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Had a ride there this morning, followed the course for a lap. Most of the time is actually hard to see there has been a race on. In lots of places the trails have even been cleaned of debris by the volume of riders.
Loam lover is hardly the Passchendaele described by B.S. above. The climb is in the great nick it was before. The descent just has a more obvious line in it now, with a little bit of a channel on the flatter bit. The roots exposed at the top of the first steep(ish) section are the same roots that were on the surface before. This is exactly how I would expect an [b]un-dug[/b] trail to evolve during a race.
Well done to Aaron and co on the armouring work that went in on various bits, they chose where to put effort in carefully, and it has worked well.
With the level of interest being shown in Pitmedden and trail building / maintainance I assume I can count on your help clearing up New Hill after the Foresters have finished.
'Please do not feed the Trolls'
From the Pitmedden Riders FB page.
Looks like the FC are happy with things.
Aaron Muckmedden Ok, I spoke to Forestry Commission this morning. As we took every practical measure to minimise the impact of the race according to a 7-page mitigation plan it has been decided there is no real need for a site meeting. As agreed before the event, we installed drainage and stone causeways at the most vulnerable areas, we re-opened disused trails and opened up several new trail sections to avoid damaging the local favourites. Some displacement was always going to occur but it's minimal and as it's coming into Spring the vegetation will start to grow and the trails will dry out. After a few weeks recovery time we'll go back and have a look and see what we can do to help them along. "National Take Care of Your Trails Weekend" on11th/12th April would be the perfect time if anyone is interested?