army training

just a quick question but i'll ask while i'm new. has anyone thought or tried to use armed forces military sites to go off roading on such sites as catterick, warcop or salisbury plain for example , when i was still in, not long ago we used to spend time off roading on motorbikes on these sites . i'm sure i can't see why not we couldn't be able to use them now if we went through the proper channels, if this hasn't already been tried let me know and i'll ask around as i still know quite a few people who could help us with this . there are loads of sites around britain which need to be used by us :axe:

that sounds a brill idea

hi ya matey

been to dalton barracks near abingdon a few times, its a briliant course about 2 miles long great fun.......pete

Salisbury Plain has 100+ miles of Byways going thru it, but there is a lot of areas still out of bounds that are for Army use only, and a lot of Land Wardens patroling the area to keep you on the proper bits.

Trev

thought salisbury plain might be hard one to get onto because its used all year round and weekends, as anyone tried any other sites? other large areas are catterick, bovvington(where the army tests its tanks),warcop, theres a place up near northumberland which is a good area but can't remember the name right now. has anyone from wales tried brecon?

This was all out on Salisbury Yesterday.

Ok here are the ones I took,

First lot are from the onboard cam (not too clear cos of the mud)

Had a great day out on the plains, but it did seem as if there was a bit of carnage out there.

This lot taken with the other camera, with some of Nathan and his sinking feeling.

And a couple (or 3) of vids

The plains are only accessible as it has ancient rights of way through it.

I cant see too many military sites allowing folk on to play due to public liability issues, they certainly didnt a lot of years ago when we used to play on Her Majesties Payroll :wink:

wouldn't hurt to ask , only places you would have to avoid is live fire ranges, but the rest should be ok . those pics of salisbury plain brought back a few memories . i know that place like the back of my hand, was good fun blasting round there in warriors, schimitars

Ewww bad memories Scimitar, got locked in one for an hour with no batteries... long story..GITS :lol:

Couldnt find the latch and it was very hot, even gashed my head......sodding humour :lol:

sounds bad mate, mini tank designed for 5 stone midgets, kept me warm on those long cold nights in canada. need to get my fronty up for some off road fun, use to be good fun off roading but might be different now its own car :axe:

We can get it up to speed, nice 20L coiler, loved my old one, happy days

at least i have something to look forward to when i can't get the bike , tires will be on sometime this week when i get chance :dance: