Peak District MTB volunteers have again been out maintaining the bridleways of the Peak District. This time working to improve the drainage, discovering and rebuilding an old historical land drain on the Gores bridleway. Like many of the rights of ways in the Peak District, they date back often 100’s of years. As always the […]
2019 Roaches Trail Maintenance Underway
Our 2019 program of trail maintenance at the Roaches kicked off on Sunday February 10th. Working with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and Peak District MTB volunteers, we has a constructive day despite the foreboding weather first thing. We worked mainly on the new permissive High Forest cycleway, fitting a new gate where the previous one was rotten […]
Bridleway Maintenance 2018
Peak District MTB have achieved a lot in 2018 on the digging front. With James Irwin heading the work in the Hope Valley and Ladybower areas with Martyn Sharp the Peak District National Park ranger. And Dan Noble kicking off new work in the Staffordshire Roaches with Jon Rowe of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Combined, this […]
Whinstone Lee Tor Bridleway Maintenance 10-2018
Peak District MTB volunteers have again been out maintaining the bridleways of the Peak District. Working on the Whinstone Lee Tor to Cutthroat bridge bridleway in the north of the park. It is over two years since we last worked on the route, although it is one we have extensively worked on before. Worked focused […]
Next Dig Day Dates on Whinstone Lee Tor
Following the completion of Moors for the Future’s work on the Whinstone Lee Tor to Cutthroat Bridge bridleway earlier this year. And now that the bird nesting season is over, we’re heading back there for more maintenance on the track. This will include the sections we worked on in 2016 and the gap between the […]
Edale Bridleway Maintenance Summer 2018
Peak District MTB volunteers have been hard at work again, undertaking trail maintenance in the Hope Valley. Working on the Mam Tor to Greenlands Bridleway, Edale, in the glorious Peak District. This tine we even rode our work and what we’d done earlier in the year. Thanks as always to Peak Park Ranger, Martyn. For […]
Edale Bridleway Maintenance Spring 2018
Peak District MTB volunteers have been hard at work again. This time it was repairing the trail in the Hope Valley, working on the Hollins Cross to Greenlands and Mam Tor to Hollins Cross Bridleways, in Edale in the glorious Peak District. Find more information and our dig days dates > More hands make lighter […]
Work on Whinstone Lee Tor by Moors for the Future now complete
As we previously reported, Moors For the Future Partnership has been undertaking some major repairs to the lower part of the Whinstone Lee Tor to Cutthroat Bridge bridleway. Whilst the diggers were onsite we suggested avoiding the area for a while, but it’s now business as usual and currently bone dry and great to ride. […]
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