Oxford Falls (Morgan Road) update for 04 Jan

i've ridden out at oxford falls three times in the last fortnight and have done a few trails out there, all of which are badly overgrown, need pruning back and some just need not riding or a total overhaul.

powerlines / nursery rhymes are both rideable although were really wet toward the bottoms and will be even worse after the last two days. since the fire's gone through someone has re chalked them but not cleared back the fallen branches and overhanging dead stuff - so both trails could really do with a dedicated rider or two walking them and clearing them (if only i had a car, i'd put my hand up to offer - 4 wheels are broken again)

moon rock (if that's what everyone refers to it as?) is also suffering from stuff hanging all over the trail since the burn - could also do with a clearing and the lower berms section needs some debris removing - but it is also all rideable.

now - i don't know what this trail is, or how best to describe it so please bear with me - if you go down (the wrong way) powerlines / nursery rhymes you'll get to a fork (where the two trails join?), take the left (power lines?) and follow to the fireroad at the end. now if you hang a right there are chalk arrows and pink tape sending you off down a very steep trail with some big drops that then just disappears off a cliff - as i found out on christmas day and nearly died doing so. the hike a bike back up this is a bloody nightmare and whoever has chalked and flagged this as a trail needs a word having with them. if you find yourself under a powerline, looking down a rock step down heading toward a cliff, stay away - it's no fun and whoever is building / destroying / misleading riders down there needs some time to sort things out!

Lastly the area off the the right of the main road (main DH track being off to the left, smaller area with big ladder drops etc off to the right) is unrideable - clearly someone is doing some building up there, but all the old drops are in a dodgy shape and the landings are sketchy - the trail is over grown (and inhabited by some HUGE spiders and webs) and in bad shape, but rideable up until the first set of drops, from which point you've got a horrible down climb, or better a turn around and ride back up the trail back to the car.

think that's all - those who know the trails better please amend anything i've got wrong - i'm just going off the route descriptions here, i've had no local show me around so am half guessing at trail names etc

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