This was our first trail build session after a long gap over the summer (our previous build day had been a tidy session too. Tidy). This was stage one in our plans for the trail. Stage two in November is shifting 20 tonnes of material to fix some pot holes and resurface the trail on […]
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This was a trail tidy session. The idea was to do various odd jobs in preparation for the Hargroves Cycles Demo Day. A group started on a litter sweep of the trail. We got a bit sidetracked and did some trail fixing at the end of a section that we call “motorway1”. We converted an
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The aim of this build day was to fill potholes and puddles using material from bags that had been filled on the previous build day. We also wanted to move logs from the recent forestry operations to ensure that the contractor didn’t have to drive over the trail to collect them. We’d walked the trail
Trail build report: pot hole fixing & wood moving on Piper’s hill Read More »
This was a low-key build afternoon. Jez has been working on the optional north shore style loop for a few months now. This is going to provide an interesting bonus for confident riders. We’ve got three large telegraph pole style logs to use. The top surfaces of these has been routed out to give a
Trail build report: Sat 10th Sept 2011 Read More »
This was a low-key build evening. With summer almost over then light levels drop rapidly around 8pm – giving us just over an hour to do things. The target for the night was to move the three large logs around in the triangle. Two of them are being used for a feature on the way
Trail build report: Wed 8th Sept 2011 Read More »
It turns dark noticeably earlier now but it’s still light enough under the trees up until about 8pm. That means we can fit an hour or so in. We want to finish off moving some big logs that we’re using on a North shore style optional loop. The triangle track is all dug out ready
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Saturday 20th Nov We spent the morning moving logs into the triangle. As you can see in the photos, they’re surfaced and they’ve got MBSwindon engraved into the side of them. Present were Rafe, Phil, Tom and Mr Anon. Then we dumped two loads of rubble onto Piper’s hill. There are still some sections here
Trail build report: Sat 20th & Sun 21st Nov 2010 Read More »
