A slur on us Overlanders!
I have just read a fascinating article in the British Museum Magazine - Winter 2001, entitled ‘History Erased’. It is about the erosion, both natural and mad induced, of Rock Art in Libya. It all made an interesting read until I reached the sentence:
‘This region was once protected by being remote and hostile - except to a few indigenous people. Today the region is accessible to ‘overlanders’ on powerful motorbikes and tourists in massive trucks and land cruisers, leaving litter in their wake.’
As an Overlander and owner of a big motorbike I was enraged at this suggestion and wrote to the British Museum expressing my views. I have not had a reply. Should you too feel compelled to take up arms the authors of the article were Dr. Jill Cook of The British Museum and David Coulson of the Trust for African Rock Art. A quick Google search digs them out!
I have a pdf of the article if anybody wants a look pm me.
‘Tidy’ Toby Savage.
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