Queen Elizabeth Country Park re-launch

The Queen Elizabeth Country Park Collective would like to invite you to the launch of the new red (yet to be named) mountain bike trail at Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield in Hampshire on Saturday 19th May 2012. By that time the Collective would have added nearly 2km of extra trail to the existing orange trail, as well as tidying up and improving bits of the old trail. By then the Collective will have been working on the trail for one year, with thousands of hours of planning and digging done by volunteers with the assistance of one of the Park's Rangers. The budget for all the work is £0 and at the moment we are still within the budget! This is not the end of the work. There are still many years of digging ahead but we would like to invite you to celebrate with us the remarkable achievement made by a remarkable group of volunteers that are focused on building mountain bike trails that everyone can use. At 12 noon on 19th May at the park visitor centre there will be a presentation made by members of the collective where the trail will become officially "open". You are then invited on a tour round the trail and are welcome to join The Collective at "QE-Palooza". A beer and pork fuelled party to celebrate the work that has been done. Please let us know if you will be able to attend the launch and how many will be coming so we can reserve seats for the presentation and know how much porcine loveliness to prepare. That weekend Hargroves Cycles have organised a cycle festival at QE park, which will include a kids race, enduro race, live music and a demo day on 20th May. We have scheduled our launch so as not to clash with the activities Hargroves are putting on. There will also be camping facilities available should you wish to stay overnight. Queen Elizabeth Country Park is situated on the A3, 45 minutes south of the M25 www3.hants.gov.uk/countryside/qecp/map-qecp.htm. If you would like any more information on the launch then please contact [email protected] or check out the QECP mountain bike trail build facebook page www.facebook.com/qecptrailbuilding. Many thanks, The QECP Collective Viva la trail revolution!