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August 06, 2007

Problems on trails near Pilgrims Way

Riders who use the Pilgrims Way in and out of Dorking have recently noticed some pretty nasty trap building on the piece of singletrack that runs parallel to the Pilgrims Way (see map). The logs were placed to cause maximum disruption to riders and could have caused a serious injury.

Redlands Trails has spoken to the person doing this and they have agreed to stop. It turns out that one group of riders were disrespectful and sped past the person in question, leaving little room and showering them with stones they claim.

This is a busy area of land and used by local dog walkers, hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders. Please show everyone respect in the area, as there is often a perception of threat or danger from mountain bikers.

The National Trust, which owns the land has been contacted as is keeping an eye on activities in the area and supports Redlands Trails and mountain bikers self policing the hills. Notices will be added to the area by Redlands Trails.

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BKB - the closed bits

  • Lower part of trail blocked
    Here's some pics showing BKB - and the closed parts of the trail. Hurtwood Control have basically taken action because of the disruption the old end of the trail caused to the next door neighours, who were getting a little tired of hearing 'CLEAR!' yelled outside their bedroom window from 7am on Saturday and Sunday mornings. They were very nice about it, by the way, and are real supporters of Hurtwood. The bonus? we get to put in lots of new bits of trail, and increase the length of BKB by a high margin in the process.

Dorking West

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    The new pump track at Dorking West is pretty much there - it just needs a little bit of shaping and cleaning, and it's good to go. props to oli at Head for the Hills for all the work in the background recently.

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