Centurion Film

Just heard the release date 23rd April 2010  Here

Snow

Believe or not there’s still some snow on the ground on The Hurtwood, so anyone that didn’t get enough, you know where to come.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, mostly dealing with the large number of broken Pine limbs that fell onto the roads. I think this was made worse by amount of snow falling in such a short time . We’re now just clearing all the main fire roads of branch debris. If you see any paths with larger limbs blocking them, please let me know and I’ll get onto it a soon as possible.

Happpy Christmas!

View from Justice seat, Winterfold

Volunteer day

I had the Sayers Croft Family Volunteers out yesterday on the top of Pitch Hill. We were carrying on with a task we started earlier in the year, clearing some of the tree re-growth, that if left, will eventually obscure the view. Unfortunately our lowest turnout, only 3! But a great effort and still managed to get a fair bit done.

I’m inviting anyone who’d like to come along and help out to our next planned morning on 19th December on Holmbury Hill. There’s a small patch of  heather in the Disabled Access Track that needs to be weeded and cleared, and hopefully if enough people come we can also start to tackle some of the weeds in the top pond.

You don’t have to be a Friend of the Hurtwood, anyone is welcome even if you can only stop for an hour or so. Please bring secateurs, loppers and gloves. We will supply hot drinks, and possibly a mince pie or two!

Meet at No. 1 car park 10 am.

BKB

The new final section of BKB has been completed, and is now open. Please respect the new fragile surface!

Felling Work – Holmbury Hill

Felling work has now started on Holmbury Hill, the attached map shows the current working area. Signs have been erected to show the area as well. Please, for your own safety,  keep at least 100 metres from any machinery.

Please also note, due to the recent bad weather, the planned closure of No.9 car park, will not be happening for the moment.

BKB update

The main groundwork has now been finished, but work to the surface, to make it durable, will be ongoing throughout November. If the weather is favourable, we aim to have it open by the beginning of December.

If you’re a biker and you wish to enjoy this new trail, PLEASE do not be tempted to ride it until the surface is finished. It’s taken a lot of time and money to get to this stage and it would be a shame to ruin everyones hard work, just for the sake of a few more weeks wait. Thanks

If you’d like to help out with volunteering on the trail please contact us here mtb@hurtwoodcontrol.co.uk

BKB update

It’s now been decided to keep the trail open as much as possible over this weekend (31st Oct – 1st Nov). Just take note that when you get to any red and white tape you will need to slow down, as work may be  happening there.

BKB, work started

Yesterday, Ian from CTC and Mei from Extreme Tracks, arrived on site to start work on the final section of BKB. The finished trail will be longer and avoid conflict with the bridleway. The new ending will be where the existing bridleway exits onto the Ewhurst road, which also happens to be the safest point, giving the best lines of site for on coming traffic. The current ending will be put beyond use as soon as the new trail is finished. I’ll keep you posted as we go.

Newsletter

The Autumn newsletter is now out. If you’re a Hurtwood Friend you should have recieved a copy either via email or through the post.