TROT   Toll Rides                Back to WBPA Home Page

The Toll Rides Off-Road Trust is known as TROT. It is a non-commercial registered charity, organised by riders, with local agents in many parts of the UK. All funds raised go towards paying the farmers/landowners, establishing the routes. Riders pay a licence toll to the scheme. The cost depends upon how many miles are open to riders. They receive a coloured, numbered hat band which must be worn as proof of membership and insurance.

There is now a new Toll Ride Initiative near Goldsithney. Jill Thomas at Eclipse Equestrian has negotiated for a new ride of about 12 miles mainly on St Aubyn estates land, north of Goldsithney. The ride opens up new paths that have not been currently available. A very important point about the establishment of Toll rides is that they should not use any paths that have always been used freely and on which there may be unrecorded rights for horse riders. The ride does use some sections of definitive bridleway but these are not part of the Toll ride sections.

We are very interested to see how well this scheme works. We feel it could be a viable option to open up good riding depending upon land layout, ownership and importantly local demand. We do not think it is a viable solution for meeting our general riding needs. It is also not suitable for the casual rider, for which free access to important routes and shortcuts should be readily available.

The TROT scheme is a national initiative and once joined it is transferable to other sites.
Jill is the local Agent for Trot in the Goldsithney Area. Anyone interested in the scheme and trying out the ride (day passes available) please contact Jill at Eclipse 01736 719170 for more details.