7th August - Midweek Maintenance

I popped up this afternoon to sort a few niggles out.

• A few more wheelbarrows of stuff on the berm on the black course to repair the damage done by people climbing over it.

• The takeoff at the tiered sleeper jump (Red) is now raked of gravel.

• The area between the causeway and the 180 degree berm (Red) is now raked of gravel.

I've left other places as the looseness is part of the feel of the course, those areas were only raked as they'd reached a point where it was like riding with the brakes on.

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I also had a look at the new cheeky line someone's dug that drops away from the left hand side of the red course near the start.

I like the concept, the line looks great, a really nice use of the terrain. However, the quality of the building? Well, it's non-existent. There's some work gone into clearing the bracken, sure, but when it's come to building the trail features like jumps and berms, the builder clearly couldn't be bothered. Rotten logs, twigs and loamy topsoil brushed up against them does not make a berm. It makes nothing. You might as well have a flat corner. The same technique is equally crap when it comes to building jumps. and landings.

Come on guys, every dirtjumper in the country knows that you've got to put effort into the trail to get the most out of it, why do you think that it doesn't matter on a downhill course?

Sort it out. If you're going to jeopardise Cannock's DH courses by building your own stuff on the official side without a word to the trailbuilders, at least have the courtesy to make a trail that's not so poorly built it could get us kicked off the hill.