Out on daily walk with DH and DSs(8 and 6). Walk involves going over aqueduct. Narrow path but enough for people to pass in opposite direction. Just as we are approaching end (probably about 5m away), elderly man on a motorised quad, turns into path over aqueduct starts coming towards us. There is no room for us to pass him. We stop and he stops. He says to us to climb up onto railing at edge of path (not water side) to get past. I say no-it’s icy and it’s not safe for my children (gaps between railings). He says that he does this every day and that’s what everyone does. I say he can reverse and then we can get past and he can go on his way. He says he can’t reverse. (I admit I’m starting to get a bit pissed off by now!) I threaten to call police as I don’t think he’s allowed a quad bike on the path anyway. He says he’s not moving. My kids and DH are getting upset now so I say we will walk back along aqueduct and he will just have to follow us-which is what he did. I took a picture of him following us-although taken without permission obvs.
I hate confrontation but I would never do anything that I though would be unsafe for my kids. My DH says let it go but I’m so annoyed at this man-if I thought it was a one off fine but he says he does it ‘every day’.
YANU-you should let this go.
YANBU-you should take this further (I could report to path owners-they are public body- I don’t think Police would be interested tbh)