Video: Riding Hidden Treasures at Graythwaite
I have been trying to film Nigel for about two years, but weather, work and broken down cars have seemed to always get in the way. I first filmed Nigel when Gisburn Forest first opened its trail centre 8 years ago so it was good to catch up and film on some natural trails which he had helped build.
He is a Lake District mtb coach, guide, occasional racer and sometime trail builder. The tracks he is riding in this video were built for the PMBA Enduro with the help of Nick Holt and group of other riders/builders, they are on private land and we had permission granted to ride and film here, luckily after a couple of months of sun so the trails were running fast. Rather than have one long film, we decided to cut two separate films of a couple of tracks he helped build.
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13 Comments
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freddiethomson
FL (Aug 3, 2018 at 2:45)
Well this definitely ain't at Gisburn Forest more like Graythwaite
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whitenosugar
(Aug 3, 2018 at 2:58)
Yup not Gisburn, not sure why it has that in the title. Lot of fun filming on these tracks in the dry
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thenotoriousmic
(Aug 3, 2018 at 4:35)
nope it’s definitely gisburn there’s nothing to be found at graythwaite.
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DannyOC
(Aug 3, 2018 at 7:47)
@thenotoriousmic: what he said ^^
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nrpuk
(Aug 3, 2018 at 11:07)
Bit of a tease filming on trails without access. Perhaps PMBA might consider trying to arrange a "non racing" open day for people who'd like to ride the trails, but don't want to race an Enduro?
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whitenosugar
(Aug 4, 2018 at 0:29)
Good point. We filmed there as Nige has access to run coaching/guiding on these trails so you could always get in touch with him to show you around.
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fattyheadshok
(Aug 3, 2018 at 4:40)
Looks like a really fun track. Love the Orange too. I’m such a fan of those bikes.
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broadyvrs
FL (Aug 3, 2018 at 3:35)
FAKE NEWS!!!!!
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dominic54
(Aug 3, 2018 at 5:08)
Lovely riding, and great tracks. @whitenosugar - are these accessible to the rest of us? They look fantastic!
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whitenosugar
(Aug 3, 2018 at 5:52)
Nigel has permission for guiding/coaching on them, but they are off limits really.
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pmbaenduro
(Aug 3, 2018 at 5:29)
PMBA Enduro's private tracks at Graythwaite - although we have built trails at Gisburn too!
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DannyOC
(Aug 3, 2018 at 7:46)
It's Gisburn.... definitely Gisburn 
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cunning-linguist
(Aug 3, 2018 at 2:22)
That track looks awesome!
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