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 the wettest summer in 100 years. The section on the north side was one of the oldest remaining areas, having been surfaced in early 2008 […]
Build report: Sat 8th Sept 2012 – North side and triangle top up Read More »
Earthline delivered 20 tonnes of material to the trail today: 17 tonnes of type limestone and 3 tonnes of 100mm down rocks. We’ll be shifting this lot over the next two days. If you’ve got any spare time this weekend then please come and help us! There are also two build days in October. List
Large dump at the trail Read More »
This was a short build session. The entrance to the alley section was resurfaced after being hammered by the recent Prospect Hospice ride. Jon Proudman was cycling past and stopped to help. The alley was surfaced in Oct 2010, exit mods on 5th Dec 2010 surfaced Jan 2011 and the final link in Dec 2011. A fence was built on Piper’s hill next
Trail build report…alley surfacing and some fence work Read More »
Steve from the Muddy Moles has written a review of the trail after visiting on our open day. Steve took us round Swinley Forest back in November 2011 and we’re going there again on the 29th April 2012. Also see the Bristol Trails Group review of the trail.
Trail review from Muddy Moles Read More »
Photos from our Croft Trail open day held on Sunday 1st April 2012. We had The Fetish Bike Company on site plus The Big Adventure Store and a social visit from Hargroves. MBSwindon provided cakes and a BBQ. The Swindon Coffee gang provided coffee and tea. The weather was as good as it gets with
Croft Trail open day April 2012 Read More »
This was our last trail build day before our summer rest. We’d made excellent progress over the early part of 2012 and the new triangle section was finished. The plan was to do some minor jobs ready for the summer season. Upcoming events include our open day on the 1st April, the Prospect Ride on
Trail build report: Sat 24th March 2012 – trail tidy day Read More »
We spotted these on Youtube. The forward facing lap misses a few obstacles. The rear facing lap misses two minor features out. All the bits that look wide and bright grey are the result of our recent work. See the build diary.
Videos: Complete lap of trail Read More »
This was a bonus trail build day. The aim was to finish off various jobs ready for our open day on the 1st April 2012. We’d made great progress on the previous weekend. As normal, Brandon Hire delivered a compactor on Saturday morning. For a change Phil was there to meet them. Meanwhile I (Tom)
Trail build report: Sat 10th March – various resurfacing jobs & signs Read More »
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 »
These special artistic effects were produced by using a very low spec camera on a phone (Nokia C1-01). It was finally looking like spring on Saturday morning at 9am when Brandon Hire delivered the compactor (whacker). Jez brought the tools round and I kept myself entertained fixing the puncture on one of the wheel barrows
Trail build report: Sat 3rd March – gravel shifting and resurfacing Read More »
