This article was published in 2000, in Newsletter 30.
June
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Thur 1 | 8.30 am | Newsletter 30 review meeting, at Tatties café |
Sun 4 |
Cambridge Wheel sponsored bike ride in aid of Action Research. Choice of roughly 28 or 43 mile circular routes ![]() ![]() |
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Tue 6 | 7.30 pm | Open meeting, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane, at the Park Street junction. (Tea and coffee, a chance to chat, and for us to introduce ourselves to new members for the first half-hour. The meeting itself starts at 8 pm.) |
Sun 11 | 2 pm | Leisurely ride. Meet at Brookside, near Lensfield Road. A countryside ride at a gentle pace. Includes a tea shop or café stop. We are usually back in Cambridge by 6 pm. Don’t be confused by the longer CTC afternoon ride, which sets off at the same time. |
Wed 14 | 7.30 pm | Millennium Festival of Cycling subgroup meeting, at 100 Thoday Street, Cambridge. 7.00 pm for 7.30 |
Sat 17-Sun 25 June 2000: the Millennium Festival of Cycling
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Sat 17-Sun 25 | Arrive by Bike – get discounted admission at many tourist attractions throughout East Anglia | |
Sat 17-Thur 22 | Chocolate Chain and Golden Bell Awards 2000 | |
Sat 17 | 10-3 | Dr. Bike – Free cycle health checks. Guildhall Street, Cambridge |
Sun 18 | 8 am | CTC Reliability Ride. 100 miles in 9 hours, or start at 9 am and do it in 8 hours |
Mon 19-Sun 25 | Ride The Net | |
Mon 19-Sat 24 | Photo Exhibition at Cambridge Central Library. A display of cycling-related photos covering 70 years, by local cycling legend Donnex Claydon | |
Mon 19 | 9.30 am | CTC ride to Shuttleworth Museum. Meet at Brookside – 55 miles |
Tues 20 | 8 to 9 am | Free Cyclists’ Breakfast for National Bike to Work Day. Hobbs Pavilion Restaurant, on Parker’s Piece, are offering breakfast to anyone arriving by bike |
Tues 20 | 9.15 am | CTC Retired Persons (University of the Third Age) ride, leaving Parker’s Piece after free breakfast – 20 miles. Alternatively, meet this ride at 9 am at Brookside |
Tues 20 | 7.20 pm | CTC Mountain Bike evening ride. Meet at Brookside, Lensfield Road, and ride to the Red Lion at Swaffham Prior |
Wed 21 | 4 am | CTC Dawn Ride and Longest ride. Meet at Brookside and ride to Wandlebury to see the dawn, and then to the Comfort Café for breakfast – 20 miles |
Wed 21 | 7-9 pm | Cycling in Cambridge: Past, Present and the Future Anglia Polytechnic University, Helmore Building, Room 803 |
Wed 21 | pm | Sustrans Ride the Net and convergence of cyclists on Midsummer Common. Afternoon civic reception on the Common |
Thur 22 | 9.30 am | CTC ride to Welney Bird Reserve. Meet at Brookside – 60 miles |
Thur 22 | 7.20 pm | CTC Mountain Bike evening ride. Meet at Brookside, Lensfield Road, and ride to the Hare and Hounds in Harlton |
Fri 23 | 7.30pm |
Awards Dinner. Campaign members are invited to join us for dinner at Hobbs’ Pavilion restaurant, and for the announcement of the winners of the Golden Bell and Chocolate Chain awards. ![]() |
Fri 23-Sun 25 | CTC York Rally | |
Sat 24 – Sun 25 |
East of England Cycling Discovery Festival. Ride the Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel on either day and get a cycling discovery map, choice of routes (9, 18 or 30 miles), vouchers for places to visit en route, Treasure Hunt for all ages, special wheelchair route, and a small gift for all completing the route – Start times 10.00 – 12.00. ![]() |
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Sat 24 | 10 am | CTC visit to Houghton Mill. Meet at Brookside – 35 miles |
Sun 25 | 2-4 pm | Cyclethon, the Cambridge Festival of Cycling – on Midsummer Common |
Sun 25 | 8.50 am | CTC all-day ride to Great Sampford. Starts from Brookside – 65 miles |
Sun 25 | 2 pm | CTC afternoon ride to Wendens Ambo. Meet at Brookside – 40 miles |
Sun 25 | 5 pm |
A special showing of Hoffman’s light-hearted film version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Arts Picture House, Cambridge. Bookings ![]() |
Tue 27 | 7.30 pm | Cycle Parking subgroup meeting at 3 Bentinck Street, Cambridge |
July
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Sun 2 |
Ninth Heritage Sponsored Bike Ride in aid of Action Research. A 50 or 25 mile circular ride starting and finishing at the Upper Green, Long Melford, near Sudbury, Suffolk. ![]() |
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Tue 4 | 7.30 pm | Open meeting, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane. See 6 June for description |
Sat 8 | Newsletter 31 deadline. Please send copy to Mark Irving | |
Sun 9 | 2 pm | Leisurely Ride. Meet at Brookside, near Lensfield Road. See 11 June for description |
Sun 23 |
London to Cambridge bike ride, in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Bike Events Ltd ![]() ![]() |
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Wed 26 | 7.30 pm | Newsletter Stuffing at 8 Thirleby Close. Help very much welcomed! |
August
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Tue 1 | 7.30 pm | Open meeting, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane. See 6 June for description |
Sun 13 | 2 pm | Leisurely Ride. Meet at Brookside, near Lensfield Road. See 11 June for description |
Sun 27 | 2 pm | Leisurely Ride. Meet at Brookside, near Lensfield Road. See 11 June for description |
September
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Sun 3 | Ride the Wheel 2000 – Cycling Crossword Team Competition. The launch of the Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel, with a competition for teams of 6 people. For entry forms, contact Peterborough Environment City Trust, High Street, Fletton, Peterborough, PE2 8DT. (01733) 760890. | |
Tue 5 | 7.30 pm | Open meeting, Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane. See 6 June for description |
Sat 9 | Newsletter 32 deadline. Please send copy to Mark Irving | |
Sun 10 | 2 pm | Leisurely Ride. Meet at Brookside, near Lensfield Road. See 11 June for description |
Sun 24 | 2 pm | Leisurely Ride. Meet at Brookside, near Lensfield Road. See 11 June for description |
Fri 22 | European Car Free Day. Co-ordinated by the ETA – for information, see http://www.eta.co.uk/ and http://www.22september.org/ | |
Wed | 7.30 pm | Newsletter Stuffing at 8 Thirleby Close. Help very much welcomed! |