Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association

MBBA FAULKLAND FUN RIDE

8.8 miles and 12 mile routes

Sunday 7th September

From 9.30am last rider depart from start point at 11.30am

Catering. Photographer. Rosettes!


Pre-booking essential. No entries on the day.

Parking will be in a stubble field near Hassage, Faulkland BA3 5XG by kind permission of the Francis Family. W3W Location: ///fingernails.acids.intricate

Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association

Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association

Photograph  kindly supplied by  BHS

What we do

Photograph  kindly supplied by  BHS

What we do

MBBA is one of the most proactive Bridleway Associations in the UK, dedicated to creating and maintaining safe routes for riders, walkers and cyclists alike. 


We are affiliated to the British Horse Society and an entirely voluntary association.  As a voluntary association, all money raised through Membership Subscriptions, events and fundraising goes to improving and creating riding routes in Mendip. It is time for all riders to take on the responsibility of ensuring the future of off road riding. The MBBA has has funded over £75,000 worth of improvements to routes across Mendip in the last 8 years.


Your support as a member is essential to the future of the MBBA and enables our work to continue. Please join today – it is just £15.00 per annum and gives big benefits to members. 


All the money from our subscriptions and fundraising goes to directly improving bridleways across Mendip


If you would like to join the Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association, please proceed to our Membership page and complete the online form.

MBBA is one of the most proactive Bridleway Associations in the UK, dedicated to creating and maintaining safe routes for riders, walkers and cyclists alike. 


We are affiliated to the British Horse Society and an entirely voluntary association.  As we are an entirely voluntary association, all the money from subscriptions and fundraising goes to improve our riding routes in Mendip and create new ones. It is time for all riders to take on the responsibility of ensuring the future of off road riding. You know what significant improvements MBBA has achieved in the last few years in fact over the past 8 years we have funded over £75,000 worth of improvements to routes across Mendip.


Your support as a member is the cornerstone of our Association and enables our work to continue. Please join today – it is just £15.00 per annum and gives big benefits to members. 


All the money from our subscriptions and fundraising goes to directly improving bridleways in Mendip


If you would like to join the Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association, please proceed to our Membership page, where more details and a membership form are available.

What drives us

Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association's principal purpose is to :

What drives us

Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association's principal

purpose is to :

01.


maintain the number of safe, 

off-road routes 

available to horse-riders, 

carriage-drivers and cyclists 

across Mendip

Monkley Lane, Falkland
Monkley Lane, Falkland








02.


protect  and preserve the 

character and status of Mendip’s 

green ways for the safe use and 

enjoyment of the widest number 

of supported users.


Stockhill Woods
Stockhill Woods

03.


promote the existence of the tracks, 

droves and other hidden paths 

and to seek to develop them into 

linking,  circular routes 

for horse-riders, cyclists and 

carriage-drivers.

Tennantsfield Bridleway
Tennantsfield Bridleway

04.


support horse-riding, cycling and 

carriage-driving as safe and 

healthy leisure activities forall ages and backgrounds.


Limekiln Lane
Limekiln Lane

01.


maintain the number of safe, 

off-road routes 

available to horse-riders, 

carriage-drivers and cyclists 

across Mendip

Monkley Lane, Falkland
Monkley Lane, Falkland








03.


promote the existence of the tracks, 

droves and other hidden paths 

and to seek to develop them into 

linking,  circular routes 

for horse-riders, cyclists and 

carriage-drivers.

Tennantsfield Bridleway
Tennantsfield Bridleway

02.


protect  and preserve the 

character and status of Mendip’s 

green ways for the safe use and 

enjoyment of the widest number 

of vulnerable road users.



04.


support horse-riding, cycling and 

carriage-driving as safe and 

healthy leisure activities forall ages and backgrounds.


Limekiln Lane
Limekiln Lane

01.


maintain the number of safe, 

off-road routes 

available to horse-riders, 

carriage-drivers and cyclists 

across Mendip

Monkley Lane, Falkland
Monkley Lane, Falkland








03.


promote the existence of the tracks, 

droves and other hidden paths 

and to seek to develop them into 

linking,  circular routes 

for horse-riders, cyclists and 

carriage-drivers.

Tennantsfield Bridleway
Tennantsfield Bridleway

02.


protect  and preserve the 

character and status of Mendip’s 

green ways for the safe use and 

enjoyment of the widest number 

of vulnerable road users.



04.


support horse-riding, cycling and 

carriage-driving as safe and 

healthy leisure activities forall ages and backgrounds.


Limekiln Lane
Limekiln Lane

Who are we?


PASS WIDE & SLOW

Who are we?


We are vulnerable and silent.


We have no steel armour to protect us, no horn to sound to herald our presence, no engine to rev.

We are flesh and blood.

We travel slowly at 5mph and we share the roads with the cars, vans, tractors and motorbikes on our busy country lanes. 

We are the horse-riders you meet most days.

 

It only adds about SIX SECONDS to your journey to pass wide and slow If you meet a rider when driving. There is usually no need to stop unless asked to do so. This might be because the rider has sensed the horse is worried and unpredictable about something; probably simply a paper bag in the verge but enough for it to jump in front of your car.  Please, Please - Think Horse.

 

The many horse riders of Mendip, living in its many villages would like to say a huge thank you to all the lovely drivers who do take care when driving past horses – it is greatly appreciated.

Want to keep up with what is happening around the Mendips?


Become a member today! £15 Annually

Join us and support us!

Membership is just £15 per year. Join and support the work of the MBBA in Somerset. Be the first to hear about our events and fun rides, we look forward to meeting you!