Fantastic day in the Peak, everything riding really, really nicely, but a bit of a shock when we hit the last section of downhill to the gate below Mam Nick from Rushup Edge, what was ribboned, rubbly, moorland singletrack is now an eight-foot wide levelled gravel track with the odd minor water bar. And on the other side of the Nick, the track up towards Hollin Cross, the rag it till your legs fall off singletrack climb, has also been flattened and widened, though not gravelled yet - the descent below Mam Tor's untouched though.
Anyway, a bit sad. I don't want to get into a debate about trail restoration and sensitivity or lack of it and I don't doubt that a combination of heavy use and rain will rip the whole thing to pieces again in a matter of years, but thought I'd flag it up so other people don't experience quite the same lump in the throat, sinking feeling as they crest the rise below the footpath / bridleway junction.
Awesome day otherwise and, somewhat appropriately, the track down towards the ford at Roych Clough is starting to feel a bit more like its old, pre-sanitised self again.
Mañana, Cut Gate and a lot more besides 
