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Trail build report: 13th Sept 2009

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Post published:September 13, 2009
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We tidied up the trail on the South side of the pitch. This was originally build in December 2008. The line was straightened out a bit and a new berm…

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…

Trail build report: 7th Dec 2008 – South side continued

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Post published:December 7, 2008
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We'd used the Land Rover to move the red type one stone to the South side of the pitch on the previous day. When we arrived then the piles of…

Trail build report: 6th Dec 2008 – South side of pitch

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Post published:December 6, 2008
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We made brilliant progress today, digging out 150m of trail and surfacing about 80% of that, with the necessary materials in place to finish it off on Sunday. This is…

Trail build update: 16th Oct 2008

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Post published:October 16, 2008
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It's still early days on the trail and the current aim is to get the basic route finished. Some of the route is a bit bare, and there's not enough…