Archive for March, 2010

Free training days announced

Mar 29th 2010 Other

MBSwindon is running a number of free “introduction to mountain biking” training courses this summer – run by a fully qualified trainer and very similar to what the commercial companies offer but without the £60+ cost! For more information please click here.

March trail build days: #6

Mar 28th 2010 Events

The sixth day of our March push. It’s outside and it can be muddy. Useful tools include spade, shovel, tree saw, mattock, wheel barrow, cakes, chocolate. We meet at the Croft Trail car park at 10am. Everyone is welcome and we don’t mind when you turn up or how long you stay. If you can’t [...]

March trail build days: #5

Mar 21st 2010 Events

The fifth day of our March push. It’s outside and it can be muddy. Useful tools include spade, shovel, tree saw, mattock, wheel barrow, cakes, chocolate. We meet at the Croft Trail car park at 10am. Everyone is welcome and we don’t mind when you turn up or how long you stay. If you can’t [...]

Trail build report, Sunday 14th March 2010.

Mar 14th 2010 Croft Diary

We had a late start at 1pm because it was mothering Sunday. We had decided to go for Gold and get the new start finished by the end of the day. In some ways a bit of a mad plan, but it’s amazing how much can get done when there’s a target to meet. Phil [...]

March trail build days: #3

Mar 14th 2010 Events

The third day of our March push. It’s outside and it can be muddy. Useful tools include spade, shovel, tree saw, mattock, wheel barrow, cakes, chocolate. We meet at the Croft Trail car park at 10am. Everyone is welcome and we don’t mind when you turn up or how long you stay. If you can’t [...]

Report: Ride and trail build with Settingascene.

Mar 13th 2010 Croft Diary

This was day organised with Settingascene.com. It was a sunny morning, which was nice. Three of us did 2 laps of the trail, whilst the other two did a walking tour. The trail is holiding up quite well considering the weather we had this winter. After that we moved a load of material for an [...]

Ride + trail build day with Settingascene.com

Mar 13th 2010 Events

On Sat 13th March local mountain bikers settingascene.com/ are having a ride and trail building event. Contact number for this event is: 07010036444 Join their forum for more info.. We also have this as a facebook event.

Trail build report, weekend 5th-7th March 2010

Mar 8th 2010 Croft Diary

I spent a few hours on Friday afternoon and then again on Saturday morning moving bricks from a location in Chisdeldon. On Saturday afternoon Phil and myself had a look at all four new sections that make up the start. Looking at the plan below the Red is existing Red, the Blue is existing Blue [...]

March trail build days: #2

Mar 7th 2010 Events

The second day of our March push. It’s outside and it can be muddy. Useful tools include spade, shovel, tree saw, mattock, wheel barrow, cakes, chocolate. We meet at the Croft Trail car park at 10am. Everyone is welcome and we don’t mind when you turn up or how long you stay. If you can’t [...]

March trail build days: #1

Mar 6th 2010 Events

The first day of our March push. Please contact (here on facebook) if you intend to come on this day. Tom will be moving rubble from various locations around Swindon, so if you just turn up you might not find anyone there. It’s outside and it can be muddy. Useful tools include spade, shovel, tree [...]

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