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84 posts & 54 voices | Started 2 years ago by doctornickriviera | Latest reply from ART

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Frankers - Member

franki - Member

Frankers wrote:

If you don't use the facilities there may i then ask why bother taking finger to keyboard and commenting on this topic??

Actually thinking about it i'm super impressed with your dedication to mountain biking without feeling the need to lower yourself into actually eating or spending your hard earned cash at these horrid trail centres.

Can i also ask what your packed lunch normally consists off, and do you normally prepare it yourself or by the hand of another?

Do you like Scotch Eggs?

Well that's me told then, eh?

Scotch eggs are yummy.

Sorry Franki, must learn to stay away from the keyboard after consuming 4 pints after my wednesday night ride

Posted 2 years ago #
charliemort - Member

well I like (d) it

last time I went with a mate we left home (Kent) 530am 27th December - it was about -10 degrees. Did a couple of Trails, then lunch, and another Trail after. Probably a coffee at the end too before 3 hr drive back

apparently this makes me a non MTB'er and I should have sat in the car park or up on top of a mountain somewhere nibbling frozen sarnies (which I do as well) but it was a good day out and I was glad cafe was there

Posted 2 years ago #
Brown - Member

Ahem. I DO go to Afan for the cafe.

The trails are good, but no better than plenty of other stuff in the area...

...and the thought of a massive plate of spicy potatoes goes a fair way in helping me decide where to ride.

Shame.

Posted 2 years ago #
scruffyluffy1970 - Member

Hello all

Just thought i should get my 5 pence worth in and set the record straight.

My Tenancy for the last 5 years has been to GPC, Glyncorrwg Ponds Co operative, not the Council, Not the Forestry.

I must emphasise also that the Local Council NPT (Neath Port Talbot) and the Forestry have been very supportive to my cause over the last 5 years and have known all along my struggles with my present Landlord. There will be no love lost between us, and am sure things will change now im leaving. Good luck Skyline cycles.

There are too many issues to discuss about our history, but in a nutshell it comes down to the upkeep/Maintenance/build quality of the centre, its general management, and its future which is all the responsiblity of the GPC. My other very important concern is the trails and lack of love they are being given. Car parking does generate good Revenue and my concern is it all goes back into the Fishing ponds. No monies are fed back into the trails so we are left with trails that are slowly degenerating and wearing away with no/little maintenance to shout about.

Very interesting to read all your opinions about the cafe and trail centres in General, if i do get the opportunity to start another, then hopefully see you all there for some more shenanagins and thanks for all the support over the last 5 years.

Scruff

Posted 2 years ago #
scruffyluffy1970 - Member

I must also state that the Car Parking is owned and Managed by the GPC and the trails are owned and Managed by the Forestry. Just so you all know.

Ill get my coat.

Posted 2 years ago #
ART - Member

Thanks for that Ian. Interesting to hear exactly who does what there - have often wondered about the general upkeep of the building (worse for wear loos and the like) and the general state of repair of the trails. Anyhow, you will be missed, the coffee, cake, soup and those spicy tats were always welcome after a wet wintry ride and we look forward to your next venture. Does that mean your mum get's a break from baking!

Posted 2 years ago #
franki - Member

Frankers wrote:

Sorry Franki, must learn to stay away from the keyboard after consuming 4 pints after my wednesday night ride

That's cool. I was in a particularly arsey mood yesterday. Apologies for the tone of my posts too. I don't usually set out to wind people up.

Posted 2 years ago #
backhander - Member

Car parking does generate good Revenue and my concern is it all goes back into the Fishing ponds. No monies are fed back into the trails so we are left with trails that are slowly degenerating and wearing away

That was what I thought.
So, no more GC car park for me.

Posted 2 years ago #
Trailseeker - Member

Who were the guys in orange workwear on the Whites a few months back strimming & clearing drainage gullys etc? were they FC, as they were making a good job of it.

Posted 2 years ago #
roach - Member

He looked at me and then I blushed

'Cause I remembered I loved you so much.
Way back then we were friends going together
but then you left me.
Frankie - do you remember me? Frankie - do you remember?

Posted 2 years ago #
jimmer himself - Member

I always liked the cafe for a post ride slab of cake and a mug of tea. Sure it got busy but I never had bad service.

It'll be a shame to see it go and I'll be intrigued to see what Skyline do with it.

As for the trails, I've never really found them to be in a poor state. There's been some quite marked erosion in places and the woodwork keeps getting ever more sanitised, but it's the same story at Cwmcarn. Personally I prefer the trails to be rougher and less manicured, but each to their own.

Change isn't always a bad thing!

Posted 2 years ago #
Zulu-Eleven - Member

Ah, T'was ever thus!

Higher bid for the cafe means one of two things, higher prices or lower food quality - probably both...

Posted 2 years ago #
buzz-lightyear - Member

Oh, how you brought me down {Down, down}
All you did was run around {Around}
You’ll never know
How much I loved you

Franki

Posted 2 years ago #
ART - Member

ohh dear, oh dear .. 'get's' where did that flying apostrophe come from... [hangs head in shame for failing STW grammar test] but loving the franki love in

Posted 2 years ago #