Great Biker Road Disappears Overnight

[@ThePeterhaynes]

I think the people who live round the area, know what happened, there was a development on the hillside above the road and all the trees and bushes were removed from the ground, following heavy rain the hillside just slipped down as there was nothing holding it together. Its going to cost Wiltshire council their whole road repair budget to reinstate that road.

[@StanPinnock]

Thanks for that, I hadn't heard that.

[@DavidNewmanDr]

A road for Itchy Boots?

[@mikewain4354]

There is a road rather like this in the Peak District but it's up a mountain, doesn't really go anywhere, so they just closed it and turned it into a quite interesting walking area with good views.

[@StanPinnock]

I think I know the one you mean, at the top of Winnats Pass below Mam Tor?

[@countteddy]

if this was Germany theyd repaired it over night ....

[@paulharrison8155]

So it's taken Wiltshire County Council almost two years to do nothing. If this was Japan they'd have had that repaired in two weeks 👎

[@StanPinnock]

You're probably correct but I know where I'd prefer to live 🤔

[@davideastwood1993]

Same in Taiwan - where I definitely prefer to live! @@StanPinnock

[@rogerthomas7040]

The standard policy if the road is not a key route is to let the land settle over time.

[@craighepburn9332]

I think you should keep that camera and use it the way you are now. It's now Jan 24 and no one has worked on the road since the day of the slip. I think that it will never be repaired.

[@StanPinnock]

We live in hope it will be repaired but when is the question... Thank you for the feedback on the camera, it adds an extra challenge to the editing!

[@lordgibbness]

Shows everyone that the uk talk the talk about the environment, but it's all about money. Co2 isn't the issue at all, but removing so many trees is.

[@lookoutleo]

Maybe that road is over old mine workings

[@ericchapman399]

@lookoutleo Mining is more likely than the removal of trees above it. The underlying rock on an incline with more porous waterlogged overbearing can cause a land slip of this size. Look at inset photo at 6:00 min for the size and scale of the slippage.

[@garylinstead7597]

A wee thought, if you are on a bike bud, then you are riding not driving. 👍

[@StanPinnock]

Cheers, I've spent too many years driving cars so I slip back into old habits lol