Club and Trail News

Just had some good news. Some of us regulars have applied to be official “Forest Volunteers” with FE which is something we’ve been working with FE on for a few…

Finally some good news on the trail building front. Forestry England have issued us with the permit required to re-start limited maintenance work on the trail after a break of…

All the dangerous trees following the storm have now been cleared and the trail is open.

TRAIL CLOSED…….Several trees blocking the VT with some dangerous ones leaning over the trail following the storm.

The Viking Trail diversion should be removed by this coming weekend. Please be aware that the forwarder is still working in other parts of the forest (currently over the road…

A new trail diversion has been put in place by FE for the harvesting. From the map it looks like one we’ve used before that goes past the burnt-out Vauxhall…

The Viking Trail harvesting diversion has now been removed.

Meeting will be held via Zoom and is only open to members. Details are on the forum in the “Lounge” section.

There should be some proper barriers being installed across the trail soon as well as the signage so please do not move them out of the way as it could…

 

    Harvesting works will commence shortly within the yellow area shown. Tunstall, Sandlings Forest – Forestry England . Timber extraction will be through Sandgalls car park – during this…

TROG are delighted to confirm that we have a new affiliate, Pedalz, where members can benefit from a 10% discount on stock and 30% labour discount. Just show your online…

Just collected a new batch of “theft deterrent plates” from Harleston Engineering to go with the recently purchased replacement marker posts. We just need approval from FE to start work…

The VT and parking are open for use so you can now drive to the forest in order to ride. Currently Rendlesham car parks remain closed.

Viking Trail users: Despite several subtle hints being posted about using The Viking Trail during wet weather conditions there does seem to be several riders who have either missed or…

We’ve added 3 berms to the end of what is known as The 39 Steps. Previously this was a straight run of rollers but the new berms at the end…

If any of you see an obviously unauthorised 4×4 in the forest can you please call the police immediately and also inform Forestry England on 07769 643059. There have been…

We collected 77 new way-marker posts from Ipswich docks this morning as several of the old ones require replacing due to rot. This is one of our biggest expenditures for…