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Just saw on their Instagram. Due to storms in the North. Gutted for the organisers and myself, was really looking forward to it.
Hope all involved are doing ok.
In honesty I'm not surprised, Kidland got an absolute hammering to the point they would need an entirely new venue to even have a hope of running this year.
From someone posting with the username NaughtyNorthumbrian on a different and colourful bike site:
"We've been told forest operational work won't be starting until August, and we are bound by the 1981 wildlife act on some trails - so we would have had to clear them before March, then stop work until August first, even if a chain saw would suffice. Sadly, it needs big machinery. While Forestry England aren't perfect, we have a good relationship with them, and they are stretched across the board on this one. Sadly this forest is a lower priority tier as it isn't under visitor pressure like Kielder, Thrunton and Simonside are, and as mentioned there are a swathe of protected birds living in there. We totally and respectfully accept their position on this, however shit it is for the event"
ard dales [pateley bridge] cancelled for the same reasons too