caused by off-roaders can cost as much as £25,000 per mile. They are appalled that the Government has given off-road groups a year to make applications to turn RUPPs into BOATS. It claims that if applications continue to flood in to councils around England and Wales it will take decades to clear the backlog. They are currently collecting data on how many applications are being received.

They predict that Wiltshire will receive another 1,300 applications on top of hundreds already pending.

Norman Chivers and his wife Marion raised their four children on the family farm near Priddy on the Mendips. They’ve been farming the 180-acre estate since 1967, rearing beef cattle and sheep.

Mr Chivers has had a route in front of his house turned from a RUPP into a BOAT and despite two public enquiries, and a 1,200 name petition, the decision still stands. He tells WEST EYE VIEW: “They want access to the countryside, well fine, but I’ve been out here a little bit longer than they have so let’s have a bit of give and take. We could all have an enjoyable life but not when it’s all going to be at my expense. That’s what it is at the moment.

“I really do get quite angry, especially when you get these young fellas on the motor bikes, roaring up through here, 40mph plus, they really do annoy me. My dogs wouldn’t stand a hope in hell of getting out of the way, the grandchildren certainly wouldn’t.”

He adds: “Quality of life’s gone, it really has, it’s just so annoying , you know full well when you go to bed Saturday night that Sunday morning come what may there are gonna be motor bikes screaming up and down here and Landrovers. Not nice, not nice!”

[Eeyore]

Yet more, factually inept raging anti rantings.

Some reporter wants [Whoa, there!] educatin'.  

I feel a very strongly worded letter coming on.

Oh, does anyone from the South West recognise that script, virtually verbatim, from a Western Daily Article a few weeks back?

Thanks for posting this Barry - it gives me something to do for the next week!

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Just like another speck of dust on the highway of life
They scream to anyone that listens that the end is in sight
So do we circle the wagons or do we circle then quit?
As the highway could become the final battle to hit.
What the company wants is problem resolved
What the comany wants is a choice of nothing at all.
Step out onto that highway in the heat and the dust
A raise your finger in the middle till you shout
What about us?