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This Week at Rostrevor
Following another week of site supervision at Rostrevor, here are couple more photo's to keep you updated with progress at the site: The above photo shows Section 5 on the Rostrevor mountain bike...
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Castle Ward Multi Purpose Trails
Dafydd revisited Castle Ward on Tuesday evening to have a look at the multi use trails that were put in just over a year ago that were designed by Dafydd.Castleward is a very special place in landscape...
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Dafydd has recently spent three weeks over in Western Australia (no...not on holiday, unfortunately for him!!)CONFERENCEHe was a guest speaker at the IMBA conference in May, speaking about the...
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ROSTREVOR UPDATE
A couple more pictures from Rostrevor ....watch out for next weeks blog, which will include some pictures of Section 3, a more featured, funky section than those shown previously, with some discussion...
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WEEK 12 AT ROSTREVOR - SECTION 3 + TRAIL PLANNING AND DESIGN
Week 12 at Rostrevor and some sections are nearing completion. The pictures below show Section 3, which will be the first descending section on the big cross country loop after the long climb from...
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Just found some pretty cool videos of the Ballyhoura MTB trails in the Republic of Ireland on Coillte land. These trails were designed by Dafydd and this is the largest MTB trail network in Ireland,...
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CRAIGAVON TRAIL MAINTENANCE DAY
On Saturday 21st July 2012 a willing band of volunteers, rustled up by Kelley Rushton of Lough Neagh Discovery Centre arrived at Craigavon for a hard days graft repairing some sections of the trails....
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ROSTREVOR TAKING SHAPE ......
This is Section 20 and is part of the last leg of the cross country trail back into Kilbroney. I'm very pleased with this and it's turned out pretty much exactly as I'd envisaged it i.e. fast and...
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Mournes and Slieve Croob Strategic Path Review
In Spring 2012, ' Trails by Dafydd Davis' was employed by The Mournes Heritage Trust to produce a report named 'The Mournes and Slieve Croob Strategic Path Review', which was funded by Sport NI and...
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WEEK 16 AT ROSTREVOR
Below is a selection of pictures showing Section 19 at Rostrevor. The pictures show that it is possible to build a nice flowing trail with lots of features, without having too much impact, and by being...
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THE MOURNES - THE MOUNTAIN BIKERS ARE COMING!!!!
The opening of the new 'Mournes Mountain Bike Trails' at Rostrevor and Castlewellan in Spring 2013 is already a much talked about topic. With hundreds of riders already chomping at the bit to get out...
View ArticleRECREATIONAL TRAILS AND LAND USE
The fear that many land owners have when considering developing recreational trails is the impact this will have on the commercial viability of their current land use e.g. forestry, grazing, water...
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READY FOR LIFT OFF............
The pictures below show bags of stone at Rostrevor ready to be airlifted into Section 13 on the slopes of Slieve Meel.This is an exciting, but also slightly apprehensive time for everyone involved with...
View ArticleTHUNDERBIRDS ARE GO .......
The Irish helicopter boys arrived on site at Rostrevor last week and have been making light work of moving the stone out onto Section 13 across the Slinky and up onto Section 10.Check out the videos...
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CASTLEWARD REVISITED
Went to Castleward for a bit of a look around again the other day, just to check out some of the trails I missed last time I was over there. I’m so pleased with the way these trails look, they have...
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ROSTREVOR - SLINKY DINKY DOO!!
Section 13 of the Rostrevor Mountain Bike trails has taken shape since the helicopter lift of stone the other week.The picture below shows what little impact the trail has had on the open mountain even...
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CASTLEWELLAN UNDERWAY....
Yes, it's true, the construction of the trails at Castlewellan is finally underway.Whilst trail building at Rostrevor is all about working in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain with lots of...
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MOURNES MTB
Well, there's plenty of activity going on over in Northern Ireland at the moment, not least the Mournes MTB project - here are a few more pictures of the progress being made here...
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Trails Poem
Trails are not dust and pebbles on a hill,Nor even grass and wild buds by a lake;Trails are adventure and a hand to stillThe restless pulse of life when men would breakTheir minds with weight of...
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Barnett's Demesne
Here are some pictures of parts of the new Category 3 (Blue Grade) mountain bike trails at Barnett's Demesne, Belfast - this is a seriously sensitive site which is used by thousands of people every day...
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Check out this cool video of the trails Dafydd designed in the Czech Republic :-)Singletrek pod Smrken
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MOURNES MTB PROJECT - 2 MONTHS TO GO!!
Well, there's only 2 months left until completion of the above project - there's a growing sense of anticipation in the surrounding areas, especially among the local riders and businesses. Here are a...
View ArticleMTB Hall of Fame Nominations
Please pop over to this page and vote for Dafydd in the MTB Hall of Fame :-)MTB Hall of Fame - Dafydd Davis
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BALLYHOURA FOREST PARK - MTB TRAILS PHASE 2
Ballyhoura Forest Park in Counties Limerick and Cork, Ireland has gained a fair bit of recognition following the planning, design and development of a mountain bike trail system back in 2006. The...
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ON THE BOARDWALK....
Following on from our last blog, the new sections of trail at the Ballyhouras are now OPEN!The maps at the trail centre are yet to be updated, but pop in to have a word with Declan and the guys at...
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