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Dam Branches
So you know how they've been putting piles of branches next to various parts of Manly Dam to stop people riding where they shouldn't? Said branches probably start out quiet soft and squashy, being freshly fallen, so that's a good plan, yeah?
Well, maybe not. Because give these barriers a few months to bake in the sun, dry out, become brittle. Then, have to step off the trail in an emergency. The only option for me this evening was to put a foot into a pile of these now sharp and jagged sticks.
A little blood, but also note the whole of the rest of this leg is red and scrathed up. There are even marks on my hip somehow. Doh!
Although things could have been better, they could also have been a lot worse. Straight after stopping I kicked off a huge big impaling shoot from the pile which was only missed by millimeters. Yes... that could have been really nasty!
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nurse that looked after you at the Mont with the scrubbing brush.
C'mon mate there are easier ways to hook up than that
Next time join us for a nice "romantic" beer at the lookout.
We should concrete or trailbash the whole lot so you'll never scratch yourself when you fall over???
LOL... now how on earth could you read that from what I wrote? And knowing me, as if I would ever advocate either of the two things you say.
So in brief, "NO".
FWIW, I'm in favour of putting up small bendy flags instead. Like footy corner posts that have happy smiling faces on them asking us not to ride, maybe explaining why. Would let plants grow between, hopefully be fun enough to stop vandals removing them, cheap and easy enough to bung back in when that does happen, and give everyone else who cares to listen details about why they are there.
I have gotten bigger cuts shaving
(ummm... my face, I mean)
Nasty Rob. Make sure you scrub that out and disinfect the whole area. You do not want an infection.
Sunflowers are the go. If the rangers planted sunflowers along the trail it would make the path easy to follow and be soft on those who can't stick to the trails.
It would be a joy to go pedalling with those big happy smiling heads looking down on you.
I mean which way would those big smiling heads be facing then?