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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-18076531
[i]They include a new visitor complex at Kirroughtree, a totally modernised visitor centre at Clatteringshaws and an upgraded centre at Glentrool.[/i]
All good!
£4.5M?
Wonder how much they'll blow through the budget this time 😉
Arrrgh spend £0.5m on visitor centres and £4m on trails - THAT will boost visitor numbers.
There's more to life than mountain biking.
>There's more to life than mountain biking.<
Indeed there is.
However, I often think the same about visitor centres. Is it just the same demographic of itinerant cake hunter that wanders from one of these places to the next thus justifying the huge sums of money the FC and other Govt bodies somehow see it as their public duty to provide?
In my own area the Cooncil are (or were) embarked on a grand scheme to build a rather large VC in a rather modest Country Park. Right next door to a town almost overflowing with facilities... They also have extensive facilities on site already but the paths and bike trails are crumbling to bits and that's where most of the locals would, in my view, prefer to see the money spent. I get all the stuff about >visitors / wider cross section of users I just think they are losing focus on what Parks and Forests should be all about.
druidh - MemberThere's more to life than mountain biking.
😯 Go wash your mouth out young man!
Whats wrong with the current centre at Kirroughtree?
I would think it would be good though to spend a bit of money removing the land rover black climb from the red route to McMoab.
New centres are good but the trails all need maintainance and more money, both the biking and walking trails.
Would be nice to see £200k spent at Ae on upgrades to the Red and Blue routes.
Mabie blue and green could do with more gentle singletrack rather than the relentless fire roads.