I'm in North Cornwallshire as mud fever calls it:D ....I'm looking for someone Togo Laning with
Crap round here tho think there is more lanes Nr Truro
 
I'll download some more 1:25k maps round north corny and truro and i'll give Oddie a poke and see what he says ....yap yap ..:D
 
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I don't have any recovery gear....what would I need?

Don't worry too much yet , although we always carry a decent tow rope ....
Hopefully the likely hood of you getting stuck in a green lane is minimal , lanes should be recce'd first , on foot if necessary and any adverse camber or over grown obstacles noted. We need to find lanes first anyhow , so get looking ..:)
 
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:rolly:I've sent him an e mail see if he gets back to us now....he may know of a few lanes that he could show us
 
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Dopey, remove Howard's email from your post bud, its a public forum and some folk get the hump;)
 
:rolly:I've sent him an e mail see if he gets back to us now....he may know of a few lanes that he could show us
You can find them yourself if you look on OS maps, or join GLASS, the green lane association, so you can use the Trailwise database.It is pretty straightforward, you can legally drive Byways open to all traffic and some UCRs, they are clearly marked on the maps. Treat restricted byways with caution get local info if poss. many cannot be driven legally. Don't **** peeps off! laning is under threat from new regs, and some idiots add fuel to the fire. Go slow and stay on legal routes.
Where do you live anyway?
 
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You can find them yourself if you look on OS maps, or join GLASS, the green lane association, so you can use the Trailwise database.It is pretty straightforward, you can legally drive Byways open to all traffic and some UCRs, they are clearly marked on the maps. Treat restricted byways with caution get local info if poss. many cannot be driven legally. Don't **** peeps off! laning is under threat from new regs, and some idiots add fuel to the fire. Go slow and stay on legal routes.
Where do you live anyway?


ermm restricted Byways are for horses/cyclists/pedestrians. No motorised right of way at All. except for authorised access.
 
I've found a few , done a couple and recorded them on an OS map programme on the ipad , but these are mid/west cornwall and not very interesting lots round Wheal Jane and Poldice valley , but it's a mecca for cyclists and walkers , which puts me off. Need to ping Oddie to see whats up round Bodmin way ..
There is a nice one up Twelveheads way, very technical on the rocks,deffo walk first, locals are hostile I am afraid. One decent one in West Cornwall, obvious on map, rite in the middle of the island;) Another down St J... along the coast, beauty views but you could drive it in a metro:eek:
Various others round Kernow many are just semi surfaced access to farms, you know enuff to spot em all off maps, if not I can pm some refs. Devon is a bit better, pics from Torbay trip looked good, Billy can show you where we went in North Devon :)
 
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Having just spent another week in your lovely county i can say that compared to most you have a fair amount of lanes.

As Turboman says there is the 2/3 near St J... the one is drivable in anything with care!(i did it in the Audi 3 days ago) There is a nice one thats steep and with some very loose rocks as well. Tis amusing as you go right past the 14th hole tee off :D

There is also a couple inland from there and then a few more up the west coast toward padstein and some more over toward the lizard.

Maybe next year i think i would like to do a 2/3day trip starting at lands end and maybe taking in all the cornwall/devon and a few somerset lanes.
 
Having just spent another week in your lovely county i can say that compared to most you have a fair amount of lanes.

As Turboman says there is the 2/3 near St J... the one is drivable in anything with care!(i did it in the Audi 3 days ago) There is a nice one thats steep and with some very loose rocks as well. Tis amusing as you go right past the 14th hole tee off :D

There is also a couple inland from there and then a few more up the west coast toward padstein and some more over toward the lizard.

Maybe next year i think i would like to do a 2/3day trip starting at lands end and maybe taking in all the cornwall/devon and a few somerset lanes.
Not wishing to disagree there, but there are other areas that are far more blessed. both in numbers and in length of the lanes. I lived for a few years in North Hants. and we used to go out Hants Wilts Berks and had many great drives, sadly a lot of them have now been turned into restricted byways and lost.:(:( The ridgeway was a fave of mine. I think there are still some good BOATs in these areas tho.
I have done some myself and I have friends who have driven the peaks and others up North, also Wales, and I have seen great lanes in these areas on glass site and on here. Kernow is a bit of a poor relation really.
 
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There is a nice one up Twelveheads way, very technical on the rocks,deffo walk first, locals are hostile I am afraid. One decent one in West Cornwall, obvious on map, rite in the middle of the island;) Another down St J... along the coast, beauty views but you could drive it in a metro:eek:
Various others round Kernow many are just semi surfaced access to farms, you know enuff to spot em all off maps, if not I can pm some refs. Devon is a bit better, pics from Torbay trip looked good, Billy can show you where we went in North Devon :)

We have hooked in with a lovely club in Devon , fantastic lanes both north and south round Dartmoor , so I'm happy enough with that , but we'll still have some recce's up the local ones , it's just that they are pretty short and un-interesting in comparison ....for us , I feel the hour drive into Devon is well worth the lanes and the company ..:)
 
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We have hooked in with a lovely club in Devon , fantastic lanes both north and south round Dartmoor , so I'm happy enough with that , but we'll still have some recce's up the local ones , it's just that they are pretty short and un-interesting in comparison ....for us , I feel the hour drive into Devon is well worth the lanes and the company ..:)
I agree entirely, good to drive the local ones once, but they aren't mostly that interesting for repeat visits.
Also it is more of an expedition feel if you get a run on the road first, and as you say, nice to get a bit of social in too :)
 
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Not wishing to disagree there, but there are other areas that are far more blessed. both in numbers and in length of the lanes. I lived for a few years in North Hants. and we used to go out Hants Wilts Berks and had many great drives, sadly a lot of them have now been turned into restricted byways and lost.:(:( The ridgeway was a fave of mine. I think there are still some good BOATs in these areas tho.
I have done some myself and I have friends who have driven the peaks and others up North, also Wales, and I have seen great lanes in these areas on glass site and on here. Kernow is a bit of a poor relation really.

oi knows what yous are sayin. ;) :D

I live in the midlands and between warks,staffs,notts,leics and worcs there is probably more in cornwall,devon and somerset.

There is a massive amount of lanes in devon i know compared to cornwall but within a decent distance from west cornwall there is a massive choice.

By decent i mean within 2 hours to get to i would say.

I did penzance to the m5 in 2 hours today so in a landy it must be an extra 30 mins???

What im saying is there is still a good choice. Your never going to compete with wales, shropshire and the likes of surrey though.
 
You can find them yourself if you look on OS maps, or join GLASS, the green lane association, so you can use the Trailwise database.It is pretty straightforward, you can legally drive Byways open to all traffic and some UCRs, they are clearly marked on the maps. Treat restricted byways with caution get local info if poss. many cannot be driven legally. Don't **** peeps off! laning is under threat from new regs, and some idiots add fuel to the fire. Go slow and stay on legal routes.
Where do you live anyway?

I'm in Trevear Nr padstow.....and your good self ?
 
Dopey, remove Howard's email from your post bud, its a public forum and some folk get the hump;)

I've removed my post ...I found his e mail on this open public forum so didn't think there would be a problem
+ I sent him an E mail and its come back as failed anyway
 
Mud have you been to the pay and play site at Baldhu? Looks pretty muddy. :D

No we've kind of avoided it as its a bit of a fav with quads and scramblers , but there are a fair few lanes around that area , we've done a couple but kinda got stopped in our tracks by a fallen tree and no chainsaw/bow saw handy :) we've yet to get back over there to proceed further :rolleyes:
 
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