I suspect Boris would tell you that the FC has, at last, put its hands in its pockets and spent some dosh on the trails this year… A lot of dosh, for which we can thank the magnificent winter and spring…
This hasn’t always been the case, and for those who visit 6 times a year or more, membership of the BFCC/Boars gets you a parking pass, free showers and bikewash, discounts and a lot more… and then your parking money all goes on trail building. The same is not true if you join the Friends of Bedgebury.
£8.50 is very steep and probably relates to the proximity to Bewl which charges the same or more, and usually puts its price up first AKAIK