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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Two steps forward, ten steps backward

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova prepare to play against Pat Cash and Mats Wilander during day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)BOOP! OK I tried, I really did. I tried to tell myself that it was no big deal, just a bit of fun, that I really should just lighten to eff up and not make such a big deal of it. And while that is generally good advice that I generally take, I find that I am still galled by the spectacle of Pat Cash and Mats Wilander playing patty-cake tennis against Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. What was up with that? What was I supposed to take away from this experience? Aren’t we all well past this kind of sexist nonsense?

Apparently not. And the frank enjoyment of the crowd watching this piece of ass-foolery told me that I am very much in the minority. And perhaps many of you reading this column will side with them and will think that the Tennis Chick is making an issue of nothing. Because after all no harm was done. Just two women and two men playing a silly game of entertaining doubles at the US Open. Is that all it was?

For me it wasn’t. For me it was a throwback to the days when women were expected to be seen and not heard, when women provided entertainment but did not need to be taken seriously. I thought that we were past the stage where women had to be condescended to, when women were willing to short-change or make spectacles of themselves all for the sake of entertainment. But apparently I am deeply wrong.

I was most hurt that Martina Hingis allowed herself to be a part of this travesty. I expect nothing more or less from Pornikova. She was always irrelevant to serious tennis. She always represented fluff. She was the sex object that teens and grown men lusted after. When she played tennis she filled stadiums not because of her game but because of her beauty. So her decision to participate in this piece of nonsense neither surprised nor bothered me.

As for the two men, well I figured maybe they needed the pay check. And if they were doing it for free, I really didn’t care because men have achieved enough in the world to be able to make asses of themselves whenever they choose to. It’s their world after all. We women are just trying to carve out our own space in it.

But Hingis? My heart ached. I could have cried. I felt so deeply sad for her. Gone was the athletic young woman who could scamper after a drop shot like no one else. In its place was an unfamiliar woman grinning foolishly for the cameras and trying desperately to fit into the world of fluff. My Hingis would never be caught dead reducing herself to fluff. Fluff is what caused her and Anna to break up in the first place, remember? My Hingis was all business, wanting always to win, coming to resent all of the fluff attention that their combined winning brought to the blonde bombshell. Gosh I miss that Hingis!

I miss the Hingis who always meant serious business. I miss the Smiling Assassin who once asked an opponent if she wanted to get broken or did she want Hingis to serve first. My Hingis was a talented, versatile player whom everyone either feared or respected. Not a nervously grinning woman unsure of what the hell she was doing out there under the lights at Flushing Meadows playing at tennis.

Hingis was banned from tennis for two years. My problem has always been less with this decision per se and more with the unfairness of Gasquet being allowed to get away scotch free for committing the same crime. Then again, I can’t fault Gasquet for successfully fighting to save his career. I cannot fathom why Hingis has not been able to do the same. I cannot understand why she is not beating down every possible legal door to be allowed once again to play legitimate tennis. Heck I’d even settle for her becoming a full-time commentator; the few times I’ve heard her commentate, she’s been terrific.

But instead Hingis seems willing to settle for being part of a ridiculous perversion of Riggs vs. Billie Jean King. When Billie Jean beat Bobby Riggs back in 1973, it was a tremendous moment for women in sport (not just in the world of tennis). Sure Riggs was an aging boozer and the match also served the purpose of televised entertainment. But the outcome was not scripted. Real tennis was played that day, best three of five which Billie Jean won 6-4 6-3 6-3. 30,492 people watched the match at the Houston Astrodome. Millions of others watched on TV. No other tennis match has ever attracted such an audience. BJK’s victory was a real victory, a leap forward for womankind. The Hingis/Kournikova nonsense was a step backward.

And once again just thinking about that non-event is making my blood boil. Watching these two men made a pretence of playing against the two women irked every cell in my body. I would have preferred to see them play real mixed doubles, Cash and Hingis vs. Wilander and Kournikova, or vice versa. But the stupid men vs. women format with no serious tennis was an insult to all attempts at intelligent progress. I hope that BJK had nothing to do with this travesty. It was an insult that sullied her amazing record of accomplishment on behalf of women.

TennisAce said...

Hingis wants to repair her image and get into the Hall of Fame. That is the reason why she is doing these exos. Nothing more. She is returning to the Tour to play doubles, has just signed a contract with Yonex in relation to racquets, but at the end of the day she is playing kiss ass with the powers that be to show them that she is reformed and no longer a drug addled player.

It is ironic that the players with whom she was playing against are/were drug addled tennis players. Both men have trashed women's tennis players many times both in the booth and in the media, and yet we do not hear cries of condemnation from the pulpits against them.

For me professional tennis is dying because those who want to uphold the epitome of good sportsmanship and fair play are themselves going out of the sport, little by little.

Benben said...

Agree total with the sentiment of the post, and with the reply above. All of those players are a disgrace, and i am happy to have not seen any of the match!


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Jackie Martin Interview: Nature and the changing seasons

Jackie Martin Interview: Nature and the changing seasons

Machine embroiderer Jackie Martin’s extraordinary work is heavily influenced by nature and the changing seasons. Despite her focus on machine embroidery, dying and print making, Jackie is a master of many techniques, teaching workshops once a month from her own studio. She is also a member of the New Embroidery Group and East Surrey Embroiderers Guild.

In this interview Jackie discusses her work, influences and career, illustrating her answers with various pieces of work.

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Jackie Martin – Onion Seed

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TextileArtist.org: What initially captured your imagination about textile art?

Jackie Martin: Freedom of artistic expression with the opportunities for experimental work.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin – Cornfield at sunset

What or who were your early influences and how has your life/upbringing influenced your work?

Observing things in life, such as the changing seasons, of colours, shapes, textures and patterns. There were no parental influences, it was just accepted that I like to draw.

Influences of nature

What was your route to becoming an artist? (Formal training or another pathway?)

Art was a favourite subject at school and after A Levels I chose to do teacher training in the teaching of Art. In teacher training my eyes were opened to the different media in the coursework. On completing my teacher training, Textiles became my speciality – I needed further training so I worked through City and Guilds Fashion to Diploma Level.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin – Tree of life

What is your chosen medium and what are your techniques?

My chosen medium was machine embroidery with the opportunities for fabric colouration and different printing techniques.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin Textile Artist – Teazel heads

How would you describe your work and where do you think it fits within the sphere of contemporary art?

My latest work shows the starting point of my interests in organic structures and with the influences of nature, and the seasons.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin – Hoare frosts on Autumn leaves

Mark making and printing methods

Tell us a bit about your process and what environment you like to work in?

My starting points now are digital photography. I carry my camera with me always, especially on my early morning dog walks. These are reference points in my memories developing through to dyeing, then on to mark making and printing methods.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin – French Alps

What currently inspires you and which other artists do you admire and why?

Inspiration may come through my travels, visiting exhibitions – in particular the David Hockney Exhibition, his interpretations of how he sees nature and the changing seasons of the Yorkshire countryside.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin – Wind on the cornfield

Tell us about a piece of work you have fond memories of and why?

I have one piece of work I keep in my sitting room – the scene I see from my house. It’s of the cornfield at the end of my garden capturing how the wind blows through the corn when it is ripe and golden.

Opportunities for development

How has your work developed since you began and how do you see it evolving in the future?

My work has developed in particular over the last 10 years with the changes in ideas and expression with the accessibility of materials and processes that are now available to use in a home workroom situation.

Do you run workshops or classes?

Since the end of City and Guilds Embroidery in further education I have run classes and workshops from my own studio for 1 week each month. Sometimes I go to secondary schools giving A Level students opportunities for development in a wider range of media to show in their portfolios for further education applications. I give talks to Embroiderer’s Guilds and Craft Clubs.

Textile art by Jackie Martin

Jackie Martin – Wild flower meadow

Where can readers see your work this year?

I have shown my work nationally at the Knitting and Stitching Shows with the New Embroidery Group, at Ramster Embroidery and Textile Art Exhibition. Summer 2013 at Denbies Wine Estate with the East Surrey Embroidery Group.

How do you go about choosing where to show your work?

In the past I have displayed my work at restaurants and cafés. It’s rewarding to see it displayed and I am always open to put on displays in a non-exhibition environment. I consider my work to be a living piece of art suitable to be hung in many environments.

For more information please visit Jackie Martin’s New Embroidery Group page

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  • Hello,
    I am doing a project on journeys at school for textiles and I was wondering if you could email me back and tell me a little bit about yourself:
    – What your achievements are as an artist
    – What your inspiration is
    – When you started as an artist
    – What other medium you like to work with
    – What fabrics you most like to work with and why
    – What makes you stand out as an artist
    I would especially like to know about any pieces you have to do with nature or journeys.

    Thank you
    I hope to hear from you soon

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On NBA’s position on the withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security

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By Sotonye Frank

I read with much unease the press statement of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on the withdrawal of the security personnel attached to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives following his defection from the PDP to the APC. In the said statement, the NBA, through its national president, Augustine Alegeh, SAN passed judgment on the action of the police, declaring it unconstitutional.

The plank of the NBA’s position – and this reflects the views of some respected lawyers – is that the Nigerian Police lacks the power and competence to interpret provisions of the constitution as only the judiciary can play that role. I agree. Sadly, that’s about all that I am in agreement with the NBA in their statement.

In the first place, the NBA appears to confuse enforcement of the law with interpretation of the law. The word ‘interpret’ means ‘to explain the meaning of information or actions’. Synonyms include, explain, elucidate, expound, explicate, clarify, make clear, make plain. On the other hand the word ‘enforce’ means ‘to compel observance of or compliance with a law, rule or obligation. Synonyms include, to impose, apply, carry out, administer, Implement, bring to bear, etc.

It is not in dispute that the judiciary has the constitutional role to interpret laws, including the constitution. It is also not in dispute that it is the Nigeria Police Force that has the constitutional mandate to enforce laws, including the constitution. The crucial question then is whether the actions of the police in withdrawing the former speaker’s security amounts to an interpretation of section 68(1)(g) or an enforcement of the section. The NBA sees it as an interpretation of the provision. I disagree.

I am of the firm view that the police simply enforced the relevant provision of the constitution and they are entitled to so do. Section 68(1) (g) of the Constitution provides that ‘a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if – being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected.”

This provision, written in clear and unmistakable terms, means that any member of the legislative arm of government that defects while being a member of the house is deemed, in law, to have vacated his seat. Indeed, in Attorney-General of the Federation v Abubakar (2007) 10 NWLR Pt 1041 page 1 at page 178 (Judgment delivered on 20th April 2007), the Supreme Court, had this to say about section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution:

“Applying the well-known principles of interpretation to the above provision of the Constitution, I have no doubt in my mind that the legislators have made it manifest that if any of these elective members after winning an election on the platform of a political party, later, on being a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, defects to another political party he is deemed, in law, to have automatically vacated his seat in the House of which he is a member. No other interpretation can be given to the above provision. (Italics added) – Pius Olayiwola Aderemi , J.S.C

In view of the clear and unmistakable provision of section 68(1)(g) of the constitution, and the views expressed by the Supreme Court in AGF v Atiku, one does not need to be a lawyer to know that upon announcing his defection, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal ‘is deemed, in law, to have automatically vacated his seat’ in the House of Representatives, therefore losing an essential requirement to be a Speaker. The Nigerian Police Force, being a law enforcement agency, is therefore under a legal duty to enforce the provision.

The suggestions that the police should seek judicial interpretation before enforcing the provision is not only absurd but also an invitation to chaos and disorder. Are we saying the police should also seek judicial interpretation before withdrawing security from a Governor who has vacated his seat following an impeachment? For example, should the police have gone to court to seek judicial interpretation on the provisions relating to impeachment before withdrawing the security personal attached to Murtala Nyako, the impeached governor of Adamawa State? Point is: if the constitution stipulates a penalty for an act, it is the duty of the police to enforce such a penalty upon the occurrence of such act. They do not require any judicial interpretation before acting.

Of course I am aware that by virtue of section 68(2) of the constitution, the Speaker, being the presiding office of the House, is to give effect to the provision of 68(1)(g). In other words, he is the one constitutionally empowered to confirm the vacancy of the seat of a defecting member. In the instant case, however, the Speaker is the one defecting. Upon defection, he did not vacate his seat but rather adjourned the House to 3rd December 2014. In the circumstances, the onus must shift to the executive to enforce the law. This is because by virtue of section 5(1) (b), the executive powers of the President “extend to the execution and maintenance of the constitution, all laws, made by the National Assembly and to all matters with respect of which the National Assembly has, for the time being, power to make laws.” In other words, the President has a constitutional duty to ensure the execution and maintenance of the constitution. He can therefore, acting through the police, take steps to fulfil this duty.

I am also not unaware that there is a proviso to section 68(1)(g) to the effect that the member of the House may not vacate his seat if the defection is because of a division or merger of his former party. It is however trite law, that where a person claims to come under an exception, exemption or proviso of a law, the burden of proof is on that person. It is therefore the responsibility of the former Speaker to go to court to prove that he falls within the proviso. It is NOT the responsibility of the police and the police needs not to wait for the former Speaker to seek judicial interpretation before acting. Of course, if the former Speaker had filed a suit before defecting, as some of his colleagues did, the matter would have been sub judice and the police must await the pronouncement of the court before acting. He didn’t do so. There was nothing stopping the police from acting as at the time they did.

Before concluding, it is important to add that contrary to the views expressed by the NBA, the issue of whether the former Speaker can still retain his seat, is, strictly speaking, not an issue of interpretation of the constitution. Rather, it is a question of fact. i.e. is there a division in the PDP to bring the former Speaker within the proviso? That said, I listened to the speech made by the former Speaker. If my ears did not fail me, nowhere did he mention division or merger in his party as the reason for his defection. Rather, he said he was defecting ‘pursuant to the extant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and having regards to development in my home State of Sokoto” whatever that means.

In conclusion, it is my firm view that the police acted lawfully by withdrawing the security personnel attached to the former Speaker. By virtue of section 68(1)(g), the former Speaker is deemed in law, to have automatically vacated his seat upon his defection from the party that sponsored him. Their action was simply to enforce a provision of the constitution that does not allow for any other interpretation.

*Dr Sotonye Frank, a legal practitioner and lecturer, writes from Port Harcourt and can be reached at [email protected]

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  1. owus
    owus November 05, 02:02

    Very clear and speaks volume of the difference between “interpretation” and “enforcement”.

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  2. owus
    owus November 05, 02:05

    …very clear especially on the difference between “enforcement” and “interpretation” of the law.

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  3. jamesons
    jamesons November 07, 15:35

    And as a corolary to this exposition the executive arm of government should enforce the provision of the constitution by baring Tambuwal from forcefully entering the office of the speaker. Till he shows substantive evidenve that there was any division in the pdp that forced him to defect. But he must not bank on the incidence of the socalled nPDP. what happen then was simply a decamping of some members which they dramatised as ‘division’

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    • KokoUdom
      KokoUdom December 08, 07:50

      You just re-wrote our legal history and tradition. He has to show substantive evidence that he still holds the office that no one has declared he does not hold – right? Don’t I thank God that despite the clowns that have the ear of the President, you are not one of them.

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    ese otaks November 24, 10:20

    I totally agree with the submissions of the learned gentleman. It is particluarly worrisome that NBA that is supposed to be impartial in its advocacy of the rule of law is allowing cheap poloitics to blurr its vision.It is understable that the house of rep with half iliterate memebership can display their rascality with public nuisance shows totally in contradiction of their avowed role of making laws for an ordrly and progressive society. But the curious statement by NBA which potrays the body as political party rather than a professional body vested with defending the sanctity of the constitution is of great concern. Or could it be that these are products of the depreciated cash and carry education being offered by our universities?
    Unfortunately, we now have quota and highest bidders SAN, cases are are now traded in chambers for the highest bidder. Cases now linger for ever with the flimsiest of excuses for long adjournments.The police and the Judiciary are the organs of governnance that can perpetuate sanity in any society. When these tow are killed or compromised there rule of law becomes selectively applied and chaos.
    The Police in the case of Tambuwal are asolutely right and the NBA should retract their unlearned position.

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15 Best Things to Do in Ludlow (Shropshire, England)

A historic market town, Ludlow is crowned by a Medieval castle once home to Tudor monarchs.

The town is on high ground on the east bank of the River Teme, and along with its castle has one of the loveliest parish churches in England.

In Medieval times Ludlow was on the Welsh Marches, and much of this border region was marshalled by the Mortimers, who were some of the most powerful figures in England at the time.

In the countryside you can follow in their footsteps on the Mortimer trail and explore their former hunting ground.

Ludlow itself is uncommonly pretty, with more than 500 listed buildings, many in Tudor and Georgian styles and housing local shops like bakeries, bookstores and tearooms.

Let’s explore the best things to do in Ludlow:

1. Ludlow Castle

Ludlow Castle

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Ludlow Castle

Roosted on a promontory over the River Teme, Ludlow Castle was founded by the Normans but reached the height of its powers in the 14th and 15th centuries under the Mortimers.

These “Marcher Lords” controlled a big chunk of the Welsh borders and wielded huge wealth.

After the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century Ludlow Castle became a royal property – Prince Arthur would die here in 1502, while Mary Tudor later spent three winters at the house.

The castle was vacated at the end of the 17th century and slowly became a ruin.

A whole spectrum of architecture remains, from Norman to Medieval and Tudor.

Passing through the outer bailey you have to cross a moat to reach the substantial shell of the keep and great hall.

In summer, as part of Ludlow’s Arts Festival there are open air performances of John Milton’s Comus, which was premiered at Ludlow Castle’s great hall in 1634.

2. St Laurence’s Church

St Laurence's Church

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St Laurence’s Church

As Ludlow’s wool trade prospered in the 15th century the parish church was given an expensive makeover.

Mostly in the Perpendicular Gothic style, St Laurence’s is Shropshire’s largest parish church and has decoration and fittings of a quality you’d normally expect from a cathedral.

This is clear in the 28 15th-century misericords in the choir, carved from oak and depicting characters like a Green Man, a mermaid and an ale-wife being dragged off to hell by demons.

Some have royal imagery, like a gorged and chained antelope, which was the badge of Henry VI who reigned in this period.

Also in the chancel are intricate monuments for members of the Council of the Marches (1400s-1600s). Check out the east window here, as well as another depicting the Ten Commandments, and showing six of them being broken!

3. Castle Square

Castle Square

The oldest and highest part of Ludlow, Castle Square is the scene of the town’s market, which we’ll talk about in more detail later.

Even when the market isn’t trading, Castle Square is Ludlow’s commercial soul, with just a couple of chain stores, and many more local shops like an antique bookseller, a bakery and a design shop, in between a few pubs and eateries.

On the west side are the Assembly Rooms, dating to 1840 and now used as an arts and community centre.

Also on the west end is an imposing Georgian townhouse, built in 1770 and used by the Ludlow Girls’ High School since 1910.

4. Castle Lodge

Castle Lodge

A monument we haven’t mentioned on Castle Square is the marvellous Castle Lodge, dating from the start of the 13th century.

The house was reworked at the end of the 16th century, when the distinctive timber framing on the upper storey was completed.

Earlier, Catherine of Aragon had lived at Castle Lodge (as well as the castle itself) when she was married to Prince Arthur, older brother of Henry VIII. At the time this post was written in 2018, the house was still in private hands as the home of an older man.

Castle Lodge is like a miniature Hampton Court Palace, and a time capsule of Tudor interior design.

For a small few (£3) you can go in to see the amazing wood panelling, plasterwork, Tudor fireplaces, stained glass windows and climb the creaking wooden stairs.

5. Stokesay Castle

Stokesay Castle

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Stokesay Castle

A half-day out in the Shropshire Hills, Stokesay Castle is one of the best-preserved Medieval fortified manor houses in the country.

This fine residence was ordered in the 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, another of the most affluent men in England at the time.

Stokesay Castle has survived so well as it was only partially damaged in the Civil War (when nearly all English castles were torn down), and the resident Baldwyn family were able to carry on living here.

The castle is maintained by English Heritage and has a magnificent Great Hall, with mesmerising views of the Shropshire countryside through its gable windows.

In the Solar (private apartment block) there’s delicate 17th-century carved panelling over the fireplace, while the gatehouse from the same time has carvings of a dragon, Adam and Eve and an angel in its frame.

The North Tower is also unmisable for its Medieval tiles floor and remnant of a fresco.

6. Acton Scott Historic Working Farm

Acton Scott Historic Working Farm

Open in spring and summer, this living museum is a window on agricultural life in Shropshire at the turn of the 19th century.

Back then, burly shire horses were required for heavy duty tasks, in place of modern tractors.

As a working farm, the choice of activities at Acton Scott changes with the season.

Spring is a fine time to come, as you can bottle feed lambs, hold newly hatched chicks and collect eggs.

At various times of the year there are demonstrations of old-time skills like ploughing, sowing, harvesting, butter churning, milking, brick-making, forging and wheel-making, some of which you can take part in.

Kids meanwhile will adore the farm’s cows, sheep, poultry, donkeys and pygmy goat.

7. Ludlow Museum

Ludlow Museum

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Ludlow Museum

At the very top of Broad Street is the Buttercross, built in the 1740s at the highest point of the Medieval town where the High Cross used to stand.

This grand Palladian building used to host the town council and is now the Ludlow Museum, dipping into the Ludlow and Bromfield area’s archaeology and natural history.

Be sure to see the Bitterley Hoard, a Civil War-period stash of silver coins, minted between the 16th and 17th centuries.

You’ll also Bronze Age urns and axes, a decorative Anglo-Saxon sword pommel and ring, and an assortment of fossils discovered in the local limestone.

8. Broad Street

Broad Street

North to south through the centre of Ludlow, Broad Street wends its way down to Broad Gate on the town’s wall.

The 20th-century architecture historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Broad Street as “one of the most memorable streets in England”. Standing in front of the Buttercross and looking down the street, Broad Gate is impressive against the wooded hillside across the Teme.

That gatehouse is a regal private home with a mixture of 13th-century defences and Romantic 19th-century additions.

All down Broad Street there are historic properties that are either private residences or independent shops.

Many of the facades are half-timbered, particularly the fabulous row near the top of the hill, which hangs over the pavement.

9. Mortimer Forest

Mortimer Forest

Southwest of Ludlow is a big tract of ancient woodland straddling the Shropshire and Herefordshire border and owned by the Forestry Commission.

In Medieval times this was a hunting forest owned by the Mortimers who resided at Ludlow Castle.

The Forestry Commission installed picnic tables and laid out signposted walking trails.

Walkers in good shape can tackle the Vinnalls Loop, which ascends High Vinnalls, one of the tallest hills around Ludlow, at 248 metres.

The Mortimer Forest has interesting geology, with limestone dating back 400 million years.

You may turn up a fossil of a trilobite or coral from the Silurian Period when this place was deep underwater.

10. Mortimer Trail

Mortimer Trail

If you really want to turn your trip into an adventure you can hike the Mortimer Trail, a 30-mile footpath through the Welsh Marches.

The route crosses the Arrow, Lugg and Teme valleys for some challenging climbs, and leads you over a series of limestone ridges and hills.

You’ll venture through gentle pasture and dense forest, and there’s history to keep you enthralled.

Croft Ambrey is an Iron Age hill fort, while there’s an august National Trust property at Croft Castle.

By the village of Aymestrey you’ll enter the Puckhouse Wood, long believed to be inhabited by pucks (a mischievous wood sprite).

11. Ludlow Market

Ludlow Market

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Ludlow Market

Castle Square is a suitably historic location for the town’s market, which has been trading on this very site since the 1100s.

The award-winning Ludlow Market is run by the town council and takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays all year round.

What may strike you is the quality of the wares sold at these stalls, be it fruit and vegetables, handmade pies, wine produced nearby on the Clee Hills, fashion, furniture, fabrics, wool, books or jewellery.

There’s a farmers’ market on the second and fourth Thursday of the month and a “Made in Shropshire” craft market, normally on the first Saturday of the month.

12. Ludlow Millennium Green

Ludlow Millennium Green

Ludlow Castle is defended by a deep gorge on the River Teme, which makes the town all the more beautiful, but means that it can be tricky to get down to the river itself.

Ludlow Millennium Green is one of the few open spaces on the town side of the river, and sits just beneath the castle ruins.

People come to these lawns for picnics, lingering over the views across to the historic Dinham Bridge and the high west riverbank.

On hot days you can even take a dip in the river.

The Mill on the Green is on the site of a Medieval corn mill, which eventually became the Ludlow Electric Light Company in the early 1900s.

After closing, the mill was turned into a cafe, but its hydroelectric waterwheel continues to function, providing most of the energy for the cafe.

13. Whitcliffe Common

Whitcliffe Common

The steep wooded slopes on the west bank of the Teme are protected as a nature reserve and have a satisfying view of the castle before the Clee Hills.

This 53-acre common is threaded with walking trails and stone steps, and has benches where you can catch your breath and soak up the scenery.

By the water, the Bread Walk was first laid out in 1850 and will guide you past ferns, rugged cliffs and a waterfall.

The route is known as the “Bread Walk” because workers on the route were apparently paid with bread to prevent them spending their wages in pubs on the way home.

14. Clee Hills

 Clee Hills

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Clee Hills

Northeast of Ludlow are the powerful outlines of Shropshire’s tallest hills.

The closest of the Clee Hills to Ludlow is Titterstone Clee Hill (533 m), five miles south of Brown Clee Hill (540 m), the tallest in the county.

Both hills were mined for coal for hundreds of years, while the remnants of dolorite quarries pock the landscape on Brown Clee Hill.

The hills are laid with heather moor and wildflower meadows, and even grow vines in places.

Those industrial vestiges also add some mystery to the terrain to go with the astounding views.

To the west you can see as far as Snowdonia in Wales, while on clear days you can even make out Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, 30 miles to the northeast.

15. Medieval Christmas Fayre

Medieval Christmas Fayre

At the end of November Ludlow Castle is the appropriate setting for a two-day fair with a Medieval theme.

Set against the 13th-century keep is the Castle Garden Stage, for choreographed fighting knights and storytellers, while the Market Place Stage has comedy, pantomime and Medieval-style bands.

Roamed by jesters and jugglers, that market boasts more than 100 stalls, offering all manner of handmade seasonal gifts and food and drink.

Visitors are invited to join in the fun at workshops for juggling, sword-fighting and archery.

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For five years I have tried my best to gain control of my family’s land near what is now Gilo. All I’ve been getting is the runaround. Silvan Shalom is the vice prime minister of Israel and minister for regional development. He wrote a column last week that appeared in a local paper in Chicago titled “Israel, striving to be a good neighbor.” It was an upbeat column, intended, I think, more for American consumption than to reinforce confidence among the Palestinians. But I did read it. And I was inspired by his words and his promised goal to “support Palestinian development.”

Maybe I am a sucker for politicians who have a habit of saying inspiring and great things, but doing something different. I’ve been a journalist for 35 years, so that makes me very cynical. Then again, maybe I always just want to believe that there is something far better behind the ugly headlines of conflict and continued turmoil that plagues Palestinian-Israeli relations.

There are things about Shalom that make me, at least as an Arab, believe he is genuine. He is a Jewish Arab born in Tunisia who immigrated to Israel as a one year old in 1959. About that time, my dad was able to get his brothers and sisters out of a refugee camp in Jordan and resettled in Chicago near by. I was seven at the time.

But Shalom is also a journalist, and despite what I know is a deep-seated bias in the mainstream media against Arabs, I think sometimes Israeli journalists are more open to see the “other side.”

So, maybe Shalom does “care” about us Palestinians.

AND IT is in that spirit that I am asking Minister Shalom to step in to my life and into the issue of my family’s land. It is located right in the middle of that spirit of cooperation that Shalom spoke about in his column, about how he and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were working hard to improve relations with the Palestinians and the neighboring Arab countries by “increasing the level of economic cooperation.”

It would go a long way, Minister Shalom, if you would insure that no one messes with my family’s land, which has been handed down to me as the official representative of the “Hanania Palestinian people.”

My mother’s cousins on my grandmother’s side purchased about 34 dunams of land that sits in one of the valleys in Gilo that face Malha and the stadium. The land belongs to my cousins, the Tarud family. It is right around the mountain bend from a little Muslim village called Sharafat. It’s not too far away from the land owned by the Darweesh family.

For years, one of the family members at Sharafat watched over our land, harvesting the olives and other vegetables and fruits as a trade-off for his service. Three generations have passed. The caretaker lived in a small home that was on the side of the land, but that was torn down by Israeli soldiers sometime in the 1970s. They sealed the water well that was nearby, too. (It wasn’t a great gesture of wanting to work together, by the way. But, I guess, stuff happens.) The land has more than 100 olive trees and Zarzour berries. I’ve been to it several times in the past few years, as my cousins have passed away, leaving the land’s ownership in the hands of one last cousin, who placed the power of attorney in my hands.

For five years I have tried my best to gain control of my family’s land. I have all of the original papers and even the sales document stamped by the Ottoman government, and registered in Bethlehem, where my mother’s family is from.

And for five years, all I have been given is the runaround. “We don’t ‘steal’ anyone’s land,” I have been told by countless Israeli officials who defend the expansion of settlements like Gilo, which was once a security settlement and is a prestigious and “old” neighborhood these days.

PALESTINIANS HAVE not been that helpful, either. They keep threatening me that I “must not sell the land to the Jews.” And everyone wants a piece of it to help me protect it.

I brought it to an Israeli realtor to put it on the market to see what I can get from Palestinians or Israelis. They found one potential buyer, “Yossi,” who offered a paltry $600,000 through a prominent law firm on King George Avenue.

But Yossi never followed through. The deal was never consummated. I don’t trust too many people anymore. I ignore the threats from Palestinians and the hypocritical advice I get from other Arabs who tell me, “Don’t do anything. We’ll get it all back one day.”

The biggest problem, though, is the Israelis, Every trip to an Israeli office has ended in a bad experience. Why should they help me when maybe, if they wait long enough, they can just take it from me. Who am I to complain?

But that would contradict the spirit of what Minister Silvan Shalom wrote about in his glowing column on how much Israel’s government wants to help Palestinians through cooperative development.

Okay, Minister Shalom. Here’s my deal: You develop the land for me. I want to create a peace oasis where Palestinians and Israelis can come together to learn about cooperation. Maybe they can build a business there run by both sides. Maybe we can build a theater there where Israelis and Palestinians can creatively work out their conflicting narratives through writing, comedy, stage plays and sometimes just sharing a cup of coffee.

Yea, that’s it. Maybe we build a big coffee shop that caters to both sides so that Palestinians and Israelis can come together. Or, maybe it’s all just a bunch of baloney – kosher or halal, who cares.

And it’s all just talk. I’d like to believe there are some good Israelis out there who really do care about “Palestinian development,” and maybe even do the right thing.

Imagine, Palestinians and Israelis sharing a table in a disputed region not too far from Jerusalem to the north. Sharing a finjan kahwah and even having their futures read from the grinds at the bottom of the porcelain cup.

My mother, bless her heart, read my fortune once when I was young. And she said to me, “One day, you’ll be at the forefront of peace.” I’m here. Just sometimes, it feels a little lonely.

Named Best Ethnic Columnist in America by New America Media, the writer is a Palestinian-American columnist and peace activist. He can be reached at www.YallaPeace.com.

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Though the Open Data Initiative has secured support from the Undergraduate Assembly, there are still privacy concerns.

On Sunday afternoon, the UA passed a resolution to support the initiative. Matthew Rosenberg, an Engineering junior and the Engineering representative on the UA, called the initiative “a revolution that we had the opportunity to be part of.”

“It was one of those things that seemed to be completely positive,” he added. The UA vote was almost unanimous with only one person abstaining.

The initiative is a proposal made by the Student Technology Advisory Board with the intention of increasing the amount of publicly accessible data. If the initiative is approved by the University, data such as job listings and real-time locations of Penn Transit buses will become more accessible to developers who wish to develop applications with the data.

However, while allowing more material for application developers and promoting transparency, open data also brings many concerns about privacy.

Rob Nelson, director of education in the Provost Office, said “each dataset has particular issues associated with it” and not everything will go public due to privacy concerns.

Since different offices at Penn manage their own data, each office itself will determine whether to or not open up their dataset, according to Nelson.

Because of this, he believes that the opening of data will occur in small steps, rather than at the “macro level.” Open data is not just an idea that has appeared out of nowhere. “Developers will really drive this. They will say I want ‘x’ data and then they’ll try to get the University to open up ‘x’ data.”

The initiative “encapsulates a lot of things that are happening around campus and encourages additional action,” Nelson said.

Students at Carnegie Mellon University are also encouraging transparency on campus.

Student developers at the University’s ScottyLabs are trying to get their university to open up its Application Programming Interfaces in order to have an easier time developing applications when using university information.

Amy Quispe, the co-founder and director of ScottyLabs and a junior in the School of Computer Science, said the university is worried about “releasing information that could get certain student groups in trouble.” She cited a “canonical” example of a LGBT student being outed to his or her parents because the university had released his or her club affiliations.

In addition to CMU, Princeton and Oxford universities have also opened their data to student developers.

Michael Chan, a Wharton and College junior and head of STAB, quelled the privacy concerns. “Laws, like Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and general common sense dictate that we shouldn’t make such data accessible,” he wrote in an email.

Nelson added that sensitive information such as grades would probably not be made public.

PennApps Labs is another supporter of the initiative. It co-signed the initiative along with STAB.

Open data “is exactly where we’ve been heading together as a school,” Nelson said.

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Park advocates set up last-minute road block against mountain bikers

Debs Park trail. Photo by Martha Benedict

Bike riders this week hailed the City Council’s approval of a bicycle master plan, which calls for the construction of about 1,700 miles of bikeways citywide. But the master plan was changed at the last minute to help keep a portion of the city bike-free: trails in city parks.  Mountain bike groups seeking to open up off-road trails in major city parks – such as Debs, Elysian, and Griffith –  had lobbied to include language in the master plan to encourage further study of more off-road biking in city parks. That language remained but park and equestrian advocates  managed to have the plan amended at the last minute to make sure any proposed new off-road trails are “thoroughly reviewed and analyzed” by the city’s Recreation and Parks Department.

Some mountain bike activists said that amendment, introduced by councilmen Tom Labonge and Ed Reyes, is no big deal. But park and equestrian groups – who say allowing bikes on off-road trails is dangerous – said the new language will keep the bikes at bay.

The last minute lobbying and amendment making is the most recent skirmish in a long-running battle between mountain bike riders,  who want to ride the trails of close-in urban parks, and many park users, hikers and equestrians.  In 2000, bike riders lost a bid to ride the trails of Elysian Park as part of a pilot project.

Christine Peters, a member of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park, spoke in favor of the bike plan amendment before the City Council on Tuesday. She and others opposed to off-road biking are counting on the Recreation and Parks Department to keep mountain bikers from gaining more access:

“This amendment essentially says, ‘no bikes on trails unless that trail was built specifically for mountain bikes.’  Currently only Mandeville Canyon Park is in that category.  Any new proposals or access would need to go through [Recreation and Parks] first, which has  expressed more than once that this issue has been adequately studied and found to not be feasible. Park trails are well used by multiple user groups and introducing an aggressive high impact sport to multi-use trails would drive out other users and degrade the limited trail systems.”

Martha Benedict*, chair of the Debs Park Advisory Board, said hiking, equestrian and park groups had waged a long and often contentious campaign over off-road trails mentioned in the bike master plan.  The groups were surprised when one of the last versions of the master plan included language off-trail biking, said Benedict, who wrote a letter on behalf of the amendment.

“They [mountain bikers] have facilities all over Southern California that are dedicated to their use,” Benedict said. “But they want more, not caring that they would displace the longtime City park users.”

* Martha Benedict is a frequent contributor of photos to The Eastsider

  1. Permitting mountain bikers (biking) access to our well-used hiking trails is like allowing downhill skiiers to speed through parkland on which children are building snowmen.
    Come on, people! Mountain bikers are reckless and having them on trails where families and individuals of all ages and response times walk is really dangerous.

  2. Mountain bikers (both on and off their bikes) are no more reckless or invasive than horses, joggers, or unleashed dogs on the trails.

    Sorry equestrian advocates, but you suck! Share the trails.

  3. More of the same old, “I won’t share with the other children. Let me gin up some safety excuse to make sure I maintain near exclusive possession of public space.”

  4. As one mountain bike enthusiast who is so very much NOT the reckless trail user that Barbara wants everyone to believe we all are, I’ve learned there’s no winning against nor reasoning with those who’ll so eagerly disparage me and remain so rigidly and righteously adamant against the activity.

    While their redundant fear tactics, lumpsum character assassinations, and politically supported entitlement have long lost me access to the trails of Griffith and Elysian parks that I loved biking on as a child, they’re the losers. So quick to deny one group access in strict favor of others, those without a hint of how wrong it is to so selfishly discriminate against me are no different than the ignorant motorists who try to bully me off the streets of my city insisting I have no right to ride there either.

    Imagine the uproar if I repeatedly called for trails to be closed specifically to foot traffic because of encounters I’ve had with the legion of less-than-exemplary hikers who litter, urinate, defecate, graffiti, allow their dogs to roam untethered and unpicked-up after, and destroy the flora and fauna in countless ways? I’d be vilified by all the double-standard bearers for so shamefully and disingenuously attempting to discriminate against one group for the benefit of another.

    I swear I think I would faint should I ever heard a hiker or equestrian or Sierra Club rep step forward and say let’s work together for an inclusionary solution, not the problem of exclusion. But to them the problem is the solution. And we all lose.

    So my main recourse is to go where Benedict wants me to and be damn happy they don’t fight to close those to. So I do go out there where the trails are shared and where the activities somehow manage to peacefully and cooperatively coexist and be an ambassador on a bike, setting an example of trail responsibility and consideration and cooperation that goes counter to the prevailing venom and vehement ignorance.

  5. Alexis Montague

    Wait, are these children building snowmen on downhill racing slopes? Or are these downhill skiers somehow speeding through peaceful, level parks? Do they have magic rocket skis? Are the children incredible hikers? What type of snowmen are they building? Are the snowmen blocking the path?

  6. “Sharing” should be symbiotic, or both parties have something to gain. In this case, walkers (who are presumably walking because they want to enjoy an hour or two out of their week in slow motion) have nothing to gain from sharing with mountain bikers. Mountain bikers, of course, have it all when they’re “sharing.” I learned that 15 years ago when I got sideswiped by one. There is no coexisting on the same trail. The two groups want different things.

  7. Through education, signage, and enforcement “multi use trails” are time tested and proven symbiotic systems. Symbiosis through exclusion Scott? That’s a dangerous argument to propose.

  8. It’s narrow fields of vision like Scott’s that especially dishearten me. An unfortunate encounter a decade and a half ago begrudgingly leaves him entirely confident in the belief that there’s absolutely “no coexisting on the same trail,” and entirely oblivious to proof of that coexistence occurring countless times on miles upon miles of bike-accessible trails in the mountains around greater Los Angeles.

    There’s far more cooperation and consideration out there among cyclists and hikers than sideswiping, but to admit or even simply consider that reality is unthinkable.

  9. Alexis Montague

    I think Scott’s a snowman.

    Mtn bikers are some of the best trail advocates around. How many hiking and horse back riding groups do you know maintain their own trail with no cost to the park system? IMBA is an amazing organization that helps build sustainable trail for ALL user groups to enjoy.

    It’s ironic that when mtn bikers build a trail, especially through IMBA, we allow ALL user groups to have access and join in. Yet when a hiking trail is asking to be dual use, the arms go up and everyone says no. We need more trails we can walk on.

  11. I hike quite a bit (three times a week) in the Verdugo Mountains, where mountain bikes are allowed, and most mountain-bikers I’ve encountered are responsible, but quite often they don’t give any warning that they’re coming up behind me, and I have to scramble to get out of the way.

    However, I think they have just as much of a right to be there as do I, but the city should probably post some rules for bikers and hikers to follow so that we can both enjoy the trails.

  12. Speeding Reckless Commenter

    Wow. This fracas on the part of the anti mountain bikers is unbelievable.
    Shutting out the cyclists is some kind of bizzare modern racism.
    You guys need a visit with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

    This past Saturday, I had to dismount my mountain bike on a narrow trail to allow two horses and riders to pass. We exchanged pleasantries and everyone went on their way.
    No harm. No foul.
    That’s how we do it here.
    I don’t mind that sometimes the horses rut up the trails. I don’t mind that sometimes the runners pass me on the uphills. We all work on trail maintenance.

  13. Recreational elements do not belong in a Transportation document. Accountability should never be confused in this manner. And use of trails in City parks belongs by their very core mission to the Dept of Recreation and Parks, and not the Dept of Transportation, period.

    I, a tax paying citizen of Los Angeles, am being persecuted by having my rights to fair, transparent, and efficient City government tromped all over by a special interest group on mountain bikes seeking to pervert proper governance for their special interest purpose.

    I, a person reliant on riding a bicycle on City streets to reach work and earn money, am being persecuted by having a special interest group on mountain bikes attempt to derail the Transportation plan for safe streets for bicycles for their Recreational purpose. You stood in the way of my safety through your selfish lobbying for years. YEARS.

    Where does this special interest group, crying persecution, get off thinking they have this right to do this?

  14. Mountain bikers are being treated the same way skateboarders have been treated for 46 years. They are being treated like second class citizens in the name of public safety.

  15. Sorry, but I have to agree with the “intolerant” ones: mountain bikes on park paths can be a real problem. Sometimes, up in the Angeles Forest, hikers and bikes mix and it’s fine; but there are plenty of times when bikes going fast downhill nearly hit people. No, all mountain bikers are not the same, but I agree that it is an “aggressive high impact sport” that tends to degrade trails and can endanger other users.

  16. Despite Lisa’s opening apology, I can’t help dismissing her unblinking pledge allegiance to prejudice because of vague and subjective references as to how and where cyclists and hikers “mix.”

    But at the risk of demonstrating an open mind and consideration of opposing viewpoints, I can understand and appreciate — and even to a point agree with — the demand “Citizen” makes that the issue of mountain bikes is a recreational issue more than a transportational one. But in laying full blame for the delays and potential derailment of the plan at the feet of mountain cyclists, “Citizen” entirely absolves those truly responsible: the opposing factions who sought to pervert governance by attempting to narrow the document down from a Bicycle Master Plan to a “Road Bicycle Master Plan” in selfish protection of their recreational interests.

    Despite all that tactical lobbying the City Council rejected the entitlement-fueled calls for exclusion (while redundantly reinforcing the Parks & Recreation Departments preexisting authority) and approved what it should have and what the mayor signed: an inclusive, city-wide, inter-departmental “Bicycle Master Plan.”

    It’s always sadly ironic when a professed bike commuter cries foul at fellow cyclists fighting to be included. “Citizen” sees mountain bike enthusiasts as nothing more than a “special interest group crying persecution,” and wonders where they “get off thinking they have a right to do this.” I see those against mountain biking the very same way and wonder the very same thing.

  17. How sad that is for the loudest mouth here to claim to speak for some self-imagined divine brotherhood of all bike riders. Speaking of sense of entitlement! Good lord – Campbell sounds so delusional it’s scary. like a cult leader or something. Frightening. Get a reality grip, man.

    The mouths here certainly don’t speak for me and all who ride. What nuts. Somehow the Bike Plan got passed in spite of the selfish selfish actions of these entitlement addicts. UGH

  18. I appreciate the insults and the attack, “Citizen.” It’s a familiar refrain whose offensiveness validates my position more than anything I can say in defense of it.

  19. IMBA and other organizations need to continue to work hard to help educate the non-cycling public about the true impact of mtn biking on trails. There are have numerous studies that have shown that overall, mtn biking has the LEAST environmental impact to the land than all the normal uses, ie hiking, running, horseback riding. Mtn bike trails tend to be narrower than hiking trails and we don’t “cut corners” as much as hikers to since we are generally out to ride a complete trail for recreation, fitness and stress relief, we are not looking for the quickest route from point A to point B.

    We work with groups like IMBA to educate our local riders and trail builders and help them build SUSTAINABLE trails for cycling and hiking. These are trails that are not build on fall line and will hold up to decade of use from many user groups and will require little maintenance. When maintenance is required, we schedule volunteer labor to do reroutes, or deberming.

    Unfortunately through the media and some bad apples, mtn bikers have a bad reputation for being “extreme, aggressive and irresponsible”. We need to continue to work on this.

    Other non-cyclists need to keep in mind that mtn biking is a broad term for a large sport that has many niche groups. There is the weekend warrior rider who goes out and rides a trail at a moderate pace, 10-20 mph, then there is the other extreme such as downhill mountain biking. Downhill enthusiasts are not the guys at your local city park, they will go to the ski resorts that open in the summer and other trails with steeper slopes. You cannot judge the entire sport by the Red Bull Challenge events you see on TV.

    Just like there are many types of horseback riding and not every rider competes in the jumping aspect, there are many types of mountain biking. Please try to educate yourself before blindly thinking the entire user group is bad.

  20. Will (me me me me me) Cambell I thought your weren’t going to rant on these local comment sections anymore? Well no surprise after reading your latest lunatic defense of your indefensible position that you have little self control which does not help your sides augment in the least. Bikes that can reach speeds of 40+mph on trails shared with equestrians and hikers and kids and dogs (leash ’em please!) is a dangerous and reckless public policy. Bikes can and will kill and or maim. Its just a matter of time. Of course thats just collateral damage. I’ve been hit by bikes I’ve known others including one pushing a stroller that were hit in Elysian Park. Its doesn’t matter if there are unsafe and safe riders b/c all it takes is that one nutcase to really hurt someone. Horses and people have been coexisting for millennia and have been coexisting in our parks since the fist parks were formed. We’ve been down this road before and the facts show that the commercial mountain bike lobby (its real and from Colorado) has been the primary force behind this issue rearing its ugly head every couple of years. This is not about wear and tear but about public safety in our parks. Oh and Will don’t forget to link to your video of you leisurely riding through the Verdugos to soft music its very convincing propaganda. Verdugo mountain await all the mountain bikers.

  21. I appreciate the insults and the attack, “Nigel.” It’s a familiar refrain whose offensiveness validates my position more than anything I can say in defense of it.

  22. who wants to ride these wide, turd filled, no-challenge, congested trails anyway? venture out to the real mtb trails.

  23. Why not have a section for the bikers to do whatever they want? Then the rest of the parks can be nice and peaceful. I don’t want to get buzzed by some understandably thrill seeking bike rider when i’m hiking (it’s silly to deny that that is what happens).

  24. I can totally concede to the fact that SOME trails are suitable or appropriate for hiking only; but this is opposition from equestrian lobbyists, not hikers. My point of contention is allowing horses on trails but not mountain bikes. This is some serious close minded, grand father clause legislation that is total crap. If you are going to play the safety card, lets rid Debs, Elysian, and Griffith parks of these beasts!

    For the record, there is great single track and fire roads for mountain biking in these parks. Parks that I don’t need to get into a car and burn gas to get to.

  25. Instead of concentrating on how victimized you are, try to cultivate some empathy, bike guys. With the ability to empathize you’ll see that, though hikers don’t bother you on your bike, you bother them. It’s not an equivalent situation. Hikers want to be away from moving mechanical devices on the trail. Hikers don’t mind plodding horses. They enjoy nature, not machines. Sharing trails with bikes means losing the pleasure of hiking. You live in a community where other people must be considered. Or you can move to Nevada, Idaho, Alaska or Arizona where you can be free free free to ignore other people’s needs in pursuit of your own. Incidentally, horses are not allowed in Debs Park, if that’s any consolation.

  26. I’m a hiker who’d feel safe encountering a horse on the trails, but not encountering a mountain bike. They have nearly knocked me down on several occasions; they speed by & don’t care.

  27. I’m sorry if Martha got the sense I as one of the “bike guys” felt victimized. That’s not what I meant to communicate at all. Instead, I am proud to be a representation of empathetic consideration and concern for my fellow trail users every moment I set treads to a trail — not in another state, but in the Angeles National Forest and the Santa Monicas and Verdugos where I’m thankfully able to enjoy nature via my “machine” and share with my fellow hikers and equestrian trails regulated by far more enlightened governing bodies who are not so quick or ready to exclude.

  28. Last word doesn’t “win”, Campbell. But hey – by all means keep trying to talk it to death. You’re good at that.

  29. I can readily see how my enthusiastic participation in this forum might be so shameful and mock-worthy to someone such as “Winning,” whose contributions to this discourse consist of insults.

  30. Aren’t there places, in the U.S., that have found a way to make this work?

    I own a bike shop next to Debs and Elysian Park, and plenty of dads take their kids on the trails as it is now. I know because in the summer they come to me with flat tires and tales of fun riding the dirt trails with each other.

    So, anti-MTB crowd, what has worked elsewhere? Because the ban in place now clearly does not keep the trails clear of mountain bikers, since enforcement is so lax.

  31. Josef makes a great point about mountain bikers who poach the trails of Griffith, Elysian and Debs parks. With an infuriating disregard and disrespect for the law, they exploit the limited enforcement resources for their own selfish benefit. I’ve little doubt many of them ride with the same lack of consideration for the trails and trail users that they demonstrate for the laws prohibiting them from being there. Thus they do double negative duty in reinforcing to hikers and equestrians all that is bad about the activity.

    The short-term fun they have at everyone’s expense is long-term shameful.

  32. Love reading the comments, suggestions and attacks. Where is Rodney King when you need him? BTW, Campbell, you’re trying too hard to sound erudite; think occam’s razor.

  33. Mtn. bikers steadfastly refuse to ever acknowledge they pose a risk to any other user group despite hard facts to the contrary. . Over 20 years of education from IMBA has not made one bit of difference; in the actual injuries and problems. Because mountain bikes are VEHICLES, and subject to vehicle code laws, they are not allowed on city sidewalks with pedestrians…why then should they be allowed on narrower trails with less visibility? People and horses have been hit and killed by montain bikers, and the unbiased studies show mountain bikers do much more illegal trail building, jumps, habitat destruction and incurr thousand of $ to mitigate the damage, than any other trail user group. Not all public lands are suitable for all user groups. This is an INCOMPATABLE USE!! The 2006 L.A . bike plan clearly showed that the reports coming from the bike groups were biased..and that actual (not perceptive) accounts of injuries and problens existed. This is not an issue of the hikers and horseback riders being selfish or excusive, it is a SAFETY ISSUE!

    Mountain bikers are the smallest user group, but most aggressive in trail and habitat use and demands. Please go play in the Off Road vehicle areas, where you can go as fast as you want, scream downhill and destroy roads and trails and it is all allowed.

    Please leave the singletrack to the hikers and horseback riders who want some quiet to relax and observe nature.

  34. Greg L.
    please give a link to ONE unbiased study in this county that shows mountain biking has less impact than other users….(please, not a study funded by IMBA)
    The so called education you yap about is not needed for the OTHER users groups, it’s needed for the Mountain bikers, who have some unwritten code to NEVER admit their user group has hurt or killed anyone…. Sorry, this is the one user group that has caused the most damage to the environment, user conflicts and injuries out of any…and a user group only about 20 years old. Education has done nothing to slow down the mountain bikers or give them any empathy for other legit. trail users.

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