Earthline delivered another 20 tonnes of type 1 limestone. This was earmarked for the trail on the East and South sides of the pitch. See the build day report from Sunday 27th Novemeber.
Trail build: Fri 9th Dec 2011- 20 tonnes delivered Read More »
Following on from our progress on Saturday we were planning on filling in a load of trail on the east side of the pitch on this day. Phil and myself arrived at 8:30am in order to collect the power barrow from Jez and to get a head start on the east side. At 10am prompt
Build report: Sun 27th Nov 2011 Read More »
We had two targets for the weekend: surface the climb on Piper’s hill plus make a start on the last remaining mud section of the trail: the east side of the pitch. Piper’s hill had been dug out in April 2011 and survived really well as mud (see the build report from April). The onset
Build report: Sat 26th Nov 2011 Surfacing Piper’s hill climb Read More »
Sunday turned into a really warm November day. We had several tasks planned. We had some new sign posts to install on crossing points. On the front these warn riders to slow down for path crossings. On the back there are no entry signs for bikes and pedestrians. The signs have a plywood core with
Build report: Sunday 13th Nov 2011 Read More »
Earthline have delivered another 30 tonnes of type-1 limestone chippings to the triangle area. This will be used to surface more of the new trail in that area – it’s almost 1km with this project including 2 new bridges, a load of woodwork and a lot of berms and rollers.
Trail build update: another 30 tonnes to the triangle Read More »
We’d already shifted 20 Tonnes of limestone chippings on the previous day (photos and info). We had another 10 Tonnes of chippings and a lot of trail waiting to be dumped on. Things got off to a bit of quiet start after Chris had delivered the power barrow. It was like the old days with
Trail build report: Sun 23rd Oct 2011 Read More »
On our previous build day we’d surfaced about 1/3rd of the new trail in the triangle area. We wanted to repeat that achievement so that we were over half way to completing the triangle. The power barrow and compactor were delivered by Brandon Hire at 9am. I was shortly joined by Jason, Richard,Phil (not Mayger)
Trail build report: Sat 22nd Oct 2011 Read More »
Earthline have delivered another 20 tonnes of type-1 limestone chippings to the triangle area. This will be used to surface more of the new trail in that area – it’s almost 1km with this project including 2 new bridges, a load of woodwork and a lot of berms and rollers. See our recent build reports:
Trail build update: another 20 tonnes of chippings Read More »
Next build day is Saturday 22nd October! See previous build reports: June – Aug, Sat 3rd Sept, Wed 8th Sept, Sat 10th Sept, Sat 17th Sept. The aim for the day was to move as much gravel as possible. Phil and myself (Tom) arrived a few hours early and spent the time marking out two
Trail build report: Sun 18th Sept 2011 Read More »
We’d spent the last few months digging out the new triangle section (see the build reports: June – Aug, 3rd Sept, 8th Sept, 10th Sept). Our aim for this weekend was to shift as much gravel as possible. We’d had another 30 tonnes tipped next to the triangle on top of the 20 tonnes that
Trail build report: Sat 17th Sept 2011 Read More »
