In a completely fresh, new idea sort of way for December we here at Peak District MTB thought it would be interesting to have a look back over 2016. It’s fair to say that 2016 has been a funny old year. The news has seemed more like satire with each passing day what with Brexit, […]
Monsal Trail Ride with Experience Community
On Sunday 21st November, some of Peak District MTB enjoyed a ride and gave a helping hand to members of Experience Community. They brought a fleet of hand bikes for us to try out on the Monsal trail and tunnels. As always, it’s helpful for them to have some mountain bikers on hand to help […]
Rushup Edge 2016 Consultation – Our response to Derbyshire County Council
UPDATED 27th November We’ve added some additional detail to our official response to Peter White at Derbyshire County Council and have updated the article below accordingly. Most members of Peak District MTB – and even casual observers – will be well aware of the ongoing situation on Rushup Edge (officially referred to as Chapel-en-le-frith BOAT […]
Happy 2nd Birthday Rushup Edge Debacle
October 23rd marks the 2nd anniversary of the day we received a tip-off through Keeper of the Peak that Derbyshire County Council were commencing maintenance work on the Rushup Edge byway (aka Chapelgate). Our very own chairman rode up to have a look and it was obvious that the intended maintenance was controversial and that […]
Is there enough detail on the new Rushup Edge consultation?
A couple of weeks ago we reported on some potentially positive news regarding Rushup Edge. We’ve studied the documents and listened to member’s concerns and advice (many thanks for those who commented) and felt we needed more information about the plans. We’ve written to DCC to clarify: 1. The cost and budget for maintenance (we […]
Peak District MTB AGM Minutes
We held our 2016 AGM last week 22nd September in Hope, attracting a broad range of members to hear what we’ve been up to over the last year and to talk about what we should be doing next. Thanks to all those who attended and for the great feedback and interesting discussions. Thanks also to […]
Interesting developments with the Rushup Edge saga
Derbyshire County Council have finally published their revised plans for Chapel-en-Le-Frith byway open to all traffic; aka Rushup Edge. Their plans – which are publicly available on the DCC website – are open for consultation until November 28th. You can view these plans (and other consultations) here. From our point of view they look like […]
The Rushup Edge Saga – is anything happening?
This October will mark two years since the controversial (and as yet incomplete) Derbyshire County Council maintenance of the popular Rushup Edge trail. So what’s going on? Earlier in the year both PDMTB and Peak Horsepower wrote to Peter White from DCC Rights of Way department expressing our concern that Rushup Edge remained closed. We […]
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