Over the winter they have been building new trails behind Kyleakin on Skye. They were using a helicopter for several weeks to transport the materials needed. I think the money came from BP or Shell?
Work stopped in about March so I assumed it was finished and went for a ride - posted a report on the MTB server - went back on Sunday and it’s still only half finished which is a shame as the parts that are finished are great fun the other half is a pain (literally as I keep falling off).
I have tried to post some photos on the MTB server and with help from Alan managed to get one up but can’t post the others.
So I thought I would post them here instead.
I do hope that they finish the project as they must have spent thousands on the track so far and to leave it like it is would be poor. The track consist of 2 loops each of about 3 km – all base work, drainage ditches and bridges are complete and about 2 km is totally finished. The remaining 4 km has large piles of gravel placed every 10 m or so that need raking out on to the base and rolling.
Some quick maths:
400 piles of gravel ½ hour to rake each one out 5 people working 40 hours each i.e. 1 weeks work! There were at least 5 people working on the track for about 4 months over the winter.
Here are the photos anyway.
Finished part
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Unfinished bit
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There is a jump here even if you can't see it.
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Rock
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View from top
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Another bridge
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No riding
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Edited 1 times. Last edit at 18.30hrs Wed 14 May 08 by II.