YEOVIL NEWS: Get on the Trim Trail at Birchfield Park

THERE are no excuses not to do any exercise in the Birchfield area of Yeovil now that the new Trim Trail is up and running.

South Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council have funded the Trim Trail at Birchfield Park – a great way to liven up your outdoor training and keep fit campaign.

The Birchfield Park Trim Trail works on the principle of using body weight to get yourself over, under and through a series of static obstacles.

Rather than picking up a weight in a mainstream gym, your bodyweight supplies the resistance that will tone and strengthen your entire body.

PHOTO – TOP: Cllr Tony Lock, South Somerset District Council’s healthy lifestyles officer Charlie Coward, neighbourhood development officer Natalie Ross and Peter Head, duty manager at Bucklers Mead Sports Centre, pose with equipment at the new Trim Trail at Birchfield Park in Yeovil.

PHOTO – RIGHT: Peter Head, duty manager of Bucklers Mead Sports Centre, demonstrates how to use some the new Trim Trail equipment at Birchfield Park in Yeovil.

The trim trail is located next to a new 3-2-1 running route that will be linked to the existing 3-2-1 route at Yeovil Country Park. This will give residents the opportunity to access both routes together, creating a 6km route. Further information on 3-2-1 running routes can be found at www.southsomerset.gov.uk/321.

The Trim Trail is open for everyone to use but for adults who would like some help making the most of the equipment, Bucklers Mead Sports Centre will be running outdoor trim trail classes. The class will take place on Wednesdays 10.00-11.00am and will meet at the sports centre before walking down to use the equipment and access the running route. The first three sessions are free to attend.

The project is the result of partnership working between Somerset County Council’s Cllr Tony Lock and various district council departments including area development, engineering, streetscene and community health and leisure.

Cllr Lock has given the project £4,500 from his Health and Wellbeing Grant fund and he is delighted to see it come to fruition.

“I’m pleased that through partnership working, we have been able to deliver fitness equipment that is free and accessible to all,” he said.

“The project is an extension of the improvements that have been made to the park including new lighting and wider pathways.

“We hope that this project will encourage even greater use of the park and that local running and fitness groups will enjoy the new destination for outdoor fitness.”

PHOTO – ABOVE: Charlie Coward and Cllr Tony Lock are put through their paces by Peter Head at the new Trim Trail.

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