tft – James Mackeddie

Pocket Plogging

Many of us don’t like to run with packs unless they’re necessary for storing kit & when we do, we want things as minimal/stripped back as possible After all, who wants a run with a fridge on their back? Plogging, litterpicking, picking up stuff – where do you store your finds? – bumbag, hand bag…

Rider, Runners & Roamers Wanted

Want to join a community in 2022 doing all we can to embrace, enjoy & take care of our trails & wild spaces? Collating data while taking responsibility for the places we love? I’m not one for New Years resolutions. To me, the turn of the year isn’t a blank slate, it’s a continuation of…

Trash Free Trails & Me on BBC Countryfile

By: jamesmackeddie April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

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28th March was my birthday I may look like a weathered seaman, but this year (2021) I turned 31, 10 years working at Madison, 6 years of this website and 4 at Trash Free Trails. Milestones and numbers. My 31st was an oddity, watching myself on national television, representing Trash Free Trails. It was an…

My 2020 Christmas Day

Purposeful Adventure With restrictions, evolving and confusing guidance, new laws, social pressure and a host of other variables that float in the subconscious, a construct of our current society, much of this our own interpretations and standards we set ourselves. We have all felt the strain of late, promises and hopes continually dashed, frustrations born…

Autumn Litter Watch – Trash Free Trails gets spooky

Twas the night before….. wrong month I’ve never been one for halloween; fancy dress, bad tricks, egged houses and a constant knock at the door. I’m sure right now you’re thinking I sound like 78 rather than 30, but hey, I like calm. However, this halloween When knocking on strangers doors and plunging hands into…

Bosch eBike Systems supports Trash Free Trails to deliver groundbreaking ‘State of Our Trails’ Baseline Study

By: jamesmackeddie July 16, 2020

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Any Trash Free Trails news is always of interest to me being an A-Team member, and its great to be able to finally announce the launch of the State of Our Trails Baseline Study. We’re thinking big, we’re looking into the future, but more over, we’re looking at capturing the impact, we, as active trail…

TRASH FREE TRAILS – THE 2020 SPRING TRAIL CLEAN TOUR IS HERE

By: jamesmackeddie March 3, 2020March 2, 2020

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‘RUBBISH’ RIDERS, RUNNERS & ROAMERS REQUIRED! You may remember in April 2019 I attended the final two dates of the inaugural Spring Trail Clean Tour at Dalby and Grizedale trail centres….. well, the tour is back and its grown huge! Trash Free Trails (TFT) team-up with Trek Bicycles and 1000s of riders, runners and roamers…

Trash Free Trails – Dably & Grizedale Spring Trail Clean Tour Stops

By: jamesmackeddie April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

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Where do I begin? I was fortunate to be invited to be one of Trash Free Trails Ambassadors last year, or this year, to be honest, time is moving so fast currently, my memory of exactly when certain actions have been taken isn’t the best. Either way, I was made part of the A Team,…