We got hit hard by Storm Arwen, heres the tree carnage in the town and in the pine forest, very sad.

[Bobbobby]

 

[The Hodge]

Pretty much the same in Northumberland with " Tens of Thousands " of trees down in my local forest Kielder ( 250 Square mile ) ...now we have storm Barra to look forward to on Tuesday with more strong winds forecast ..and another dollop of the white stuff..

 

[Jackware]

Looks like it's time for a visit with a saw

 

[Bobbobby]

Pretty much the same in Northumberland with " Tens of Thousands " of trees down in my local forest Kielder ( 250 Square mile ) ...now we have storm Barra to look forward to on Tuesday with more strong winds forecast ..and another dollop of the white stuff..

jesus, I didnt realise it was that bad..guess we were lucky

 

[RustyMTB]

Looks like it's time for a visit with a saw

Probably worth hanging on until Thursday.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Pretty much the same in Northumberland with " Tens of Thousands " of trees down in my local forest Kielder ( 250 Square mile ) ...now we have storm Barra to look forward to on Tuesday with more strong winds forecast ..and another dollop of the white stuff..

I've got several down in the garden and we just got a flick of it. Can you keep your storms to yourselves now we have Brexit

jesus, I didnt realise it was that bad..guess we were lucky

I love the road closed sign at the end .. Like anyone can go down there unless they had a dozer or a harvester.

 

[Nicho]

For those thinking of coming to Cumbria soon, Grizedale Forest has been closed until further notice due to lots of fallen trees on the tracks and forest roads, and many more trees ready to fall in the next storm.

 

[Rosemount]

Riding on the beach could shorten the life of your drive train and motor .
The salt and sand are enemies of E Bikes .
I live near the ocean , but wouldn`t contemplate riding on the beach .

 

[Bobbobby]

I've got several down in the garden and we just got a flick of it. Can you keep your storms to yourselves now we have Brexit


I love the road closed sign at the end .. Like anyone can go down there unless they had a dozer or a harvester.

oh they love a good sign in England

Riding on the beach could shorten the life of your drive train and motor .
The salt and sand are enemies of E Bikes .
I live near the ocean , but wouldn`t contemplate riding on the beach .

Ha...I live on the beach and dunes, dry lubricant and use a bike for what is designed for, its a fatbike.

 

[Tubby G]

This is a local trail in some woods in North Yorkshire. The trail is Pirate Radio, it’s very popular

The tree was cut up and removed by mtb’ers within hours of it being discovered fallen on the Sunday, the day after the end of the storm

Sadly there are hundreds of trees all over the trails and thousands more uprooted & fallen everywhere

 

[RustyMTB]

This is a full pelt downhill trail near us, The green mile. Or a bitch of a climb, depending on your orientation. We had hardly any of the storm & it still put a fair few trees on their uppers.

 

[Mabman]

Riding on the beach could shorten the life of your drive train and motor .
The salt and sand are enemies of E Bikes .
I live near the ocean , but wouldn`t contemplate riding on the beach .

I've been riding on sand with eBikes for years with no detrimental effects with a bit of care, and I could say a good bit less than most on here, it is fine. I do however not ride through the salt water. And I don't even have a fat bike!

Blasting around in those dunes looks, well, like a blast! We have similar here.

That windstorm wreaked havoc for sure. In an area north of me now I came upon similar, and in fact worse, damage but it was from the Park Service deciding that it needed to cut down a bunch of trees for I guess a "fire break" in an area where there were no homes......in the process they wiped out a good section of the trail that went through that part of the park.

 

[billwarwick]

Pretty much the same in Northumberland with " Tens of Thousands " of trees down in my local forest Kielder ( 250 Square mile ) ...now we have storm Barra to look forward to on Tuesday with more strong winds forecast ..and another dollop of the white stuff..

What happens now, Hodge? Do the FC start slowly clearing the trails of fallen trees, bearing in mind that they have a lot of other work to do? Or do the local trail builders lend a hand. Sounds like a massive job whoever does it. Have you been to have a look?

 

[The Hodge]

Hi Bill..
I would be lying if I said I knew ...
Best guess is that it will be all down to the F.C and contractors...who are pretty shit hot on health & safety and would probably deem it to be too hazardous for volunteers to lend a hand .
I think it fair to assume that the forest roads will be cleared first so that operations ( harvesting ) can continue and that fallen trees will be dealt with as they move to new harvesting sites..walking & mtb trails will be last ..whether or not they will involve trail building volunteers onto these sites ..your guess is as good as mine ..?
I havent been for a look-see..my riding at the weekend was all moorland ..the quote with regard to "Tens of Thousands of trees down" was from a forestry manager on our local TV news ..

 

[Bobbobby]

presumably they are timber cultivation forests, those trees have very shallow roots and can be knocked over easily.
a few men and a rope can pull one down.
Our pine forest was planted mainly by the victorians to protect the coast.
A lot of it is 200 years old and in my memory of 50 years this is the worst single felling.

 

[The Hodge]

presumably they are timber cultivation forests, those trees have very shallow roots and can be knocked over easily.

Yeah that's correct ..

 

[Tubby G]

Yeah that's correct ..

When did you become Mystic Meg ? Presume that’s because of your deer incident

 

[Zimmerframe]

When did you become Mystic Meg ? Presume that’s because of your deer incident

But did he say about the deer incident because he already knew he'd become Mystic Meg if he did ? Has he maybe already answered your question in another thread knowing you'd ask it ?

What bike is in the box ?

Some one i know orderd a bike and it turned up in this box any guesses what bike is in the box ?

www.emtbforums.com

 

[The Hodge]

Yep..tea leaf readings a speciality ..

 

[billwarwick]

Yep..tea leaf readings a speciality ..

And the clairvoyants annual general meeting got postponed because of unforeseen circumstances…boom boom!

 

[Kevlasultanpus]

Lots of pine forest trails here in canberra. Dangerous to ride in windy conditions after heavy rains as those pine tree puppies not havr much of a root system .