Saturday had been a sunny spring day. Sunday was different; it was raining at 10am when we arrived. Phil and myself (Tom) made a start on the berm for the triangle entrance. As the rain turned to sleet and then snow we were cheered by the arrival of John Speed. We moved the last of …
Trail build report: Sun 4th March – triangle entrance and resurfacing Read More »
Thursday 10th June We spent a few hours doing an important job that had nothing to show for itself. On the back straight of the new start we dug out the yellow gravel, filled the hole with Limestone chippings and then put the yellow gravel back on the top. We hope that this will fix …
Trail build report: Thur 10th & Sun 13th June 2010 Read More »
The original aim was to spend the weekend finishing the new Red loop. However, things didn’t go to plan. The 20 tonne delivery of crushed concrete turned out to be more like demolition waste. This would be ideal for the hardcore base of a track, but not suitable to surface a mountain bike trail. It …
Trail build report: weekend 15th & 16th May 2010 Read More »
Whilst Phil was at work I did an easy job – I changed the trail line approaching the woodwork near the start so there wasn’t a sharp bend on the way in. This was near impossible to ride when damp. After Phil arrived then we straightened out some sharp corners in the sectino that we …
Trail build report: 24th Jan – flood, corner cutting & berm Read More »
