Campaign Diary

This article was published in 2007, in Newsletter 72.

June 2007

Fri 1 8.30 am Newsletter 72 review and planning for 73 over breakfast at Tatties café , 40 Hills Road, CB2 1LA (please note new location).
Fri 1 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): A lunchtime ride of varying speed and length, usually involving a stop at a pub on the way. Open to all who like to ride and talk about bicycles. Join the ride at your own risk. Start from the Stourbridge Common side of Green Dragon Bridge.
Tue 5 8.00 pm Monthly General Meeting with speaker Terence Bendixson 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 June monthly meeting’s event is a talk: ‘Cycling and Pay-As-You-Drive Road Charging: Dream or Nightmare?’ by Terence Bendixson, President of Living Streets, secretary of the Independent Transport Commission and author of the 1974 book, ‘Instead of Cars’.
Fri 8 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Fri 15 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Sat 16 – Sun 17 National Bike Week 2007: See our Bike Week page for more details.
Mon 18 7 pm Social meeting: Join us for a social gathering at CB2 cafe, 5-7 Norfolk Street
Fri 22 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Fri 29 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.

July 2007

Tue 3 7.30 pm Monthly General Meeting with speaker David Earl 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). Dave Earl recently cycled every street in Cambridge (and now much of the surrounding area), in order to produce a free-to-use map which anyone can use without charge. His efforts are part of OpenStreetMap.org. Come and find out more.
Fri 6 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Sat 7 Deadline for articles written for Newsletter 73.Please send copy to Mark Irving: irving@home.cam.net.uk . Members are warmly invited to write articles (see our style guidelines) and are invited to contact the Editor in the first instance.
Sat 7 – Sun 8 Big weekend: The Campaign will be running its stall at this event on Parker’s Piece.
Sat 7 – Sun 8 Traffic Management Area Joint Committee meeting (AJC) response drafting: A meeting to draft our communications to Councillors of the AJC will be held over this weekend. For further details, please contact us.
Thurs 12 7.30 pm East Area Committee: Campaign members may be interested to attend Area Committee meetings, which often cover walking/cycling/planning issues. Cherry Trees Day Centre, St Matthews Street.
Fri 13 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Mon 16 Traffic Management Area Joint Committee meeting: Campaign members may be interested to attend AJC meetings, which cover walking/cycling/planning issues in some depth. For further details, please contact us.
Fri 20 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Thu 26 7.30 pm Newsletter 73 envelope stuffing at the Baby Milk Action office, 34 Trumpington Street. Help very much welcomed.
Fri 27 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
August 2007
Fri 3 8.30 am Newsletter review meeting at Tatties café , 40 Hills Road.
Fri 3 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Tue 7 7.30 pm Monthly General Meeting with speakers on cycle video activism Friends’ Meeting House, Jesus Lane (with tea and coffee from 7.30pm).
Fri 10 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.
Fri 17 12.30 pm Friday ride (weather permitting): Lunchtime ride, open to all. See 1 June for description.