Lee Quarry can be hard to find for some. Google (or key in to your SatNav) the following:- Kingfisher Centre Futures Park, Bacup, OL13 0BB (click for maplink).
The quarry will be AA signposted from all motorways and main roads.
It is free to park. There will be two secure car parks in operation. One for people staying for the duration of the weekend, the other for people who aren’t (spectators, non-campers, marshalls etc).
It is free to spectate.
It is free to camp. Bring a hammer to whack your tent pegs in with! And some spare pegs might be a good idea 😉
There is catering.
There are toilets.
It will be sunny.
On Sunday there is a round of the National Trials Championship happening at Lee Quarry too (10am – 3pm).
We’re still on the lookout for marshals for the event (the more the merrier). If you’d like to volunteer, please email Mark at his singletrackworld.com address (or preferably call the ST Office on 01706 813344) and let us know when you’re free.
Marshals are particularly needed on Saturday 10am-5pm and for the XC on Sunday (around 11am-3pm depending on the size of the race, more below). We’ll need you at a marshal briefing at 9.30am on Saturday and 10am on Sunday. You’ll get to borrow a snazzy yellow vest and we’ll keep you well-fed.
The Singletrack Classic Weekender Timetable
Friday July 3rd
6pm : Car park open, campsite open.
6pm – 9pm : Racer sign on.
Saturday July 4th
8am – 10am : Racer sign on.
8am – 11am : Open practice on the race courses.
9am – 11am : Optional Self-Seeding for the DH. If you don’t give us your best guess at how long you’ll take down the DH course you’ll start at the back of the queue. It benefits everyone if we know your best guess times.
1pm – 3pm : DH & Trials Race Session 1.
4pm – 6pm : DH & Trails Race Session 2.
7pm onwards : “Entertainment”.
Sunday July 5th
8am : Open practice on the XC race course.
11am : XC Race.
2pm : Prize Giving.
Sid we won’t be allowing cars on to the campsite as it is a rocky old quarry with big drops etc and it breaks cars. But give me a call on my mobile when you arrive and I will pop down in a van to give you a lift up the hill with your gear.
Same goes for anyone else turning up Friday night.
Tony 07887830881
any more info on the catering? wondering how much food to lug up the hill
My pregnant wife is coming to watch on Sunday if the weather is good – would there be a lift up the hill for her?!
Catering is being provided by Steely not used them before but the owner is a keen mountain biker and says he knows what we will be after. They will be on site from Friday pm onwards.
DBW Should be able to offer a lift but it will depend on how busy I am at the time give me a call on my mobile and I’ll help if I’m able. Don’t do deliveries though.
Take it Steelys will be doing brekkie too? Saves me bringing the stove!
Cheers Tony – I might try and catch up with you Saturday sometime, otherwise she can walk up. Its not too far from the road!
“Its not too far from the road!”
My wife’s preggers and if I asked her to walk up that she’d slap me, not even bothered asking her to come.
She just wants to see me stood on top of the podium…
Notice the No cars on campsite post above – what about a VW Camper?
May have to rework logistics if can’t get Shirley in there.
Anything smaller than (or same size as) a Transit will be fine in the car park. Full-on Motorhomes are a no-no.
Whats the dress code for the DH element of the event? Is it advisable to wear full face helmets and body armour?
Wear what you’d normally wear for a technical-ish kinda ride. You can always bring full-facer/armour and have a look at the DH course before deciding either way.
The DH is kinda like a descent you’d do on a normal day ride somewhere rocky. It’s not that steep, or rocky. But if you came off it would hurt ‘cos there’s nowhere to land that isn’t rock really! 🙂
foolish it is on a setion of the xc course rather than a full on downhill, no silly drops etc but it is very rocky and it has potential to hurt if you come off at speed. All depends how hard you are going to try on that section. Over the past few weeks I have seen quite a few people come off on this section especially on the jumps towards the bottom.
Anyone know if there will be showers?
Only from the skies.
There is a good chance of falling off one of the logs in to a pond though!
Tried that, didn’t seem to improve my hygiene any last time!