I won’t be able to attend given that I’ve emigrated, but I’m still really happy that Beastway is coming home.
Hopefully it’ll be able to become again the great thing for London cycling that it previously was for over 10 years before the Olympics demolished Eastway. I have a special fondness for it since it was fantastic racing on fun courses with big fields that tuned you up really well, plus I was involved volunteering most weeks for a while and knew the organisers and the sponsor Brixton Cycles quite well. There was a real sense of community, fun, and friendliness that was special.
Many users fought to secure an Olympic legacy mtb area that seemed to dwindle into something too small to be usable as planning promises were broken. Removed as I am I was therefore amazed to hear that somehow 5km/miles? of mtb trails of varying technicality have been built afterall in legacy. Hopefully the Beastway course designers will still be able to strim new connecting trails and interesting transitions to provide that different course every week. I was proud to have to have cut a new short, sharp climb/descent out that gave a new option between the slag heap and the 180 singletrack section under the trees.
Good luck Beastway, happy memories!