April seems to have slipped by and I’ve had little chance to update the blog. So just a brief summary of whats been going on.
The little car park at Farley Heath has been re-surfaced and given a new increased gradient to try to aid water run-off.
We’ve re-graded part of the main path that leads from Holmbury Hill towards car park no.1. This has removed all the mud and made it more attractive for bikes to stay off The Greensand Way path that’s used by so many families. We’ve also added some new “Pedestrian Only barriers”. This helps to make it clear the paths that we particularly don’t want bikers to use.
Unfortunately bikes have been using the banks on the Iron Age Hill Fort. This is already starting to cause some erosion, so I’ve had to add some barricades along with notices. There will always be a persistent minority who will continue to give the majority of sensible riders a bad name. Hopefully if I’m equally persistent they’ll get the message.
This is not just a case of the “Fun Police”, the Hill Fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and I, as the land manager, must show that we’ve taken steps to prevent damage, whether caused by erosion due to miss-use or deliberate vandalism.
Thanks for the [latest] polite request to respect other land users and the landscape on the Hurtwood.
I’ve posted a write up on our website to support this, hope you don’t mind a link to the article here which is about the Iron Age hill fort and rider responsibilities.
I’ve got this site in my feedreader and appreciate the efforts to keep everyone informed of what’s happening and why actions are taken where necessary.
Hi
Followed link from Matt above.
Ridden mtb in Surrey Hills for years, thanks for all your efforts.
I’ve added a link to your blog on our site.
Cheers