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I’m in Holland, house sitting for friends in their house in Utrecht. We arrived by plane on Sunday, Monday I hired a cargo bike to transport my kiddies about, we’ve really only been using it to get around – this isn’t a cycling holiday but our transportation is predominantly by bike. We’ve covered miles, rainContinue reading “On the other side of the North Sea”

I came across a link to an article about working mums cycling that made my heart sink [pdf] HALF of British working women would love to cycle to the office but don’t think they have the time, a new survey has revealed. Juggling children, changing into cycle gear, carrying everything in a backpack and securing a bike meansContinue reading “Working women are “too busy” to cycle”

After one of the City of Ely councillors informed me that you can’t do your supermarket shopping by bike, I have been inspired to keep a record of just how much shopping I can do by bike. This evening’s £63 shop in Sainsbury’s, including 6 pints of yoghurt, a litre of washing up liquid, aContinue reading “Shopping, the new fitness phenomenon.”

Just when I’d calmed down and stopped spitting fire about cycling on the river, crossing Lynn Road with my kids and their bikes without being run over, how long the S106 money is taking to get actually used, Back Hill Junction stalemate, the paint around the potholes on Lynn Road being so old, it’s almostContinue reading “Cycle Summit has car centric venue”

As some of you may know there is currently a series of cycle race events going on around the country called the Tour Series. These are city / town centre races involving some of the biggest names in UK national cycling, including Olympic Champions like Ed Clancy. The races happen in the early evening andContinue reading “Bring the Tour Series to Ely?”

We will meet at Ely Station at 1pm leaving 1.15 sharp. For women, kids and families wanting to get a bit further afield on their bikes, this is an excellent chance to discover a new route. NCN11 from Ely to Wicken is very easy and is almost entirely off road or on very quiet b roads. It’sContinue reading “First Family Bike ride for 2013 to Wicken Fen Sunday 9th June”

Yet again this week “Anti-Social Cycling” is reported in the paper. This time it’s the City Council who feel it is an issue. The truth is that cycling is actually a very “Pro-Social” activity, unlike driving around in cars.

This is the first year that we as the Ely Cycling Campaign have organised the ride to Reach Fair from Ely. I went last year with my then 5 year old son who cycled with us to Wicken and got taken the rest of the way by car. This year he’d initially said, no way,Continue reading “May Bank Holiday ride to Reach Fair”

As some of you will be aware the shop at the BP filling station on the A10 / A142 junction recently changed hands from Budgens to M&S. As part of the refurbishment the nasty cycle parking has been removed. Unfortunately it’s not been replaced, despite there being ample room to put in 3 or 4Continue reading “Simply No Cycle Parking at M&S”

The Get Britain Cycling Report Report is published today. It is an initiative of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (APPCG), a cross party body with members in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. You can download the Summary and Recommendations here [PDF] We have pulled out the vision and recommendationsContinue reading “Get Britain Cycling Report – What it recommends”