Scandal in the forest of Glentress

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The commercial aspirations of the Forestry Commission crushed the dreams of an inspirational pair of cyclists last week when it was announced that the owners of the Hub in the Forest are to be kicked out of the Glentress Forest cycling business that they created.

The phrase 'victims of their own success' has seldom been so apt - former world-class mountain bikers Emma Guy and Tracy Brunger have built up the Hub in the Forest facility in Scotland over the past ten years into an extremely popular destination for cyclists from all over the country and beyond, paving the way for similar facilities all over the UK.

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