At the moment Taalmonument indulges a few of us maintaining the existing network of trails which includes managing the fynbos and doing minor repairs. A few guys also build a bit, but I stay clear since I'm no builder. We're mostly now just looking from some rake and ride options - there are two that are ridiculously fun and come winter will be open hopefully. Bottom line is, you can't just go on the trails and build, and it's something we police amongst ourselves, but on the other hand, some general maintenance assistance is always welcome. Taalmonument pays for maintenance every now and again, but there are some plans afoot that would change the whole dynamic of the place. In my opinion, for the better, but some may not take it that well. With regard to the clay quarry aka Playgrounds, it's a bit of a free for all. Still Taalmonument managed land, so official line is stay away, but people build what they want when they want, but 90% of the time the lines have been a joke and just get left unridden once these heroes realise they're not Kyle Strait and they're balls are 7 sizes too small for what they just built. Or sometimes it's just too dangerous to ride. So basically, it would be awesome if a shuttle group could take their first runs and dedicate it to just sussing out the trails for branches and growth and just clean it a bit as they go. It took me and a mate 90 minutes Friday arvo to open that bridge line which was starting to look ragged with branches everywhere. Would take a shuttle group of twenty one run. Stoked everyone is enjoying the trails though. Let's hope for some rain.
