Halesworth is making a smooth-ie transition to pedal power
Come to the Thoroughfare between 10 and 1 on Saturday 10th July 2010 and you’ll be a smooth operator, mixing your own smoothie fruit drink while riding a bike (in complete safety). And you can help make up cycle repair kits that will mean you and other cyclists can cycle worry-free in and around the town. Look out for other magical pedal-power and natural energy gizmos as well.
Also bring with you any spare bicycle tools that you can donate such as part-used puncture kits, tyre levers, spoons, spanners, spare inner tubes. We will be putting together cycle aid boxes on the spot. These will be placed in pubs, homes and other places in and around the town and further afield in Suffolk. Each location will have a sign to advertise the box and appear on an internet map. The ‘boxes’ are carpet roll centres and recycled postal tubes – so if you’ve got any of those, bring them with you too. To find out more about cycle aid and if you’d like to host a box or nominate a place to have one, go to surveymonkey.com/s/P6GDKQJ
The cycle aid kits are the brainchild of Nat Bocking and the Town Plan Cycling Group who have also put together a 20 mile circular cycling route the ‘Halesworth Wheel’. You can find the map of the Wheel below:
View Halesworth Wheel in a larger map
Event organisers Halesworth in Transition (HinT) are part of a widespread and growing grassroots movement of people who are taking a positive attitude to preparing for the impacts of climate change and peak oil (“peak oil” is when cheap and easy-to-get oil runs out). Cycling is a practical, cheap, healthy and non-polluting alternative to generating power by using oil. The smoothie-maker is just one way of having fun while getting fit, saving money and protecting the environment.
Many towns are already part of the international Transition movement. Locally, this includes Bungay, Beccles, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Norwich, and Ipswich. HinT is not affiliated to any political party and is a non-profit-making community association run entirely by volunteers.
For more information about this event and other activities phone 01986 875323 or email [email protected]
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