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Trail build report: Sun 28th Oct 2012 – North side

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:October 28, 2012
  • Post category:Croft Diary
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  We'd made significant progress on the previous day  Our plans for Sunday were to use up the last of the material on a short section near the rock spine…

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Trail build report: Sat 27th Oct 2012 – North side

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:October 28, 2012
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The trail on "the north side" is the oldest section, dating from mid 2008 and some minor tweaks in Sept 2009. This area had withstood 4 years of use without…

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Trail build: trail top up day.

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:October 28, 2012
  • Post category:Events / Local Event / MBSwindon Event / Trail Building
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We'll be finished off the trail in the target area in the map below. There's 400m of trail in various states and we hope to have the majority of it…

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Trail build day: the North Side pt3

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:October 27, 2012
  • Post category:Events / Local Event / MBSwindon Event / Trail Building
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We'll be continuing with our number one priority to rebuild one of the oldest remaining sections. This has stood up to use quite well considering how thin the surfacing is…

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Trail build report: Fri 26th Oct 2012 – 20 tonnes of material

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:October 26, 2012
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Earthline delivered 20 tonnes of material. This time we went for 18 tonnes of type 1 limestone and 2 tonnes of 10mm down rocks. This was used on the build…

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Trail build day: the North Side pt2

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:September 9, 2012
  • Post category:Events / Local Event / MBSwindon Event / Trail Building
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After a long rest period during the summer then we're going to get back on with some trail building. Our number one priority is to rebuild one of the oldest…

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Build report: Sat 8th Sept 2012 – North side and triangle top up

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:September 8, 2012
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Our plans for the weekend were to repair the section on the north side plus topping up various areas of trail that either had pot holes or had suffered over…

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Trail build day: the North Side pt1

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:September 8, 2012
  • Post category:Events / Local Event / MBSwindon Event / Trail Building
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After a long rest period during the summer then we're going to get back on with some trail building. Our number one priority is to rebuild one of the oldest…

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Ride report: North Wales weekend 27-29th Aug 2010

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:August 31, 2010
  • Post category:Ride Report
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MBSwindon North Wales Trip August 2010 This was a four day trip to North Wales. Route maps Google Map|OS Map|GPX file. Friday 27th Aug 2010 Most people arrived at the…

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MBSwindon trip to North Wales. August bank holiday 2010.

  • Post author:Rafe
  • Post published:August 27, 2010
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We're planning a camping trip to North Wales. Possible rides include Snowdon, a trip over to the next valley, plus the trail centres at Coed-y-Brenin Original North Wales trail centre.…

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