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[Closed] Are New Ashton Court Trails open/best trails to ride in Forest Of Dean

 dcl
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Off to Bristol this weekend and was wondering if the new trails are open.
If not am off to the Forest of Dean and would like some suggestions!
Thanks


 
Posted : 23/06/2011 1:17 pm
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About a third of the new trail in AC is currently open. There are plenty of other trails to ride locally though.


 
Posted : 23/06/2011 2:27 pm
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... and they should be pretty good even with the weather. Although expect to still get very muddy!


 
Posted : 23/06/2011 2:47 pm
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I rode Ashton Court in the rain last Monday, remained virtually mud free. Worth visiting.......


 
Posted : 23/06/2011 3:06 pm
 dcl
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thanks guys.
Looking forward to it now


 
Posted : 23/06/2011 10:30 pm
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I rode Ashton Court first thing this morning. I'd say it wasn't worth a trip for anyone not local - yet.

It is confusing as different parts of the trail run in different directions. Also, quite a lot of it is still being worked on despite the best efforts of the numpties who have flattened the orange barriers and ridden straight through the closed sections. I mean - do they think the geotextile has been put down to keep their tyres clean or something? I thought the signposting / mapping could have been better too.

What is there and is fun in a sort of trail centre sort of way. The bits under construction will be good too - and it does mostly drin really well - I rode through LW afterwards and the mud was plentiful.

So - leave the trails for now and let them finish building.


 
Posted : 26/06/2011 12:02 pm