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by Red Oktober on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:00 pm
Hi guys .....
what is an unmetalled road
and can i drive on it legally
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by fuzion on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:07 pm
I think its just a non surfaced road, Carl, ie a track.
How is it marked on the OS map?
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by Red Oktober on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:09 pm
um ...dunno
i was just driving that way and i saw it out the corner of my eye ....as you do
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by fuzion on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:10 pm
Where was it?
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by Red Oktober on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:11 pm
about half way between newton abbot and totnes
just going off to look on MM
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by fuzion on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:12 pm
Funny that, so was i
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by Red Oktober on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:18 pm
when you have found "ipplepen"...follow the main road to "red post"
theres loads of these little red dots all over the place
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by fuzion on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:23 pm
They are ORPAs : Other Route with Public Access.
Most of the lanes we drove in North Wales were the same
There are also a few BOATs off the A381
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by cyb on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:25 pm
bloomin heck.....
I've never seen that sign before anywhere
but basically an unmetal road is any track that does not have an tarmac suface - and I believe you should check before driving in the past some have been (wrongly) classed as bridleways.
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by Red Oktober on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:28 pm
fuzion137 wrote:They are ORPAs : Other Route with Public Access. Most of the lanes we drove in North Wales were the same There are also a few BOATs off the A381
does that mean i can drive them legally....or do i have to get the landowners permission first
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by Red Oktober on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:30 pm
cyb wrote:bloomin heck..... I've never seen that sign before anywhere but basically an unmetal road is any track that does not have an tarmac suface - and I believe you should check before driving in the past some have been (wrongly) classed as bridleways.
Cyb
Devon county council are generaly very good with signege
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by fuzion on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:31 pm
and I believe you should check before driving in the past some have been (wrongly) classed as bridleways.
Basically the only definitive way to find out is to ask the council ROW officer.
Having said that, i do drive some of my local ORPA's and haven't been challenged by anyone, yet
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by cyb on Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:34 pm
Red Oktober wrote:fuzion137 wrote:They are ORPAs : Other Route with Public Access. Most of the lanes we drove in North Wales were the same There are also a few BOATs off the A381
does that mean i can drive them legally....or do i have to get the landowners permission first
you do not need land owners permission, a road is a road but you really need to make sure its not been re-classified, just because a map shows you its a boat don't mean it is. And unfortunately its up to you to make sure you have legal access
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by Red Oktober on Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:16 am
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by Red Oktober on Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:56 am
the first one with the steps ......the step bit gets ever-so-close to the side steps on the car ..i get about an inch to play with
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by fuzion on Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:01 pm
Cracking vids Carl
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by Dubsport on Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:31 pm
If its the one i think it is does it ground out further up?
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by Dubsport on Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:35 pm
Quite a good site
http://gis.devon.gov.uk/basedata/viewer ... e=footpath
Unmettalled roads are unsurfaced roads. They have the same laws as a normal road.
Did you find the one opposite red post garage with the over hanging tree and the little ford at the bottom?
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