After over five years of hard work by Jon Dallow, the city council, Dan Cook etc; that culminated in a couple of months of hard digging by biketrack.org that was then followed by a couple of months of checking the trail, filling out paperwork, putting up signs, more paperwork, carefully explaining why it’s not open yet, completing risk assessments and jumping through a few more hoops……… Parkwood Springs MTB circuit is now officially open! (more…)
Category: News Update
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Parkwood is Open!
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Ride Sheffield Winter Social
With the clocks going backwards this weekend and winter starting to slip its frosty and damp ways back into our lives, it must mean that it is almost time for the winter social! So make sure you keep Monday 26th of November free from about 7.30pm onwards. (more…) -
Is Parkwood Open Yet?
The status of the new trail at Parkwood Springs is what we get asked about more than anything else at the moment. Not to mention the lively debates that it has sparked over on our Facebook Page. The project has been running nearly five years, so what you see on the ground is the product of years of hard work. But before it can be opened to the public there are still a few little things that need to be sorted before it can be fully open. SCC Parks and Woodlands trail guru Jon Dallow fills us in on where it’s at….
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Blacka Planned Maintainance – Piper House Gate
The work that is planned for Piper House Gate Bridleway will be starting this Thursday. We have been asked to tell people to stay off it while the work is being done, particularly on a night.We have been told that the work being done will be much more sensitive than other council jobs, more akin to the other work that has been done on Blacka. We will also be heading up there to help with a bit of finishing if required. Any feedback after completion is welcome, but just keep off it for now, thanks. -
Greno Dig Day and Ride – October
To compliment the work being done by biketrack.org up in Greno Woods at the moment, we are going to be holding a dig day on Saturday the 13th of October up in the woods. -
Blacka Dig Day – This Saturday
The Wildlife Trust will be holding one of their trail days up on Blacka this weekend and its going to be on the permissive route that a lot of you put a lot of work into last year. More info from the Wildlife Trust below. (more…) -
Danny Hart then Where The Trail Ends at Buxton Adventure Festival
If you’re at a bit of a loose end on Sunday the 21st of October and want to hear a man from Redcar talking about bikes, then this could be your lucky day! Here’s more info from the Buxton Adventure Festival.
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Get Involved
For a long time we have been out of the loop when it comes to being involved in the development and maintainance of the rights of way network as well as the countryside in general. However in the past year or so we have started to get asked our opinion on things more and more. Sometimes that takes the form of asking Ride Sheffield for advice, but sometimes we get asked to canvas the wider mountain biking community. So here are several opportunities for you to use your voice and influence changed made to our rights of way.
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Blacka Moor – Planned Maintainence
Some have you might have already seen these signs going up on Blacka in the past few days. So it seemed best to give a bit more detail on what is planned.Blacka is a favourite spot for many Sheffield mountain Bikers and quite rightly so, it offers some fantastic riding right on the doorstep and some may say a couple of the best trails in the Peak. So it was with a little concern that we heard about the planned work. (more…)
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Houndkirk – Planned Maintainence
Sheffield Councils Rights of Way team are planning further work on Houndkirk later this month. But unlike in previous years we have been involved with the consultation work from the beginning. While the work may not please all, the work that will be done is far more sensitive than before and will not involve any blanket surfacing work. (more…)