New DH tracks at Blaenau

[Dave]

Antur Stiniog Cyf have made a planning application (09M/0146/03/LL) to Gwynedd County Council for four downhill mountain bike trails and an uplift road at Llechwdd Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog. Looks like five new trails are going in.

The plans involve the creation of of around 7 km of mountain bike trails on the Cribau and Ffridd y Bwlch area above the quarry. The area includes a number of trial levels and their associated tips (one of which will be directly affected by the uplift road) and the diversion works for the Afon Barlwyd. The supporting documentation includes an assessment of the archaeological impact of the scheme.

www.gwynedd.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=C09M/0146/03/LL&theTabNo=1&backURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=159616%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%20%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%27wphappsearchres.displayResultsURL?ResultID=547228%26StartIndex=1%26SortOrder=APNID:asc%26DispResultsAs=WPHAPPSEARCHRES%26BackURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=159616%3ESearch%20Cri%20teria%3C/a%3E%27%3ESearch%20Results%3C/a%3E

Click on the media items tab for maps etc.

[mikeb46]

Sound interesting, about time north wales had some real uplift stuff.

[thistle]

Dave, that link didn't work for me somehow and when I searched for the planning number it didn't find anything!

I've found the application from December though which has been approved - preview.tinyurl.com/2duge4y

There are 5 trails shown on the maps and the application form says there will be 5, but for some reason the Gwynedd website says there are only for 4 of them (and a 4x area)

.....and the website says the application was made in December but the some of the signatures on the form are from January 2010

Hopefully the tracks will miss any of the archaeology around there. More bike stuff is good but it shouldn't obliterate something else.

[Dave]

Just tried the link Thistle. I just clicked on the blue bit rather than pasting the whole address into a browser. This took me to the Gwynedd Council site and I then went on the media items tab for maps etc.

I saw 5 tracks + a four cross track.

[Craigy Boy]

May 14, 2010 12:48:44 GMT thistle said:

Dave, that link didn't work for me somehow and when I searched for the planning number it didn't find anything!

I've found the application from December though which has been approved - preview.tinyurl.com/2duge4y

There are 5 trails shown on the maps and the application form says there will be 5, but for some reason the Gwynedd website says there are only for 4 of them (and a 4x area)

.....and the website says the application was made in December but the some of the signatures on the form are from January 2010

Hopefully the tracks will miss any of the archaeology around there. More bike stuff is good but it shouldn't obliterate something else.

it didn't work, because when you copyed the link, you didn't allow for the hyperlink being shortened by the forum so you have to copy and paste the hyperlink and the non hyper linked bit serperatly

www.gwynedd.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=C09M/0146/03/LL&theTabNo=1&backURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=159616%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%20%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%27wphappsearchres.displayResultsURL?ResultID=547228%26StartIndex=1%26SortOrder=APNID:asc%26DispResultsAs=WPHAPPSEARCHRES%26BackURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=159616%3ESearch%20Cri%20teria%3C/a%3E%27%3ESearch%20Results%3C/a%3E

[rallybiker]

Anybody heard any news about this lately?

[dyls]

They will be built in the spring of next year - (unless Cameron decides he wants his money back later this month!!) Seriously though not sure how it's funded, and if it was European Grant money how safe that is from the ConDems.

Hope it all goes ahead though, it'll be good for Blaenau and handy for me.

[priceyla]

As I understood this scheme the funding was allocated centrally from Europe, objective one or something?? so should be safe from the cuts.

[rallybiker]

Right then! News! I've emailed Antur 'Stiniog, to see what the situation is, and it's all kicking off in November!! ;D
They've also sent me a YouTube link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LlthJZr0Q

[aled]

Dear Santa.

Ive been a very good boy this year and done a lot of Biking, but now i need a Bouncy Bouncy Bike....

Please can i have one....To use at Blaenau....

[rallybiker]

Oct 11, 2010 20:17:01 GMT aled said:

Dear Santa.

Ive been a very good boy this year and done a lot of Biking, but now i need a Bouncy Bouncy Bike....

Please can i have one....To use at Blaenau....

Dear Santa, I too have been a good boy. I now need an amount of money to buy a house to do up like the one in Inners, so as I can cash in!

[aled]

Oct 11, 2010 20:23:04 GMT rallybiker said:

Oct 11, 2010 20:17:01 GMT aled said:

Dear Santa.

Ive been a very good boy this year and done a lot of Biking, but now i need a Bouncy Bouncy Bike....

Please can i have one....To use at Blaenau....

Dear Santa, I too have been a good boy. I now need an amount of money to buy a house to do up like the one in Inners, so as I can cash in!

I like your thinking oh wise Aled.......££$$$£££ ;D

[ady]

Hi all, thought you would like to know a company a mate of mine works for is doing some work on new downhill runs for Antur ‘Stiniog in Blaenau.

Link to a vid www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzangrBXMlI

[ady]

Further to my last post my mate had a meeting with Phil Saxena who is designing the new downhill course, he is well impressed by the site and reckons it will be a world class course possibly Olympic standard should be ready by Oct 2011.

[robcorney]

Nov 29, 2010 23:07:21 GMT ady said:

Further to my last post my mate had a meeting with Phil Saxena who is designing the new downhill course, he is well impressed by the site and reckons it will be a world class course possibly Olympic standard should be ready by Oct 2011.

Shame Downhill isn't an olympic sport yet eh