It's funny, the people from here are very supportive of the bikes. Someone was whinging on the local group recently and most of the replies were along the lines of, "leave them alone, they're not harming anyone". Normal, local people who walk their dogs and enjoy their own surroundings are happy to share with bikes, cyclists and horses.
I once went out on a walk with the Ramblers because Mrs M was thinking of joining (she didn't in the end). We passed a MX track in action out near Barrowby and they all moaned about it. Even setting that aside, they were still a load of tossers.