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On the 18th of July 2007 an evening session of the Trailfairies worked on "the third way", the third boardwalk option on Glentress's newly-built Essentials Freeride trail.
On the 28th of July 2007 the Trailfairies descended on the Lombard Street section of Glentress's red route in order to repair a switchback corner that was showing signs of damage.
With drainage installed and the corner reshaped, Andy Wardman uses the wacker plate in order to produce a firm riding surface. Without this compaction the loose hardcore would quickly be eroded by rain and bike tyres.
Andy on a tiny pink bike, on the pump track. He needed to cheat, though, pedalling furiously through the berms. On the other hand he was getting air off the rollers...
It used to be that halfway through each trailbuilding session a packet of Jaffa Cakes would be passed around. Things have snowballed since then and home baking is the norm rather than an unusual treat. I think that there is a good chance that in 20 years time the Glentress Trailfairies will be nothing but an unusual name for a social club that hosts coffee mornings and bake-offs.
This large cedar sits trail side at the bottom of a steep hill. From higher up, I could see myself sitting, leaning back into the tree, waiting for trail runners to make their way by me. Once I was standing next to the tree I discovered that it already had an occupant at its feet. No worries. Ill bring a wooden chair...
On the 28th of July 2007 the Trailfairies descended on the Lombard Street section of Glentress's red route in order to repair a switchback corner that was showing signs of damage.
Here a number of trailfairies work on installing a drain to run under the corner's exit.
On the 4th of August 2007 the Glentress Trailfairies decamped to Elibank forest in order to help prepare part of the course for the Selkirk Merida Marathon being held the following day.
With the hard work completed a trailfairy tests out the new descent at Elibank.
Sadly it rained heavily overnight and most of the 80km+ course disappeared in a sea of mud so whether any of our hard work was actually appreciated by the marathon's riders is hard to say.
On the 4th of August 2007 the Glentress Trailfairies decamped to Elibank forest in order to help prepare part of the course for the Selkirk Merida Marathon being held the following day.
Our task was to finesse a descent that had already been roughly machine-dug. Here Kenneth (I think) uses a McLeod to scrape loose debris from the trail surface.
On the 4th of August 2007 the Glentress Trailfairies decamped to Elibank forest in order to help prepare part of the course for the Selkirk Merida Marathon being held the following day.
With the fettling of this section largely complete a trailfairy gives it a test ride while Andy, Kenneth and Matthew look on, making sure that the stone step stays steady as the bike goes over it.
On the 10th of November 2007 the Trailfairies rebuilt the exits to The Pie Run, a section of trail that they had built back in 2005.
In this shot Andy Wardman is preparing the surface of the smoothest of the trail's three exits prior to starting up the wacker plate. Andy can be a bit of a perfectionist about this but if done right it does produce a hard wearing surface that will stand up to a lot of use.
On the 4th of August 2007 the Glentress Trailfairies decamped to Elibank forest in order to help prepare part of the course for the Selkirk Merida Marathon being held the following day.
Matthew and Andy manoeuvre a large stone into place, adding some interest and a stone step into an otherwise largely featureless descent.
Clearing a few blow downs on a section of the Voyageur trail.
Michipicoten Post Provincial Park below...
Another eager test rider tackles "Hop" since the people working on "Jump" are standing all over "Skip".
Some Fairies show an advanced grasp on that basic technique of the great British worker, leaning on implements. Next item of equipment required by the fairies, donkey jackets.
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pieeater68: Well done #trailfairy
twittcrumpet: peckett well was blocked on Saturday too. keep you in logs til 2016 though!
transprovence: Legendary
greatrock: Got to work through Mytholm Madness & Stanny's first @twittcrumpet !
smorland: If you ever need a hand give me a shout
irmokeizer: I need one of those...
Unfortunately none of us knew any slave work songs as that would have finished the scene of perfectly. As it is we had to dig our way into the hill side accompanied only be the sounds of tool and earth.
Andy on the pump track. It was a very misty night and the camera's flash highlighted all the moisture in the air.
I was unduly fascinated by the oil barrel fire and spent some time trying to take decent pictures of it.
It was at about this point in the A1 widening project that people started ask where the "Little Chef" was going to be built.
The skinnies weren't likely to move before but we wanted to make sure they were going nowhere. Observe the advanced "I'm going nowhere near that maniac with the hammer" technique.
The traditional "getting ready" shot. We were blessed with an unusually large number of faries this session.
Chris becomes the first adult to ride the trail. By this time the younger Fairies had already not only ridden the trail but jumped both exits.
Another good half-days work completed. Everyone steps back to admire their work and to think about the posibility of riding bicycles.
I was unduly fascinated by the oil barrel fire and spent some time trying to take decent pictures of it.
I was unduly fascinated by the oil barrel fire and spent some time trying to take decent pictures of it.
The first stream crossing gives the choice of a bridge or a generously proportioned skinny. The latter offering a generously proportioned fall if you fluff it.