Helens Tower jumps!

[snowfun101]

I've just got home from a a few hours in Carin Wood and Helens Tower!

When we got back to the car park at Carin wood, the ranger collared us to chat about some MTB'r clipping a women on the fireroad, blah blah its was all very dull!

However, he told us that all of the jumps over at Helens Tower were going to be demolished in the next week or so!

Don't see how this information is going to help anyone in any way, but I thought I'd let y'all know!

Later

[neily1969]

won't affect me ive no bike !

[papasmurf]

won't affect me ive no bike !

:confused: :confused: I wonder why???

[penguinni]

I cant jump...

[thetrailbuilder]

im going to cry

hopefully its all talk, because i havnt seen forest service in helens tower in 4 years

[Rob]

but your good at falling off :D:p

[thetrailbuilder]

this realy is going to be gutting if true, because theres a line up there we have been digging since last summer and its almost finshed and its HUGE, im off for the summer now and was going to finish them

[big_ben]

aww dude thats so crap i love that place. havent been up for ages. i never saw ne fs up there anytime ive been up.

[keyserni]

I thought HT was part of the Clandeboye estate and therefore private land? Don't suppose you mentioned all the dog crap I run over in cairn wood left by walkers?

[thetrailbuilder]

forest service work with clandeboye to manage the land, but they have kept a low profile recently, and also scotish logging companies have been doing felling there not forest service, so the word of a forest service warden isnt 100% fact to me

[jacks2ts]

From what i've seen and done it won't make much difference.:):) oh yea and plan to do

[G-kenny]

I feel for you james and i hope this isnt true, there is some nice stuff in both places up there, lets just pray they dont know where the "BIG" line is, as its well hidden and cant be found unless you know what your looking for

[keyserni]

Or you follow the trail of litter the kids leave. I think he's just trying to act important.

[G-kenny]

Or you follow the trail of litter the kids leave. I think he's just trying to act important.

i was up last sunday and actually filled my camelback with the little i lifted just on the Forbidden run. they dont even try to hide it, just ump it anywhere

[ninja]

this is bad if true there was little jumps left and nothing was dangerous, hopefully they leave it, was ripping down forbidden during the week and have plans for a tripple pack down forbidden.

[Michael]

Who is the vigilante bird feeder man (camo jacket etc) at Cairn Wood?

He stopped a few of us about a month ago, gave us the usual 'you bikers ruin everything' spiel. I questioned him on his opinion on cleaning up after his mut and other dog walkers that leave their dogs mess all over the trails.

Of course he then spots me the next day in Bangor and stops me for a chat, freaky as I was all kitted up the day before and wouldnt have thought easily recognizeable in my 'plain' clothes!

[aaron-bangor]

think i've seen him, have you seen the bird hide that someone built? Quite an impresive Ray mears style construction!

[benmtbrider]

all this talk about mtber's in cairn wood and up at HT, but they are happy for snotty nosed kids to rip up the ground on the estate on scramblers at unofficial events, like a few weeks ago as spotted by myself, marky and penguinni!!

[snowfun101]

Who is the vigilante bird feeder man (camo jacket etc) at Cairn Wood?

OK, everyone relax! I'd say it was the bird feeder I was talked at by, clearly not a ranger! Your jumps will be safe!

[thetrailbuilder]

who is digging on forb, because simply put, you are a retard

[keyserni]

who is digging on forb, because simply put, you are a retard

What have they done?

[thetrailbuilder]

dug up one of my jumps and used the soil for another

[Girvan]

I say one of kids

[thetrailbuilder]

well serves them right, im going to dig them all bigger during the week, tough luck

[Farry]

yep and ill be joining you. lets teach certyain people a wee lesson

[keyserni]

Which jump was it, that new one near the bottom after the last berm?

[G-kenny]

Which jump was it, that new one near the bottom after the last berm?

Yep they took the landing away from it leaving a giant pit of mud using the dirt to build the one at the very bottom of the track. They also messed up the stepdown at the top but i think james and farry have it all fixed now :) will be up on saturday to check it out :)