Hi there. I hope I am contacting the right people. Myself and a couple of others run a youth mountain bike club based at Glossop fire station. The age range of members is 13-18 years. We regularly ride in the Hayfield, Edale and Hope Valley areas and are always looking for new members. Our current group are of a good standard and we ride all trails and hills with rides lasting around 3 to 4 hours. I just wondered if this site could mention the club at all. Our email address is glossopymbc@googlemail.com
We also have more info on the sports section on High Peak Borough Council website (we are on the list of clubs). Excellent website, keep up the good work. Cheers, Chris Collins

The rubbish down at the pump track is a problem that has been around since we first went down there. The main problem is the amount of rubbish that has been dumped and subsequently covered over by dirt. There are all sorts of things around there. I found an old bed once! The other half of the problem is rubbish that is dropped by people who either are walking across the area or who just “hang around” down there. With most of it coming from the local shop. And as Jeff said the riders are not often the ones responsible. But Matt you are right even if we are not responsible we still need to keep the place tidy otherwise it will get the place flattened. So we all need to take responsibility to try and stop people dropping litter in the first place. And to keep on top of any litter that is dropped. I have been down there many times when people have collected a load of rubbish together, which is a good start but we need to pick it up and take it home with us/or put it in a public bin. Anyway end of my little rant.

Matt to answer your question there are loads of routes within the hope valley suitable for beginners. Do you have a particular area in mind?

hi Wat is a Gd place for beginners ?

Yeah we keep mentioning to everyone, and ‘the kids’ know. Personally I don’t think most of it comes from people who ride the pump track, more likely people walking through and youvs from the street messing about there. For example, there was torn up cushion there the other day, I don’t know many riders who carry cushions.

So yeah so if anyone sees anyone dropping litter have a word.
We usually clear it up every so often, but it doesn’t take long to reappear.
Thanks for your concern,
Jeff

can someone put sumfing up about litter at the pump track the coucil will trash it if they see wat mess it is in

matt