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getting sick of starting new trails only to find them being removed by landowners, and not getting any reponse from the local government/other landowners on questions if we can dig somewhere legally, I decided it was time for drastic measurements, as I really like digging and riding my own trails.
Also, I have no car (and don't want one either) so it would be nice to have something closeby.
Solution: I went to a pulic sale planning to get myself either a piece of agriculture ground or something with trees on it. It was kinda stressfull, being the youngest guy in there, having to bid against much older (and probably much much richer) farmers etc who came to claim the land they've been hiring for years. Ebay is ridiculous child's play in comparision to this, it comes complete with the notary knocking the hammer three times etc.
Few hours later I started bidding on plain ground but price quickly went waaay out of my range, so I had only one chance left, a piece of the woods, only about 11acres, but that's enough for a couple of nice lines.
Man, was I happy when the hammer finally went down for the third time and the piece was mine! My own piece of ground where I can do whatever I want!
Tiny detail: everything had to go in a rush (only found out about the sale on monday, sale was on tuesday), so didn't get a chance to have a look at the piece in real life, only saw it on LiveSearch (or waaaay to impulsive)
Tomorrow I should finally have time to go and check it, hopefully it's usable.
getting sick of starting new trails only to find them being removed by landowners, and not getting any reponse from the local government/other landowners on questions if we can dig somewhere legally, I decided it was time for drastic measurements, as I really like digging and riding my own trails.
Also, I have no car (and don't want one either) so it would be nice to have something closeby.
Solution: I went to a pulic sale planning to get myself either a piece of agriculture ground or something with trees on it. It was kinda stressfull, being the youngest guy in there, having to bid against much older (and probably much much richer) farmers etc who came to claim the land they've been hiring for years. Ebay is ridiculous child's play in comparision to this, it comes complete with the notary knocking the hammer three times etc.
Few hours later I started bidding on plain ground but price quickly went waaay out of my range, so I had only one chance left, a piece of the woods, only about 11acres, but that's enough for a couple of nice lines.
Man, was I happy when the hammer finally went down for the third time and the piece was mine! My own piece of ground where I can do whatever I want!
Tiny detail: everything had to go in a rush (only found out about the sale on monday, sale was on tuesday), so didn't get a chance to have a look at the piece in real life, only saw it on LiveSearch (or waaaay to impulsive)
Tomorrow I should finally have time to go and check it, hopefully it's usable.
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