Challenge 2025
The 2025 edition of the Cyril Bean Annual Challenge is fully subscribed but we do have a wait list you can join by going to the How to Enter page.
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The 2025 edition of the Cyril Bean Annual Challenge is fully subscribed but we do have a wait list you can join by going to the How to Enter page.
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Due to weeks of heavy rain leading up the the date the course was waterlogged in many places and extremely boggy and with stretches of deep mud on the narrow paths. … Read more
The 2024 edition of the Cyril Bean Annual Challenge will take place on 7 April 2024.
Entries opened on 1 November 2023 and are now sold out. We have a wait list which you can join.… Read more
The task for today’s four-strong work party was to clear the ACW enclosed path that runs round Birchley Hayes wood.… Read more
A footbridge on Walk 7 of our 21 Circular Walks, situated between Bubbenhall Wood and Weston Lane, has a rotten centre plank in need of replacement.… Read more
We have revised the route descriptions for all 21 Circular Walks to take into account footpath diversions due to HS2 and various housing developments.… Read more
Following reports that part of the route of one of our 21 Circular Walks was seriously overgrown and that a footbridge was in quite poor condition we set out to assess the work needed.… Read more
Responding to a request from a regular footpath user our work party took a look at a stile near Breach Oak Lane.… Read more
We used the “The Big Help Out” bank holiday to carry out some stile repairs near Birchley Hayes wood.… Read more
It was tough going in places, participants arriving at the finish carrying plenty of mud but also with smiles on their faces having achieved what they set out to do. … Read more