As you see from the pics the digger work on the blue trail has begun.

This is the first section of the project and will be a full surfaced blues level climb to remove the muddy crappy climb that is there at the moment.

Section 2 of the project will see some blue new single track on top of the hill.

Section 3 of the project will see a 100% new flowy fun blue decent. Packed full of berm.

On that note we have a dig weekend this weekend Sat 30th & Sun 1st. We are going to be surfacing the bits the digger have cleared.

We need as much help as we can to get this part of the blue trail done by next summer. If you can make it we are meeting out side the main centre at 10.00, free parking for all that come to help.

Scott

P.S please don’t ride any of the new trail till it is finish, Thanks guys.

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Looking forward to seeing the finished trail, only get down there once ever couple of months and it’s better every time

good work scott, did u get a play in the digger?

good work scott, did u get a play in the digger?

No I was at work 🙁

Edit: If anyone is not sure where QECP is, it’s here.

swoopy blues, awesome! 🙂

my in-laws live in Fareham, i can see more trips down south in my future…

Scott – hopefully be up saturday with two young helpers in tow who don’t mind getting muddy 😉

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Enjoy 🙂

I reckon that it may be best to block the entrance/exits to that somehow or it’s going to get ridden or walked loads.
Having followed the route on foot with the dog last week it looks like it will be a really nice climb.
The dig this weekend, could I bring a well behaved dog? He’s good at moving sticks! Could do the Sunday then…

Good point Matt, we have so orange fencing to put up, we will do that on Saturday. Yep dog is fine, I some times bring mine but won’t weekend.

Yep I think its going to be a good route, it took a lots of planning and red tape cutting but we are under way now 🙂

You can’t deny that you lot are probably the hardest working trail builders 😀

Well done you lot.

Dig Day 29th Nov, big thanks to Hammy and his girls for coming. Realy good day the lower bit of the trail is ready for surfacing. 😀

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They certainly know their way round a wheelbarrow 😉
Two knackered but happy girls and will good when they get to ride their hard work!

Your kids were like Trojans, put Mr Smith to shame 🙂

Gentlemen, ladies and children, you are all hero’s for your efforts.
The cycling masses will be forever grateful.

As we got so much done on Sat we though we work patch up the worst bits on the red today, here are some pics:

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As a lazy fecker I wont help to build it but I will enjoy riding it. Thank you. 😆

That’s OK – as long as you enjoy riding it then we’ll be happy. As a lazy fecker you get no choice of lines or features – but that’s your loss 😀

I’m glad you’ve realised that Bart.

On reflection that was a very productive weekend. The digger should be there till Thurs/Fri finishing off the Blue climb, I will see if I can get anymore pics 😀

Superb work fellas!

When does the blue officially open? (“When we’ve finished it”!)

Can’t wait to get my kid up there – he hated the old “family trail”.

When does the blue officially open? (“When we’ve finished it”!)

This is the first section of the project and will be a full surfaced blues level climb to remove the muddy crappy climb that is there at the moment.

April/May 2014 but I recon it might be a bit sooner if we stay on track with the current progress.

Section 2 of the project will see some blue new single track on top of the hill.

Sept/Oct 2014

Section 3 of the project will see a 100% new flowy fun blue decent. Packed full of berm.

Depends on how much money we raise to fund it, I would prefer to spend more time and money on this bit rather than rush it. So lets say 2015 ish.

he hated the old “family trail”.

Everyone did!!

Brilliant stuff.

Not sure really. We have ~900 meters to trail to surface with ~200 tonnes of type one before it can open. Then we need to build the link from that to the old ‘purple’ single track by Juniper, some of which will be temporary, whilst we raise funds/plan to build the new descent to cut out the crap fire road down back to the SDW.

It’s a big project so you can appreciate it will take some time. My hope is to have it open by Spring but don’t hold me to that!

I’m clearly more optimistic than Scott. I agree about phase 3 though, we want to get it right rather than rush it.

Where the red transporter van is parked, is that nearly at the top of the climb up from the little car park at the Buriton end of the QECP?

I’m clearly more optimistic than Scott. I agree about phase 3 though, we want to get it right rather than rush it.

we won’t have the funds for phase 3 till at least Sept 2014 unless anyone knows any active or bike brands that want to get involved in sponsoring a Blue decent. If you do point them our way please. It has the potential to be epic!!

Where the red transporter van is parked, is that nearly at the top of the climb up from the little car park at the Buriton end of the QECP?

yep

Excellent and is that the climb UP from there to the right? Didn’t there used to be an unofficial path that came out round there?
Or do you come down there and turn right to back into the park?
Is there a map so I can work out where its running?

Excellent and is that the climb UP from there to the right?

Yep

Didn’t there used to be an unofficial path that came out round there?

Yes but we didn’t use any of it.

Or do you come down there and turn right to back into the park

Don’t know where you mean.

Is there a map so I can work out where its running?

YGM

Thanks Scott, I’ve got a decent idea now. Please tell me the wiggly bit is down not up?!
Must get back over there, haven’t been for a year or so. Its a pain living on the Island sometimes.

😆 The wiggly bit is up I’m afraid! But there will be a good decent too, just that it’ll be built last.

Every bit in the blue trail pics is up at the moment.

Well its got to be an improvement on the fireroad rut-fest to the top of the hill!

Yes and a massive improvement on the current blue climb too.

Will we now see a flurry of attempts at the “QE Beginners Trail – Killer Climb” segment before it gets replaced? Looks like I’m 3rd of 14 for the QE Collective – which just goes to show that most of them haven’t had a go at it yet.

Will we now see a flurry of attempts at the “QE Beginners Trail – Killer Climb” segment before it gets replaced? Looks like I’m 3rd of 14 for the QE Collective – which just goes to show that most of them haven’t had a go at it yet.

I’m not on that list!! but I have ridden up there on a giant glory before What a Knob

Aggregate for surfacing started being delivered today. Work should start early January.