clear that trail and fill that hole - Dylan's Ride Blog

Those nice people at the CTC have been busy bringing some web based tools of interest to us riders. First, there's http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/, which lets you report road surface problems to the relevant authorities, and an offroad sibling, http://www.clearthattrail.org.uk/.

Both allow you to report blockages and other hazards, and let the website provide an interface between you and the great slow moving machine of officialdom. It's too early to tell if it will make a real difference. But, the CTC have a good record in agitation on behalf of cyclists, and they can only do something about it, if you report it. All too often stuff doesn't happen, because nobody got the ball rolling by reporting the problem.

If you find a problem with any sort of blockage on any of the routes here, please stick a note in the route comments as well, so others using the route can make a note of it. Stuff does change, and what might have once been a nice zippy section of singletrack, can turn into a waterlogged western front like hell, or a branch strewn bike carry. The National Parks people are actually really good, and will do their best to sort these things out. I have been really impressed by the fact that I commented about the dififculty in finding a bridleway in Broxa forest, after some tree felling, and they told me they had sent a ranger out to install new waymarking. Nice one.