As we revealed at our AGM in November and alluded to in the write-up, Peak District MTB having been working with Severn Trent Water to increase access for mountain biking around the Ladybower and Upper Derwent Valley area. The first stage of this undertaking is that PDMTB volunteers will be working with the local STW […]
What do we do on trail maintenance days?
Trail maintenance. Dig days. Shovel-wielding. Often called different things, our volunteers are working hard across the Peak District to make sure the trails you ride are kept in good condition. Why? The rights of way network we ride doesn’t maintain itself. Drains get blocked, rarely-used trails get overgrown, popular trails get worn out. If no […]
Bridleway Maintenance, Edale, March 2019
Way back in March, before Spring had sprung, when it was still wet and very windy and some patches of snow still lingered in the high moorland gulleys. Peak District MTB volunteers spent a few hours on a Thursday doing some bridleway maintenance on the Mam Tor to Greenlands bridleway. In some ways it was […]
Lyme Trail dig days – can you help?
We’re delighted to see the great progress our friends at Lyme are making with opening up additional access for mountain bikers. Can you help with creating the new trails? The National Trust’s Graham Clark has arranged the following provisional dates for dig days and would love more volunteers: Saturday April 6th Sunday April 28th Sunday […]
Bridleway Maintenance Gores February 2019
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 […]