UK MTB Trail Alliance
UK MTB Trail Alliance
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The UK Trails Project Report: December 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Our thirteenth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 9th December 2024.
The UK Trails Project’s Dave Evans talked us through their new report, hot off the press last month: “The Trail - Its People, Place and Time”, an in-depth look at the state of mountain bike trails in the UK, and the summary of the first year of the project’s work. He also gave us more detail on the next steps for the project.
We then moved onto a Q&A with Dave, with some challenging questions raised, and then, towards the end of the meeting, briefly discussed last weekend’s Storm Darragh’s impact on trails.
There were 25+ attendees including Andy Braund (NRW), Andy Davies (Dean Trail Volunteers), Antony de Heveningham (R...
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Burlish Bike Park: November 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 542 месяца назад
Our twelfth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 18th November 2024. Burlish Bike Park's Hannah Escott talked us through her three-year journey to save her local jump spot and turn it into an official bike park. From starting from scratch, to going on to raise over £250k in funding, securing planning permission, through to the build process, the opening and how the park has evolved since, Hann...
Reframing MTB: October 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 383 месяца назад
Our eleventh monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 14th October 2024. We kicked off the call with a cameo appearance from Dom Ferris who talked to us briefly about Trash Free Trails and their Autumn Trail Cleans. Henry Norman, Jasmin Patel, Emma Peasland and Manon Carpenter then covered the main outcomes from this year’s Reframing MTB conference and outlined upcoming plans for Reframing MTB 202...
Aberdeenshire’s Tarland Trails: September 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 794 месяца назад
Our tenth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 9th September 2024. We kicked things off with a short talk from Tarland Trails' Chris Redmond, who talked about how Tarland Trails went from the seed of an idea, to securing £1million in funding, all the way through to a set of completed trails. After the Q&A session with Chris, we then opened it up to a wider discussion about how to ensure trails...
Dean Trail Volunteers’ contractor/volunteer approach: July 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 1096 месяцев назад
Our ninth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 8th July 2024. We kicked things off with a short talk from Dean Trail Volunteers’ Chair and Dig Leader, Andy Davies, who talked about their combined Brand/Landowner/Contractor/Volunteer approach to revamping the Red XC Freeminers trail in the Forest of Dean - how they raised funding, worked with Forestry England to get quotes from contractors and ...
SingletrAction, Forestry England & Landowner Relations: June 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 697 месяцев назад
Our eighth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 10th June 2024. We kicked things off with a short talk from Jez Sainter, the chair of SingletrAction, who are Yorkshire’s “Volunteer Mountain Bike Trail Builders” and have been around for over 20 years. Responsible for numerous trail build projects all over Yorkshire, they also run regular dig days to help maintain the official Forestry England t...
Developing Mountain Biking in Wales: May 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 197 месяцев назад
Our seventh monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 13th May 2024. We gave those of you who would have liked to have taken part in the Wales MTB Gathering, and discussed creating a Developing Mountain Biking in Wales - welshcycling.co.uk/news/developing-mountain-biking-in-wales - a chance to get a taste for what was presented and talked about on the day, and to contribute to the conversation your...
IMBA Europe, Take Care of Your Trails & The Trail Hub: April 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 47 месяцев назад
Our sixth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 8th April 2024. We kicked things off with a presentation from Hans Stoops, who introduced us to IMBA Europe and some of their advocacy efforts across Europe to increase both access and participation. After that, Cathy Naveaux introduced IMBA Europe’s Take Care of Your Trails campaign, the benefits it can bring to your trails and talked about how y...
YT's Your Trail Fund: March 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 187 месяцев назад
Our fifth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 11th March 2024. We kicked things off with a talk from Chris Mock from YT, who introduced their Your Trail Fund programme and the sort of projects they hope to support in the future. After that, Chris then widened the discussion onto how brands can and should support trails, which turned into a wide ranging discussion about everything from the sor...
Trash Free Trails: February 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 147 месяцев назад
Our fourth monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 19th February 2024. We kicked things off with a presentation from Ali Hair from Trash Free Cambu, who talked about how by organising trail cleans and taking an environmental stewardship approach, they’ve been able to get landowner buy-in for their unsanctioned trails in Cambusbarron, Stirling. He then handed over to Tow Laws, from Trail Collectiv...
The UK Trails Project: January 2024 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
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Our third monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 15th January 2024. We kicked things off with a with a presentation from the UK Trails Project’s project manager, Dave Evans. Dave gave us all an update on the SRAM funded UK Trails Project - what they’ve learnt so far from their workshops, what they’re planning to get out of the questionnaire they’ll be launching in the spring, and what impact the...
Revolution Bike Park: December 2023 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 97 месяцев назад
Our second monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 11th December 2023. We kicked things off with a with a talk from Revolution Bike Park’s Tim Foster. Tim told us the inside story of Revolution, what happened when his and his brother James’ dreams met the reality of actually building and running a bike park in a remote part of North Wales. It was a warts and all look at the difficulties they face...
Ride Mendips: November 2023 UK MTB Trail Alliance meeting
Просмотров 1427 месяцев назад
Our very first monthly Zoom video meeting, on Monday 13th November 2023. We kicked things off with a talk from Grant Garge, the co-founder and chair of Ride Mendips. Ride Mendips have taken a set of unauthorised trails that just a few years ago were constantly being destroyed, facing opposition from wide swathes of the local community and threatened with complete closure to what are now a set o...