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Trail build report: Sat 5th Jan 2013 – east side drainage & triangle tweek

Post author:Rafe
Post published:January 5, 2013
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This was a follow on from our initial drainage work and the nocturnal digging session the previous evening. At 1:30pm we had Phil Mayger, Jerome Crametz and myself (Tom) ready to dig…

Trail build report: Fri 4th Jan 2013 – east side drainage

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Post published:January 4, 2013
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We'd made a start on draining a large puddle on the OCD (obsessive compulsive drainage) session a week earlier. This was a 2 hour digging session on my own where…

Trail build report: Sat 29th Dec 2012 – OCD work (start, mway, east side,triangle)

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Post published:December 29, 2012
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This was a bonus build session on the Saturday after Christmas. When I arrived at the special festive late start time of 11am then I found Phil Mayger, Phil Allum,…

Trail build report: 24th Jan – flood, corner cutting & berm

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Post published:January 24, 2009
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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…

Trail build report: 14th Dec 2008 – flood. Rock moving to Piper’s hill

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Post published:December 14, 2008
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A deluge of rain meant that some of the woodwork section had floated away. We spent the morning retrieving the missing sections. We tackled the source of the problem by…