4x4 drivers and off-road motorcyclists relish the freedom and adrenalin of their sport. Landowners and conservationists regard them as pests. Can the two be reconciled? Eye on Wales investigates.

In recent years there have been attempts to take the heat out of the argument through a twin-track approach of increasing provision for such activities while educating drivers/riders in the law and enforcing it when they break the law. This programme looks at two specific initiatives to square the circle.

The Cambrian Mountains Pilot Project aims to clarify what routes in the region may be used for off road driving, what education and enforcement action cat be taken to manage the network and what resources are required to maintain it. The project is a partnership project between the Countryside Council for Wales and Ceredigion, Powys and Carmarthen councils.

The Cardiff Motor Cross Centre opened its doors last Autumn. Backed by the council, it's a specially built series of dirt tracks on the foreshore in Cardiff Bay which aims to reduce anti-social behaviour by nuisance motorcyclists by 10% across the city.

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