Previous events – 2012 – Cambridge Cycling Campaign

January 2012
Tue 3		Monthly General Meeting 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Mon 9 (t.b.c.)		South Area Committee Campaign members may be interested to attend City Council Area Committee meetings, which often cover walking/cycling/transport issues.
Wed 11		Planning Committee Campaign members may be interested to attend Planning Committee meetings, which often include cycling and walking issues.
Wed 25		Joint Development Control Committee 10am. Campaign members may be interested to attend Joint Development Control Committee, which are determining the Planning Applications relating to the huge major housing development proposals for the Cambridge Sub-region.
Thu 26		Newsletter envelope stuffing 7:30pm at Baby Milk Action offices, 34 Trumpington Street. Help very much welcomed.
Thu 26		North Area Committee Campaign members may be interested to attend City Council Area Committee meetings, which often cover walking/cycling/transport issues.
February 2012
Tue 7		Monthly General Meeting – History of cycling in Cambridge 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members). Well-known local historian Mike Petty, author of Memory Lane Cambridge, Vanishing Cambridgeshire, Images of Cambridge etc, will lead a presentation on the history of cycling in Cambridge.
Wed 8		Planning Committee Campaign members may be interested to attend Planning Committee meetings, which often include cycling and walking issues.
Thu 9		East Area Committee Campaign members may be interested to attend City Council Area Committee meetings, which often cover walking/cycling/transport issues.
Fri 10		Rally for Renewables Rally for renewables! 12pm on Parker’s Piece www.energisecambridge.org – Cambridge’s new student climate change campaign. The Campaign’s stall will be there.
Mon 13		Newsletter meeting 5.30pm, Grads Café, University Centre, Mill Lane. Come along and let us know what you think of the newsletter and share your ideas on improving it.
Sun 19		Newsletter 101 deadline Please send copy to Monica Frisch: mfrisch@phonecoop.coop . Members are warmly invited to write articles (style guidelines available) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.
Tue 21		Ely Cycle Forum 7.15pm, Cutter Inn, Annesdale, Ely (here). Agenda includes – matters around the station, highway issues, development around Ely, Ely bypass, Ely cycle map, events, “input to the political system”, and anything else you want to raise. No need to book a place, just turn up. But if you’d like to be added to the Cycling Officer’s Ely mailing list for future events, drop Patrick Joyce at Patrick.Joyce@cambridgeshire.gov.uk a line.
Wed 22		Joint Development Control Committee 10am. Campaign members may be interested to attend Joint Development Control Committee, which are determining the Planning Applications relating to the huge major housing development proposals for the Cambridge Sub-region.
Sat 25		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Basic Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/basic.html
Sun 26		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Intermediate Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/intermediate.html
March 2012
Sat 3		Wheel Building Workshop Intensive practical workshop where you learn to assemble, true and optimise bicycle wheels. Small class ensures high trainer-student ratio. Comprehensive handout to take home. Information sheet: http://web.onetel.net.uk/~davidwgreen/wheel_bld_1day_info.pdf
Sun 4		Cambridge 105 broadcast Our Co-ordinator, Michael Cahn, will be a guest on the Sunday Breakfast show on Cambridge 105.
Tue 6		Monthly General Meeting 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Sat 24		British Heart Foundation Cam to Coast Bike Ride 75 miles – 2 wheels – 1 amazing ride! 75 mile on road cycle challenge between Cambridge and Southend, includes two family friendly 10 mile routes. Incredible value at just £25 for adults and FREE for children to enter, riders will also receive a FREE event t-shirt, medal and water! See www.bhf.org.uk/camtocoast for details or contact the Events Team on 0808 100 2109 or eastevents@bhf.org.uk.
Sat 24		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Basic Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/basic.html
Sun 25		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Intermediate Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/intermediate.html
Tue 27		Question to Cambridgeshire County Council We will be presenting a question and short speech to the County Council at their meeting (starting 10.30am, at Shire Hall), on the subject of their motions on the Times CycleSafe campaign and the Chisholm Trail. We are hoping for cross-party support for both of these.
April 2012
Sun 1		Fashion Show and Retro Ride Fashion Show and Retro Ride, hosted by Plurabelle Books with the Cambridge Raincoat Company. 1-6pm. See full details.
Mon 2		Northstowe Planning Application Meeting A meeting (open to all members) to discuss our views on the Northstowe planning application. 8pm, at 39 Margett Street, Cottenham, CB24 8QY [directions].
Tue 3		Monthly General Meeting – Presentation by representatives of the bike trade in Cambridge 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Wed 4		Big Bike Day Milton Country Park Bike Promotion featuring the launch of You Can Bike Too, with a selection of specially modified and constructed bikes,trikes and even quads that really do make cycling accessible to people of all abilities.
Wed 11		Newsletter meeting Meeting to discuss latest Cambridge Cycling Campaign newsletter and plan next one (June/July issue). Meet at 5.30pm in Grads Café on the top floor of the University Centre, Mill Lane.
Mon 16		Social gathering Join us for a social gathering at CB2 café, 5-7 Norfolk Street – from 7pm.
Sat 21		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Basic Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/basic.html
Sun 22		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Intermediate Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/intermediate.html
Sun 29		Newsletter 102 deadline Please send copy to Monica Frisch: mfrisch@phonecoop.coop . Members are warmly invited to write articles (style guidelines available) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.
May 2012
Tue 1		Monthly General Meeting 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Mon 7		Reach Fair Ride Our annual ride to the traditional village fair at Reach on May day is an ideal family day out. Meet at 9:30 am from the Guildhall, Cambridge.
Fri 25 – Sun 27		Copenhagen Study Tour Study Tour of Copenhagen, taking in the cycle ways of the Danish Capital. Meeting with Copenhagenize and local politicians. See the full details of this event.
Sat 26		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Basic Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/basic.html
Sun 27		Outspoken Bike Maintenance – Intermediate Bike Maintenance course with Outspoken. Campaign members get 20% discount. For more details see: http://www.outspokentraining.co.uk/intermediate.html
June 2012
Tue 5		Monthly General Meeting – Public Health in Cambridge and the Bicycle 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members). Dr Liz Robin, NHS Director of Public Health for Cambridgeshire, will speak on “Public Health in Cambridge and the Bicycle: New Avenues and Opportunities.”
Thu 7		Newsletter review meeting Please note change of date and time. 12.30pm, Grads Café, University Centre, Mill Lane.
Sat 16		Bicycle Wheelbuilding Workshop This is a hands-on workshop where you learn how to assemble, true and optimise bicycle wheels using proven techniques. I restrict class size to ensure a high teacher-student ratio. Whether you simply want to replace an occasional broken spoke, true existing wheels or hand build a complete wheel, this workshop gives you the knowledge, skills and confidence you need in a controlled environment. See the current Information Sheet. Enrolments: please e-mail davidwgreen@onetel.com .
Sun 17		Newsletter 103 deadline Please send copy to Monica Frisch: mfrisch@phonecoop.coop . Members are warmly invited to write articles (style guidelines available) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.
Sun 24		Ben Hayward Cycles Centenary Rollapaluza Party! Celebrating 100 years in business. Please be invited to our Rollapaluza party. Refreshments, prizes and we hope lots of fun! From Newmarket Road, take Ditton Lane to Fen Ditton, carry straight through over the A14 to Horningsea, right into Notcutts Garden Centre. 10am-4pm; more details at www.benhaywardcycles.co.uk
Sat 30		Bike stall at Chesterton Festival The Chesterton Residents (OCRA) are organizing the Chesterton Festival (1pm – 5pm) and Cambridge Cycling Campaign has booked a space for the bike stall to promote membership and inform about the Chisholm Trail. Volunteers to help staff the stall needed.
July 2012
Tue 3		Monthly General Meeting – Presentation by Turnstone Estates of their Waterbeach proposals 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Sat 7		You Can Bike Too Big Day Out The Big Day Out on Parker’s Piece will see the ‘You Can Bike Too’ project with All Ability Bikes (brought by Ashfield Special Needs Ltd). Try out the bikes,gain confidence and have some fun! Free. More information from Ruth Brannan 07521 905448 or ruth@theyoucanhub.org.uk .
Sun 8		The Big Bike Ride The Big Bike Ride, organised by the Cambridge News, is raising money for three local charities. Starting on Jesus Green there are two routes, the silver, family route is 20.12km and the gold route for serious cyclists is 201.2km.
Sat 21		Orchard Park Fiesta Cambridge Cycling Campaign will have a stall at the Orchard Park Fiesta. Help is needed to staff the stall, to promote the Campaign’s aims, recruit members and communicate the Ring Fort Path and Chisholm Trail proposals. Please help to staff the stall.
Sun 22		London to Cambridge bike ride Come and enjoy a brilliant day out, and help raise vital funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Starting from Pickett’s Lock in north London, the London to Cambridge bike ride winds through beautiful countryside to the finish at Midsummer Common in the heart of Cambridge, where you’ll be met with music, refreshments and massage. Read full details.
Mon 30		Newsletter envelope stuffing 7.30pm at the Baby Milk Action offices, 34 Trumpington Street. Help very much welcomed.
August 2012
Mon 1		Newsletter envelope stuffing 7.30pm at the Baby Milk Action offices, 34 Trumpington Street. Help very much welcomed.
Tue 7		Monthly General Meeting – Going Dutch in London 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members). The speaker will be Mike Cavenett, a campaigner working in London Cycling Campaign’s head office, who will speak to us about their Go Dutch campaign.
Sun 19		‘Come and try’ double-decker cycle racks day at the station All the double-decker racks at the station will be available and reserved for people to try, from 10am-3pm. These racks are likely to form the basis of much of the proposed station cycle park, so it’s really important people come and try them, especially with all kinds of bikes. More info…
Sun 19		Newsletter 104 deadline Please send copy to Monica Frisch: mfrisch@phonecoop.coop . Members are warmly invited to write articles (style guidelines available) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.
Mon 20		Social gathering Join us for a social gathering at CB2 café, 5-7 Norfolk Street – from 7pm.
Sat 25		You Can Bike Too at Paralympic Torch Event All Ability Bikes are at this event for children/young people/adults to have a go on an adaptive bike in the safety of Milton Country Park 11-3pm.
September 2012
Tue 4		Monthly General Meeting 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Sun 16		British Heart Foundation Oxford to Cambridge This 89 mile ride links the two university towns. Now with the ‘Ox-Cam’ half starting point in Milton Keynes. See full details.
Sun 30		Cambridge to Norwich bike ride Get ready to stretch your legs for the last Bike Events ride of the season! This was a brand new ride in 2011 and was very popular so it is being run again in 2012 – starting from Cambridge’s Coldham’s Common and heading east through a landscape of fenland and patchwork fields, finishing in Norwich. See full details.
October 2012
Mon 1		Newsletter envelope stuffing 7.30pm at the Baby Milk Action offices, 34 Trumpington Street. Help very much welcomed.
Tue 2		Monthly General Meeting 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members).
Sun 21		Newsletter 105 deadline Please send copy to Monica Frisch: mfrisch@phonecoop.coop . Members are warmly invited to write articles (style guidelines available) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.
Sun 28		British Summer Time ends Clocks should be put back at 1am – don’t forget your bike lights!
November 2012
Tue 6		Annual General Meeting – speaker: Councillor Martin Curtis 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members). Elections for the Committee will be held, and a review of the year given. Our speaker will be Councillor Martin Curtis, who is Cambridgeshire County Council’s ‘cycling tsar’.
Sat 10		Wheel Building Workshop This is a practical workshop where you learn how to assemble, true and optimise bicycle wheels using proven techniques based on sound principles. Whether you simply want to replace an occasional broken spoke, true existing wheels or hand build a complete wheel, this workshop gives you the knowledge, skills and confidence you need in a controlled environment. I restrict class size to ensure a high teacher-student ratio. Location: Queen Edith Community Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP. Info sheet. For enrolment details and questions please email davidwgreen@onetel.com
Wed 14		Science Park Station Consultation CCC Science Park Station consultation at The Shirley Centre, Nuffield Road, Cambridge. CB4 1TF.
Thu 15		Science Park Station Consultation CCC Science Park Station consultation 12 – m, 1st floor atrium, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge. CB4 0W
Mon 19		Science Park Station Consultation CCC Science Park Station consultation from 4.30 – 7.30, Milton Primary School, Humphries Way, Milton. CB24 6DL
Wed 21		Science Park Station Consultation CCC Science Park Station consultation from 12 – 2, at Boardroom, Innovation Centre, Unit 23, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0FZ.
December 2012
Tue 4		Monthly General Meeting – Cambridge Cycle Point 8.00pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm, and a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members). The plans for the Cambridge Station Cycle Park – ‘Cambridge Cycle Point’: will be presented by the developers at our monthly meeting on 4th December.
Thu 6		Joint Development Control – Cambridge Fringes – Development Control Forum 10am. Campaign members may be interested to attend Development Control Forum meetings, which determine the Planning Applications relating to the major housing development proposals for the Cambridge sub-region.
Thu 6		Development Plan Scrutiny Sub-committee 4.30pm. Campaign members may be interested to attend Development Plan Scrutiny Sub-committee meetings, which discuss the Local Plan for Cambridge.
Mon 10		Seasonal social Join us for a social gathering at The Punter, Pound Hill. Buffet, including vegetarian options, and dessert about £22. Please contact us if you wish to come so that we can book the right number of places.
Wed 12		Planning Committee 9.30am. Campaign members may be interested to attend Planning Committee meetings, which often include cycling and walking issues.
Thu 13		Development Plan Scrutiny Sub-committee 4.30pm. Campaign members may be interested to attend Development Plan Scrutiny Sub-committee meetings, which discuss the Local Plan for Cambridge.
Sun 30		Newsletter 106 deadline Please send copy to Monica Frisch: mfrisch@phonecoop.coop . Members are warmly invited to write articles (style guidelines available) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.

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