Author: Steve Hardcastle

We went along to a meeting last week in Stocksbridge where the illegal use of motocross and quad bikes in Wharncliffe and Greno woods discussed. A couple of local Police officers who are spearheading the work against these users came along for the discussion. It was a good meeting that continued for much longer than planned. In addition to Ride Sheffield there were a number of other mountain bikers there, along with representatives of local walking groups and the Stocksbridge Community Forum.

The first thing to say is that Police officers are obviously very keen to help us work through this problem and are doing what they can. There are obviously other demands on their resources and there limits to what they can do to find people but there is a definite desire to solve the problem.

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Just a quick reminder that the second Buxton Adventure Festival kicks off this weekend at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Opera House in the Peak District with 10 incredible speakers coming from all over the UK and further afield to talk about their expeditions and experiences. Loads for cyclists – with speakers on Saturday and Sunday including:
10.30am Extreme Mountain Bike Stunt Show for Young Adventurers
5.30pm Saturday The fastest woman to cycle round the world, Juliana Buhring;
8pm Saturday – Olympic Mountain Biker Annie Last on stage talking to British Cycling’s Nik Cook
Followed by UK Premiere of Anthill Films Arrival in a double bill with NotBad.
12.30pm Sunday – 3 Peaks CycloCross winner & ultra-runner Heather Dawe
8pm Sunday – Jason Lewis who travelled round the world by human power, including bike.
Programme at a glance here: http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/speakers-films/festival-at-a-glance/

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So we’re heading back to DCC after their less than positive response to our first letter… Below is the second very nice approach from Ride Sheffield to try and get DCC to talk to us about works they plan to do. We’ll also look to try and get members who live in Derbyshire to support this by contacting their councilors if this one gets a similar response to last time!
Letter if you’d like to read it here!
DCC Letter 2

So following the post below about our approach to DCC we have now had a response from them. As expected it’s not exactly positive unfortunately and we’re currently thinking how best to try and move forward with this. Any sensible suggestions then please let us know!

Lots of other councils do consult on works, especially large/important ones so it is clearly possible to do so and I think the work we have done with Sheffield City Council shows that it can be very useful.

We’ll continue to keep you all informed as we try and get something moving with DCC.

DCC response