Edited independently in our three areas and published quarterly.Please contact your section or the access the club website for information on any events

DA SECRETARYPeter Loakes, Church Cottage, West Stafford, DT2 8AB (01305) 263272BOURNEMOUTH & DISTRICT CTCDavid Chesworth, 52 Newstead Road, Bournemouth BH6 3HL (01202) 432852SALISBURY CTCAlan Clarke, “Hill House”, Kelsey Road, Salisbury SP1 1JR (01722) 322188WEST DORSET CTCMike Durham, 74 Westhill, Wyke Regis, Weymouth DT4 9NE (01305) 770140

Main Calendar Dates For 2008

THE WESSEX NEWSLETTER

Sunday 6th Apr Dorset Coastlet 100km Peter Loakes 01305 263272Sunday 6th Apr Dorset Coast 200km Peter Loakes 01305 263272

Saturday 26th Apr Cycle Jumble Sale, Burley Jim Hatton 01425 280889

Sunday 11th May New Forest Challenge 50km John Ward 01590 671205Sunday 11th May New Forest Day Out 100km John Ward 01590 671205Sunday 11th May New Forest 150km John Ward 01590 671205Sunday 11th May New Forest Excursion 200km John Ward 01590 671205

Sunday 18th May Dorset Downs 100km Mike Walsh 01202 429985Sunday 25th May 50 in 4 Shawn Shaw 01202 685014

W/E 14th -15th Jun St Lo Twinning in Normandy Norman Payne 01202 695179

Sunday 13th Jul 100 in 8 Shawn Shaw 01202 685014Monday 21st Jul Sunrise at Stonehenge Gill Anlezark

Sunday 7th Sep New Forest 50km John Ward 01590 671205Sunday 7th Sep New Forest and Coast 100km John Ward 01590 671205Sunday 7th Sep New Forest 150km John Ward 01590 671205Sunday 7th Sep New Forest On & Off Shore 200km John Ward 01590 671205

Sunday 14th Sep Dorset Dirt 50km offroad Ken Reed 01305 772654

Sunday 21st Sep Bournemouth Square 200km Brian Callow 01202 526606

Sunday 5th Oct Gridiron 100km Terry Walsh 01202 247888

ALL WESSEX ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON:

www.wessexctc.org

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Summer 2008

Norman Payne, President Wessex CTC

By the time that you read this – and French fishermen per-mitting – we will have spent the weekend in Saint Lô, thelatest episode in the club twinning arrangement signed in1994. We have a group of 30 participants from this side ofthe channel and no doubt a report will appear in the autumnnewsletter.

On a more local matter, I’ve walked the new trailwaywhich opened on the 1st June and connects Shillingstone toSturminster Newton where it finishes in the main car parkopposite all of that new development. When I say ‘new’ it is of course predominantlythe old railway line but unlike some of those ex-railway projects it makes for a pleas-ant ride. Surface is generally good as is the outlook – you’re not going through a view-less cutting as is sometimes the case with this type of facility. To give the longest rideyou can pick it up just behind the Willows tearoom (now open only at weekends andFriday afternoons, and again up for sale apparently). At that point, if there is still a newfingerpost pointing the other way and reading ‘Stourpaine 1¾ miles’, ignore it. That isthe intention but we’re many moons away from completion in that direction and a chapin the Dorset Countryside operation has promised to amend the sign to avoid cyclistssuffering a mile or so of dodgy surface and then to finish up on the main SturminsterNewton Rd, just before that steep up-and-down between Shillingstone and Durweston.

Finally as it may mention elsewhere in this edition, long-standing member Ray Has-well is celebrating his passing the 300,000 mile mark by attempting the Trafalgar toTrafalgar ride – Cape Trafalgar to Trafalgar Square. That’s around 2000 miles and histarget is to complete in 14 days. He seeks to raise £2,000 for an animal charity support-ed by Wimborne St. Giles village. So come on, dig deep; you can sponsor Ray onlineby visiting http://justgiving.com/rayhaswell or by cheque payable to G4G sent to Rayat 6 Seaview Court, 125 North Road, Poole, BH14 0LX.

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Notes from the (sic) Chairman Terry WalshThe Bournemouth Section seems to begoing great guns without me. My usualcoughs and colds laying me low. Per-haps I should take the hint.

There are lots of people running lots ofrides. John Ward's events in May andmore to come, Shawn Shaw's reliabili-ty rides, and more to come, PeterLoakes with the Dorset Coast, MikeWalsh with the Dorset Downs. Andthen there is St Lo. Thanks to Normanfor running that. Then there is the Sun-day and Thursday rides. We do put ona lot. The Gridiron is months away butI am thinking about it, honest. I havehad 9 entries so far. The first one I re-ceived on the 23rd January! Howabout that for being organised.

Saturday Rides are well supportedthese days. The first one was on Saturday June 14th 1997. Two men and a 9 year oldturned up. They came for a couple of weeks and then no one. But eventually a fewpeople started to come regularly and the after a couple of years the numbers startedto grow. Cllr. Julian tells me there were over 90 recently. There was a big crowd onthe day of the jumble too. Some have moved on to Sunday club runs. Margaret Phill-potts is one name that comes to mind but there are quite a few others. I think thatthere are many more that would enjoy Sundays if they gave it a try. I've got plans toencourage them. There are still brand new people starting on Saturdays. Do say helloto them. They do need that. But don't tell them everything they are doing wrong, thatcomes later.

I have put out 500 yellow leaflets in bike shops and libraries in Bournemouth andChristchurch. Sally Funnel, Poole Council's cycling officer, distributes them whereshe thinks fit in Poole. People do drive over from Poole and beyond to join in. Wehad one couple from Bognor Regis last year. They heard about the ride in Majorca.

Jim Hatton should be congratulated for running another successful Cycle Jumble.Jim seems to know how to do it. Even the first one was a great success. There wasnot enough room to be able to accept everyone who wanted a table this time. Jim'sthinking about it.

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Mike Walsh and Steve Gray teach adults and children to ride bikes for Bournemouthand Poole Councils at Kings Park and Upton House. They tell all capable riders andthe children's parents what is available in our club. It is all useful publicity. Theyboth have government qualifications to teach and have the necessary insurance. Theydo however need helpers who do not need to be qualified, but are still covered bythis insurance, just to make up the ratio of pupils to students. They would like somevolunteers, this is usually on Saturday afternoon. Anybody out there?

We really do have a very active club, If we are very successful at recruiting, and thenumbers on Sunday rides do increase a lot, we can always have 4 groups on a Sun-day, more choice for everyone.

A recent communication from HQ told us not to use the title "Cyclists TouringClub". We should just use the initials "CTC". This makes the new jersey pictured inthe new Cycle Magazine interesting.

Unfortunately Dave Chesworth is giving up his job as secretary of the BournemouthBranch in October. He has done it for 3 years. We will need someone to take hisplace. Only 5 meetings a year. Any volunteers?

Now that my coughs and colds are behind me I will be getting the milesin. 100 miles a day I think, just to catch up you know. Too late today,start tomorrow.

“Waiter, waiter! Can you tell me how you prepare your chickens?”“Nothing special sir. We just tell ‘em right out that they are going to die.”

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What’s On ?

Informal Wayfarers Rides to BurleyThis ride happens every Saturday and is completely informal. There is noleader and no back up, but generally an experienced cyclist somewherearound. The route is designed for beginners but joined in by all abilities.

Start 08:45 at Pioneer Supermarket, Christchurch every Saturday

Or just make your own way to the New ForestTea Rooms, Burley for 10:00

Blackmore Vale Section RidesCycle Rides arranged by Richard & Margaret Nicholl. All rides meet at theCafe at 10:00am for coffee, departing at 10:30am. Please note that some

rides are on a Saturday and some on a Sunday. Details (01963) 32840

Sun 15th JUNE MEET: YEOVILTON, RNAS, Museum Cafe LUNCH: Athelney. TEA: YeoviltonSat 28th JUNE MEET: STURMINSTER NEWTON, Poets Corner Cafe LUNCH: Puddletown. TEA: Sturminster NewtonSun 13th JULY MEET: FROME, Sainsburys Supermarket LUNCH: Dundas - Midford - Wellow. TEA: FromeSat 26th JULY MEET: WOOKEY HOLE LUNCH: The Strawberry Line. TEA: Wookey HoleSun 10th AUG MEET: WILTON, Shopping Village LUNCH: Salisbury, Golden Way Cycle Route. TEA: WiltonSat 23rd AUG MEET: CROCKERTON, Furniture Store LUNCH: Salisbury Plain. TEA: CrockertonSun 7th SEPT MEET: SHAFTESBURY, John Peel Cafe, 52 High Street LUNCH: Bowerchalke. TEA: ShaftesburySat 20th SEPT MEET: STOURHEAD, National Trust Cafe LUNCH: Brokerswood, Woodland Park. TEA: StouheadSun 5th OCT “Gridiron” or MEET: SUTTON MONTIS,Bramble & Sage LUNCH: Lytes Cary ManorSat 20th OCT MEET: CASTLE CARY, The Old Bakehouse, High Street LUNCH: Wells

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Our cover picture this month could be called “Find the Bike”. But findthe way in to the telephone box is more appropriate! I was struck bythe way that although the box is modern; email and text possibilitiesare offered; it is obviously totally unused even by passing night ridingAudax men on the look out for a place to sleep! With mobile phoneseverywhere this is a real sign of our times.

The box is not in our area, it is in Gloucester. To see where click on:http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10610558

As usual it was difficult to forecast the onthe line numbers for the shorter rides, butno one was turned away. Even with a £2on-the-line entry surcharge I can’t seemto persuade all of you to sign up in ad-vance.

Like last year, hot sunny weather kept upthrough this weekend and on Sunday itwas a ride requiring more sun-block andwater for all events.

It was good to see a wide range of cy-clists and machines taking part, ranging from club riders with plenty of carbonfibre components to local families with mountain bikes. As usual the local tan-dem club fielded a delegation. This was the first year that we put on a 160kmevent in response to requests from 100km riders who wanted a longer ride, butwere not certain about a full 200km randonnée. Congratulations to those ofyou who successfully finished your first 100mile event as a result. We will alsobe adding a completely new 150km route to our September events.

The statistics were: 200km 41 started and 39 finished 160km 25 started and 25 finished154 cyclists 100km 70 started and 68 finishedtook part 50km 18 started and 18 finished

Remember to book early for the 7th September events, which include the NewForest On and Off Shore 200km visiting the Isle of Wight for a Needles toBembridge end-to-end, as well as 150km, 100km and 50km events on themainland.

John and Sheila johntrike@yahoo.co.uk

New Forest May Events John & Sheila ward

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20 hours of very heavy rain and sickness for last100+ miles didn’t make for the most enjoyable rideof my life... but it was great to finish!

Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) was first run as a profes-sional cycle race in 1891. 1200 kilometres withequipment of the time. No “race” exists now ofsuch iconic distance, but the PBP cycle ride stillexists today, to be completed by those pottyenough to do so as an ultra randonneur, with achoice of several time limits in which to completethe event. 2007 saw the 16th edition of the ride,held every 4 years. Qualifying to enter the event isno mean feat in itself. Distances of 200, 300, 400 and 600km have to be completed intime limits usually in typical early season English weather. I had qualified by draggingAnnemarie and Lauren over to Kent and up to Scotland with me so I thought I had betterenter the event – which would be for the second time in my potty cycling life! I hadpreviously ridden the event in 2003 with Drew Buck (now 5 times veteran of the event,on veteran machines to boot!) and Steve Abraham (now 4 times rider of the event (andmultiple 24-hour finisher)) on a bicycle made for 3 – a “Triplet”. In 2007 I was to ridewith Steve again but this time on tandem.

Annemarie, Lauren and I took the Portsmouth to Caen Ferry on 17th August. At Pegasusbridge me and the tandem disembarked from the car (if only to give Annemarie a bitmore legroom) and I rode the tandem over 2 days with Drew Buck on his 80 year-old StEtienne Retro Drive (Pedal backward to go forward) bike, stopping to Picnic withAnnemarie and Lauren along the way and spending the night in a very nice farmhouseB&B. We were booked into a camp site very close to the start of the PBP, sharing with2 other PBP entrants – just to get you in the convivial party atmosphere of the event.

I chose the 90-hour limit start time which was at 9.00 p.m. on an overcast drizzling 20th

August evening. We started in the “funny” bike category along with recumbents,tandems, one triplet (with a German crew this time) and other out of the ordinarymachines.

The roads were wet as we left the suburbs of Paris to cheers from the crowds which linedthe streets and filled the bridges overhead. Our fears of impending bad weather turnedout to be just that. Rain just got heavier as the night ride progressed to the first controlat Mortagne au Perche (140km). On leaving the control there was no let-up. Wecontinued to Villaines la Juhel (220km) where we arrived absolutely soaked through. Ihad one dry set of clothes to put on at controls. I would leave again with the wet ones onso I at least I wouldn’t die of hypothermia when I stopped for any length of time. (I

Paris - Brest - Paris 2007 Nigel Winter

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cannot sleep when I am wet and cold – I doubt I am unique in this respect). 450km tookus to Loudeac. We had hoped to be able to sleep here in a dorm but it wasn’t to be. Fullup! Just an hour resting my head on the cafe table and off again. The next section tookus to Carhaix. We couldn’t believe it. The sun came out.

On leaving the Carhaix control at about 9.00 a.m. we saw Peter Loakes getting somesupplies at a local shop. Peter, though, was on his return ride to Paris having alreadybeen to Brest! (Pete is a very fast and incredibly modest rider from Dorchester way).Steve and I carried on ascending the highest point of the ride – up Le Roc Trevezel (at384m it is the highest mount of Brittany). The sun was shining and our spirits were risingalso. After crossing the summit it was a long descent into a headwind to Brest – thatmagical uplifting turning point which says you have completed half the ride, you are onyour way home and you have more time to get back to Paris than you did to get to Brest.

We arrived at the Brest control after crossing the Le Pont de l’Iroise (which spans theestuary that runs out to the Atlantic Ocean) and climbed from sea level up to the town.We stopped for about 2 and a half hours, enjoyed the food and a lay down in the sunshine(yes it was still shining!) for a while. We started the return to Paris with sunshine and atail wind. It was a long climb back to the summit of Roc Trevezel but with a strongtailwind it was very fast! Westopped before reaching the summitat Sizun – a town which seems toattract many PBP-ers to take respiteon their outward and return jour-neys – and enjoyed some more foodand drink from a local shop. Aftercresting the summit it was a longand very fast descent back toCarhaix. We arrived back at about8.00 p.m. Well, over half way now.

It was at this point that we met upwith Margaret Philpott, anotherBournemouth rider. Dusk had falledand Margaret was concerned aboutanother night ride in the heavy rainthat had returned with a vengeance.Steve and I persuaded her to ridewith us for company and help herthrough the night. The rain got sothat Margaret couldn’t cope withthe disorientation, lights, shadowsand blind spots that the rain madeeven worse on her glasses. Thenboth bulbs blew on the tandem’sdouble headlights. In all the rush I

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hadn’t packed any spares. Step in our saviour Margaret. She HAD packed spare bulbsand kindly gave them to us. Shortly after that had happened Margaret decided to pack inthe event as she feared for her safety if she were to carry on. (There was actually afatality on the event we later discovered).

Steve and I raced back to Loudeac as we had fallen a bit behind on the time and didn’twant to be disqualified. Dorms full again so it was head on the table for an hour and offwe go again into the rain in the early morning. Around lunch time we went throughTinteniac approaching the 900km mark then later in the afternoon we met Annemarieand Lauren at Fougeres. They had spent the previous two nights in hotels waiting for usto return but not doing much exploring in Breton towns due to the rain. Darkness fellbefore we reached Villaines La Juhel but it was food and go. We had to go flat out tostop shivering with cold after stopping for an hour. 2.00 a.m. back to Mortagne auPerche. 2 hours rest and go. On leaving the control I was heaving and emptying thecontents of my stomach on the tarmac before I even got back on the tandem.

The next 80 miles were very hard! I stopped an event Marshall and he gave me tabletsfor an upset stomach. At the same time my front mech lever seized and broke theinternals. Roadside repairs were performed as I waited for the tablets to take effect. Inow only had the big chainring. We pushed into Dreux for the penultimate control.Some quick sums meant that to be in time to finish we would have to average 18mph forthe next 3 hours. Having already ridden over 700 miles with little rest and now withserious stomach problems.

We passed everything with two (or three) wheels on the road, interrupted only by theoccasional emptying of what I had left inside me (unfortunately over the top tube of thetandem). People cheered as we entered the suburbs and cars stopped and let us gothrough red lights, as they knew what we were trying to achieve. The km signs were nowcounting us closer to the finish. At last we saw it. A sign saying “ARRIVEE” (Frenchfor the finish in case you didn’t know). Hundreds of people lined the route. The emotionwas like nothing I’ve known before (apart from when Lauren was born). We passedunder the banner and rushed into the gymnasium to get our card swiped. We had madeit in 89 hours 45 minutes. One puncture and we would have been out of time!

I saw Annemarie and Lauren across a crowded room. I burst into tears and crieduncontrollably. I was so pleased to be with them again and to finish within the 90 hours.

On taking off my shoes I could see why they hurt so much. Constant wet feet for 90hours resulted in what almost everyone else had – TRENCH FOOT! I couldn’t celebratebecause I was so ill. It took a few months to recover but at least now I can look back alittle more fondly on what really is a fantastic, prestigious international cycling event.Don’t let this account put you off – try it in 2011, I’m sure there will be more sunshinefor you!

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Thursday Potterers’ ride toCoombe Bissett - 5th May

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Ray Haswell is off on Thursday 8thJune to tackle the epic Trafalgar -Trafalgar ride under Audax UK regu-lations. It is one of AUKs listed“permanents” and about 2000 mileslong which he must complete in the 2weeks. Ray arrives back on 22 June.Ray is flying out to Trafalgar to cycleback to London. (and then back toWimborne St Giles)

He is doing this to celebrate hisachievement of cycling more than300,000 miles in his lifetime, and hehas just become accepted as a mem-ber of that elite group, the 300,000mile club. His nominated charity issupported by the village of WimborneSt Giles.

(He can be found here in the localpub occasionally.).

Gearing Up 4 Gorillas (G4G)G4G provides equipment andfunds for the rangers of VirungaNational Park, eastern Democrat-ic Republic of Congo who job it isto protect the critically endan-gered mountain gorilla, in the'Mikeno' gorilla sector. Militiagroups, poachers and charcoalburners provide a very dangerousbackdrop for rangers and gorillas.You can help....Charity Registration No 1111663

Ray has a fund giving page whereyou can donate athttp://justgiving.com/rayhaswell

Please donate!

Gorillas Missed?

Ray before the Ride?

How he expects to look when he’s finished

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The 21st Dorset Downs was run on the18th May 08 centred on Dorchester us-ing the Top O’Town café as the head-quarters. This year there were 92riders of which 87 finished.One star rider, who organised this ridein previous years, devising the route,was the Paris Brest Paris finisher PeterLoakes. This year he was involved.He blew the whistle to start the ride.He is also negotiating a future organis-er for this very attractive randoneé inbeautiful Dorset. The location of theride is so far from my home that itwould be sensible for someone orgroup living nearer the route to takeover.Thanks to all the entrants for making itworthwhile and thanks toSteve Gray for help withsigning on and to my broth-er, Terry Walsh for manningthe control at Wardon Hill.

The 21st Dorset Downs Mike Walsh

Peter and Anne Hawker passing through West Milton

Barry has been a stalwart of the Potterers for a while now ,coming from Bradford-on-Avon regularly to ride with us. However, it’s not just our company that he seeks,nor theattractive Dorset countryside. His brother-in-law Dave is also one of our group and thisprobably encourages him as well. There was interest , then, when he said he couldorganise a ride from Bradford-on-Avon to make a change from our normal routes. So,one Thursday morning, five Potterers gathered at Dave’s at Tarrant Keyneston and carshared to Bradford-on-Avon where we were able to leave our cars at Barry’s to start ourride. We started our ride heading out of the town towards Five Ways where we were tomeet Tony, a friend of Barry’s and a member of the local cycling club. He was to be ourleader for the day. It had been decided that we would go to Castle Combe for our coffeestop and after a short distance we turned off on a series of quiet lanes. This first sectionI remember as “ the road of wild garlic” so much was there in the hedgerows and sointense was the smell as we road along. Cow parsley was also everywhere and withvirtually no traffic on many sections the lanes were very attractive to ride on. CastleCombe was only about 11 miles away and after a sharp descent down a major road withan equally sharp right hand turn and a quick change to lower gears we rode into thispicturesque village

A Day Out with the Potterers Dave Chesworth

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The coffee stop we were expecting had disappeared though and while we were consid-ering going to the local pub a lady came out of a gate and on enquiring what we werelooking for said we should go to her house across the road for tea. We weren’t quite sureif she was joking but she wasn’t, and so we crossed the road and were shown into anattractive garden. There we sat down and were served our tea from an attractive floweredtea pot with the lady concerned sitting down to join in our conversation . I think this mustbe a first for our group, surely.

Lunch was going to be in Tetbury ( about 25 miles away ) and we set off to ride throughthe Badminton Estate , home of the famous horse trials which had, in fact, taken placeonly to weeks earlier. Despite Barry trying to excite us by saying we might see ‘Royalty”the grounds were deserted and we saw only a flock of sheep. Tetbury eventually cameup and we rode past the Highgrove shop ( no royalty lurking there either) looking forThe Snooty Fox , the hotel recommended by the lady at Castle Combe. This proved tobe a great stop with an excellent choice of food and beer and we sat under the substantialfront verandah to while away a pleasant break.

The time soon came to leave and the route back was to be a non-stop straight 25 milesto Barry’s house where he had kindly offered to give us afternoon tea. It was a flatterride back via a different but again quiet route, and we reached Bradford-on-Avon justafter 4.30 . After home made cake and tea in the garden it was a little reluctantly that weall eventually left Bradford-on-Avon for home. It had been a great day with goodweather to boot.

Many thanks to Barry for arranging this day out, to his wife Carol for thecake, to Tony for his leadership and finally to Dave for the parking facilitiesat Tarrant Keyneston .

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Last Saturday, 30th May 08, the first rider from the cycle training that we have been runningjoined us on the ride to Burley and back. A young lad, Scott Jordan, who had two weeks previ-ous completed the Bikeability level two course run by Steve and me under the BournemouthBorough umbrella at their Road Safety Training Centre in Kings Park. Congratulations Scott.He brought his parents along and rode back with Terry who initiated the Saturday ride for begin-ners about a dozen years ago. It is now completed by riders of various skills and abilities, thus itvery quickly splits into a number of groups to match these levels. During the summer months Iencourage the more able to start an hour earlier and take a bigger loop to the coffee stop arrivingabout the same time as all the others. A few ride directly to the coffee stop. We must rememberto look out for newcomers and ensure they are accompanied on route; we all started somewhere.Pedal Again In PooleIn April this year the two of us provided the leadership for the Pedal Again In Poole. The Bor-ough of Poole provide the course for people who want to regain their cycling confidence. Thiswas my third course, Steve Gray’s second and we were ably assisted by André Barber for thethird course. Both of the last two courses included someone who had never cycled before. Ste-ve took these newcomers under his wing and beforethe end of the six hours both could ride. The photois of one of these new riders displaying, with hergrin, how pleased she is with her achievement. Thehelp from André was essential to meet the range ofthe abilities of these course members.Both Steve and I are qualified National StandardsCycle Trainers, now badged as Bikeability. Wehave enough interest between Poole and Bourne-mouth Boroughs and direct courses to be involvedevery Saturday afternoon. (On Saturday morningwe both join the Burley Ride and both ride for our-selves on Sundays). We need more help on Saturday afternoons. We currently provide Bourne-mouth with cycle training for children form 1:30 to 3:30 based at the Kings Park Road Safetyfacility. We will be asked again to support the Pedal Again In Poole. The need is for a ‘LanternRouge’. Steve or I will do the training but when only one of us is available we need someone tofollow or be with the students waiting their turn to display their newly gained skills. If you wantto do more than help us you could contact Karen or Sally whose details are below.Bournemouth Borough Council Cycle TrainingCycle training courses are organized by the Road Safety Team to deliver practical courses at theweekends and in schools, during school hours, to help children develop their cycling skills; roadsafety knowledge; traffic awareness; and bike maintenance. Courses start with a classroom ses-sion and off road skills developing through experience of quiet roads to utilizing their skills inmanaging busier roads. Trainers deliver a graduated curriculum to develop the skills of signal-ling and turning left and right, overtaking and emergency stops. Children have to be ten orabove to receive the six hours training which will develop their cycling skills and raise aware-ness of dangers posed by traffic and how to deal with them.To become a Trainer contact Karen Fletcher Assistant Road Safety Officer, Bournemouth Bor-ough 01202 454636.The Borough of PooleTrainers are also required in the Poole area. Contact is Sally Funnell on 01202 262066.Please contact me on 01202 429985 or at jmichaelwalsh@aol.com or see me Saturday

morning if you could help on one or more Saturday afternoons.

CYCLE TRAINING Mike Walsh

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