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Just a quick update - Bruce, the Forestry Commission's beat forester for the area, got in touch yesterday to say that his team is up at Leith Hill this week, and they will remove the fallen tree on Summer Lightning. Thanks, Bruce!
Apparently there's a tree down on the first section of Summer Lightning. I've put in a call to the Forestry Commission, who wil hopefully be able to clear it soon. In the mean time, please lift or ride your bike over the tree. I'll try and take a look this week after work, but am not sure when I can get out, so please bear in mind there is a tree down somewhere when hooning it down the trail!
Last week I rode on to the increasingly popular trail at the top of Holmbury Hill known as either Chrysler or 5 Ways. Having entered the trail I immediately regretted it. The recent rain we have been experiencing on the North Downs has really soaked this trail and it is rapidly turning into a mud bath. 
I regretted entering the trail because I knew I was damaging it and as a result it would soon be, frankly a crap ride. It is beginning to look like Parklife/Yoghurt Pots did when too many people rode it all year round, especially after wet periods. Chrysler looks shockingly like Parklife did before it was damaged too much to be worth riding.
If we stop riding it now for a few months it will dry out and repair. I hate asking people not to ride trails, it is so much like asking not to ride your bike, but it will be worth leaving this trail alone for a little while.
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