Here's the stone dust arriving ...

The stone dust arrived on schedule and is now ready for the final stage.






More news shortly ....

Week 3 ....

Hi everyone!

Here we are in week 3!!!

Just look at the progress so far: -








The track is almost complete. As you can see from the pictures, the Berms are now in place, and the track has been roughly formed. All the dirt has been used and we just about had enough of the soil.

The jumps have all been formed into blocks and Steve Jenks will be starting the shaping of the track this week, all being well with the weather. Once the track has been shaped, the track will then be rolled with a heavy roller to make the track nice and flat.

This morning we have 20 tons of stone dust coming, which has been provided by Peter Barkwill of Moonshill Quarry, Stoke St Michael and I would like to say a BIG thank you to Peter for supporting our project. The stone dust will be the finishing touch and it will be spread over the track and then compacted to a good smooth finish.

So, by next week, we hope the track will be complete and ready for the half term break.

The Badger Fence is up!

We are really pleased to announce that the BMX track is well and truly on the way and Adrian Coward (the Badger man) came on Tuesday morning to supervise the construction of the fence.



Everything went well, and the fence is now up and looks great. We will plant a hawthorn or blackthorn hedge next as this was all part of an agreement we had to having a BMX track.




As you can see from the pics, the track is coming on really well.
At the moment we have two of Steve Jenks men working on the track. They are currently compacting the soil to make a good firm surface for the track and gradually building it up to the right levels ready to start the jumps. They have already made a large start hill that will be compacted to a good height.




We have been really lucky with the weather and so far had only one half day of bad rain. So, so far so good!!!!

There is a really good atmosphere at the skate park and all the community are positive. With the Skate park now looking so good everyone is excited about all the new and improving facilities.

Thanks to Adrian for assisting us with this project. Protecting the wildlife is paramount and thankfully with the correct advice this project was able to proceed.

A big THANK YOU to Will Dunscombe for literally living on site helping to manage the process and taking all the photos

More photos to come as the track develops ....

Building the Track has begun ...

What an exciting day. Steve Jenks was on site today starting to build our new dirt track. Thanks to Will here is a photo of the first cut of the turf.



Its all really happening and there's lots going on. The Badger conservation man coming tomorrow (Tues) to supervise the new fence going up to protect the Badgers from the new track siting. There has also been lots of interest from locals. The local young people are getting very excited as its on its way.

Watch this space for updates ....