{"id":2196,"date":"2016-09-17T20:09:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T19:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2016-09-17T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T19:14:10","slug":"view-of-the-cloud-quarry-from-the-cloud-trail-now-visible-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/09\/view-of-the-cloud-quarry-from-the-cloud-trail-now-visible-again\/","title":{"rendered":"View of the Cloud Quarry from the Cloud Trail now visible again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2197\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/09\/view-of-the-cloud-quarry-from-the-cloud-trail-now-visible-again\/2016-08-21-14-50-27_small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2197\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-21-14.50.27_small-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Before the work - no view\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-21-14.50.27_small-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-21-14.50.27_small-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-21-14.50.27_small-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the work &#8211; no view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cyclists who have visited the Cloud Trail (near Breedon on the Hill) over the last few years are always impressed at the view of the quarry and how small the workers and their massive earth moving machines seem. However, recently the growth of the foliage behind the protective fence (i.e. on the edge of the quarry) has got out of hand and the view had totally disappeared.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/09\/view-of-the-cloud-quarry-from-the-cloud-trail-now-visible-again\/2016-09-17-14-47-45_small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2198\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2198\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-17-14.47.45_small-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"View restored\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-17-14.47.45_small-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-17-14.47.45_small-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-17-14.47.45_small-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View restored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After we got in touch with the Breedon Quarry Group, their Operations Manager (Carl Ashurst) has been instrumental in getting the foliage cut back (a major job when at the edge of the massive cliff) and the excellent view has been reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>It is now, once again, worth the trip to the Cloud Trail (incidentally, a completely traffic route of about 15 miles from Derby).<\/p>\n<p>Our thanks for the Breedon Quarry Group and, in particular, Carl for their very helpful and &#8220;can-do&#8221; attitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Cyclists who have visited the Cloud Trail (near Breedon on the Hill) over the last few years are always impressed at the view of the quarry and how small the workers and their massive earth moving machines seem. However, recently the growth of the foliage behind the protective fence (i.e. on the edge of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/09\/view-of-the-cloud-quarry-from-the-cloud-trail-now-visible-again\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">View of the Cloud Quarry from the Cloud Trail now visible again<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}