Following the recent meetings with Derbyshire County Council regarding the controversial work on Rushup Edge, Peak District MTB were asked to submit a formal response to DCC by January 16th 2015. That day has arrived so here is a transcript of our letter to DCC’s Peter White. PDMTB RESPONSE TO DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 16 JANUARY […]
Local Access Forum Rushup Edge/Chapel Gate Meeting
After our pre-Christmas encounters with Derbyshire County Council, we were all feeling a little cynical and despondent. When it came to consulting on Rushup Edge maintenance, DCC seemed frustrated at having to engage with mountain bikers and demonstrated no enthusiasm and precious little intent to stray from the plans they’d already laid out. They consistently […]
Rushup Meeting – Update
Firstly, a huge thanks to all our supporters for the time and effort they have put in over the last year to raise our profile and make us a strong organisation to represent the voices of those who love the Peak District. On 2 December 2015, Peak District MTB met with Derbyshire County Council (DCC) […]
Rushup Edge Campaign Meets With Derbyshire County Council
Peak District Mountain Biking (PDMTB), Ride Sheffield, Friends of the Peak District (FoPD), Keeper of the Peak and the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) met with Derbyshire County Council (DCC) today, Dec 2. We will produce a full report that will be made available to everyone as soon as we can, in the meantime here is […]
The Rucksack Club show their support
The Rucksack Club are a long-standing group of outdoor enthusiasts who today confirmed their support for our Rushup Edge campaign. Founded in 1902 in Manchester they are a club based mainly in the north west of England but have members spread across the globe. They have a rich heritage and a very active programme of […]
Meeting with Patrick McLoughlin MP
On Friday, committee members, Andrew and Paul, met with the Right Honourable Patrick McLoughlin MP, Member of Parliament for Derbyshire Dales and Secretary of State for Transport, in his constituency in Bakewell. We were kindly offered 15 minutes of his time between meetings and media interviews and we probably had more than that once he […]
Positive news on Rushup Edge
Rushup Edge – Good News and it’s all down to people power! Peak District MTB (PDMTB) and Ride Sheffield (RS) members have been instrumental in persuading Derbyshire County Council that they must listen to the mountain bike community. On Friday, we were contacted by DCC offering a meeting on December 2nd along with the the […]
Survey – Rushup Edge Consultation
The recent trail maintenance saga on Rushup Edge has been well documented here and across the web, but we’ve felt very disappointed with the response to our concerns from Derbyshire County Council. The “copy and paste” statement went out to hundreds if not thousands of concerned trail users, but we spotted several issues with the […]