last year we stopped trying to make it an offical site as it started off just like this is now, we made a club, meeted FC there one evening for a chat, all seemed like they wonted to help us, and then they wonted some stupid ammount of moey off us for insurance, like 3k or somthing,

what about car parking?? this is one of the majour issues with the site according to the FC, as on a busy day cars/vans will be lined up all along that road, they have had alot of complaints!

so will they provide parking? or do we use the road? or do we use the car park around the corner which is about a 2 mins ride to the hill?

who will be in charge of building and maintaining? or will it stay as is, where any one turns up with a spade and digs, which has lead to all most every track overlapping another one,

there are alot of things to consider!!

i personally wont join a club and pay money to ride a place i had a large part in building, i've been ridng there now for 4+ years and rearly go there now even though its 10 mins from me as its just to short!

and racing would be a big prob as not even the car park around the corner would be able to cope with that volume of cars.

i also remember something about the place being sold for felling, and it was due to be chopped down this year, just like all the other hills next to the site which have all ready been felled, its only a matter of time before its all chopped down!

dave

Well the Forestry commission have a little hut/work bit at the bottom, over the Rode, maybe get them to wonder over every hour if in the Area.

that could be a start, and just make a note of who is there and who is a member etc.

but tbh its only 10quid and I'm sure people would pay that anyway when their there.

I'm in..

well where the gate is at the Bottom, make that a car park entrance and just take out the shrubs and few small logs and its a 15-20 car park.

BTW please if this does to together, make it either a 'FR' or 'DH' Facility and not a silly dirt jumping place. because the dirt jumps there were stupid. and there is sheet common with lots of jumps just a 5 min ride from there anyhow.

probably best to find somewhere totally new. maybe in the Same Area.
 like said above 'find another bit to build'


nick

sounds good to me. I'd definately pay a tenner to ride there, its nothing really for such fun.

I think if you/we could make the track longer and better it would be awesome. The bit above the main rogate has one line but its s**t.

There seems to be many places down the bottom where a car park could be made. I've heard that the FC actually closed a car park which is at the bottom....

If we could get a 1min run, tbh i think it'll be difficult to get that length, that would be wicked and i would definately come race.

We only need 40 people to pay a tenner and its sorted, the last busy day i was there were a large number of people so a tenner each would easily get the total needed.

Good luck anyways!

On a side note, the posters up there need laminating as there soaked 

yeah that is problem.....but that is quite easy to stop as if everyone picks up on people who do litter it will hopefully stop it.

I went up there for the first time in a long time today just to see what was going on up there had alook around a quick ride on the doubles.

The litter propblem up there is huge i picked up a couple of bits but the holes where people had been digging to get earth for the new doubles were full.

Because of the problem with walkers and things around there the holes dug need to be filled in because, a walker falls into a hole breaks there anckle and could end up stuck up there...

I would certainly be in for a tenner a year no problem well worth it just needs the effort.

Best of luck with it and hope to see you all up there soon

Joe

I also went up for the first time in ages, the fact that there is still stuff to ride and people to ride it, even after attempts to destoy it shows that something is worth sorting out. Some careful building of tracks could make it even better, even if they do not go above the path. Short downhills means short walks back up, I'll save the long downhills for Wales and Scotland.

The litter is ridiculous, if you take food along to the trails, then you have enough space to take the litter back, NO EXCUSES, when you drop it, it doesn't magically disappear, it stays there until someone picks it up (probably an irate walker planning on writing a letter to the FC...)

As for parking, as mentioned, there is plenty of unused flat land at the bottom, with a bit of clearing, it's a possibility?

If something could be sorted and for a tenner each I would happily pay it, much more though (as I think the last attempt worked out to) and I wouldn't be able to.