4 x 4 fun - for how long ?

Here's a photo I took about a year ago between Earl Sterndale and Chelmorton - a little bit further along the track is the end of the High Peak Trail.

Since this photo was taken this track has been resurfaced with gravel and probably won't be so popular with trail riders or green laners.

There is a fierce debate between walkers on the one hand and green laners and trail riders on the other - who is right ? I don't know the answer ........

But what I can say is that one of the things that walkers object to [from their point of view] is that these green lanes/unclassified county roads are often made impassable to the person on foot - surely that isn't right is it ?