Foot & Mouth disease in Surrey

No one can have failed to notice that Surrey is in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment with the outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease in Pirbright. 

The Surrey Hills area around Dorking, Westcott, Leith Hill and Holmbury Hill features a lot of cattle and sheep farming and already the local farmers have been fast to react placing disinfected straw carpets on the entrances of their properties.

Landbarn Farm off the Pilgrims Way, a National Trust property has put straw down. Please make sure you ride through these and respect any notices and directions given by farmers, land owners and the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs as it will ensure that the disease is stopped in its tracks, and our mountain bike tracks remain open.