Eden Valley Cycling UK

 "SLIDING DAWES" in Cycling Plus, March 2021 ( magazines get ahead of themselves ) - an article by Rob Ainsley. So, farewell Dawes Galaxy. Is the touring bike an endangered species? Or will things go full cycle?   Scimitar Oryx; Candango Mouse; Aru Flying Fox; Dawes Galaxy… going, going, gone. (The first three are extinct/near-extinct mammals, not brand names. Though they do sound respectively like a gravel, folding and triathlon bike.)   But yes. Dawes has discontinued the iconic tourer. No longer viable. It has gone to meet its frame maker in Taiwan. That’s sad. It was a nostalgic exemplar of the English-pattern steel touring bike, the sort you see in chirpy 1950s films: drop bars, comfy upright position, mudguards, rack, panniers. When ‘energy gel’ was the meat paste in sandwiches.   But self-supported long-distance journeying, like nostalgia, isn’t what it was. Bikepackers cycle rackless now as they explore remote, unmanaged places, such as the bottom of ...

 Sorry, my hyperlink does not work.  If you put in your search 'change.org/p/highways' I think you will be able to get to the petition. Nigel

  I have received an email from a representative of Cycle Carlisle saying Highways England is intending to destroy disused railways routes so as to prevent pedestrian and cycle use. It is said '.... As we all know disused railways are ideal for cycleways rather than sitting idle whilst we struggle on parallel busy and / or steep roads. This is to ask Highways England to protect these vital routes.'. Below is a link to the Petition site: Petition · Highways England: Protect our railway heritage from Highways England's wrecking ball · Change.org   I have added my name. Do you want to add your's? Regards and compliments of the season, Nigel (as Campaigns Officer)

All the best to you all for some some sort of return to social activities in 2021, whether cycling, walking, kayaking etc - or just coffee stop meets! In the meantime and a trifle belatedly, enjoy this superb Yuletide harmony about our lovely Lakeland. No, 'tis not Ruth and I doing the singing  (!!) - it's a folk group called Artisan. http://www.artisan-harmony.com/Soundfiles%20fullsongs/Twelve%20Days%20Of%20Yule.mp3

 WED 23 DEC     9.30   Outing from Brampton, The Sands (provided no ice) North around Longtown & Bewcastle about 45 Miles I can work out how to put this on the Runs list  David H 01768482055

 Hello All. Anyone like to join me for what locals call the 4 cols ride, from Greystoke village carpark 10am. I am going to take a sandwich but we can also take a short diversion to Granny Dowbekins at Pooley, where they have an undercover outside seating area. Let me know if you are coming by texting 07810 751189.