Memorial ride for courier

Photos up on Demotix of the memorial ride for fallen courier. Click here for link.

HS2 link

The HS2 will go through the Broadwater lake nature reserve when/if it is built. This reserve is home to many species of waterbirds and Daubenton’s and Pipistrelle bats which are European protected species.

Hillingdon Outdoor Centre will be forced to relocate during construction of the HS2 Viaduct which will be built directly through their lake. If they will be able to return is debatable. The turbulence caused by trains running overhead will compromise the conditions needed for yachting .

Bike Jumble in Essex

Leaden Roding, last Saturday.

Richard in Highgate

Here is Richard playing the trumpet at the end of the parkland walk in Highgate. We found out that old railway tunnels have excellent acoustics.

RE-CYCLE

Re-Cycle collect unwanted bikes and ship them to Africa. There they can provide transport for anyone from nurses to farmers with produce to sell at the market. Job opportunities are also created as bike mechanics will always be needed. Owning/Having access to a bike in Africa can make a huge difference to a persons quality of life.

These images are the first of a long term project chronicling the operations and results of the dedicated people at Re-Cycle.

Walton-on-the-Naze

Lovely end of the road type seaside town where you can find fossils, WW2 bunkers and most famous for a Georgian tower which I didn't take a photo of. But it was very nice and there was an interesting couple selling fossilised poo.

Some more bike stuff

This is a photo of Scherrit aka The Bike Whisperer doing what he does best. Wether you are a Triathelete, commuter, Mountain biker, whatever; You go there with your bike and Scherrit will observe your riding position and work out the optimum adjustments for you and your bike.

These two portraits were taken at the Smithfield Nocturne. On the right is Mark and his French 1955 Triplet. Left is Bryan of Catford CC. Organiser of the Hell of Ashdown.