5 Sep Evening Ride Cancelled
The 5 Sep evening ride from Downham Market via Shouldham to Lynn is postponed until a date to be confirmed. Sorry about that.
Author Archives: mjr
Ray Gressieux
Dear Bugsters, Here is very sad news. Today during a ride with a group of Cycling U.K. and BUG members, Ray Gressieux collapsed when nearing Blickling and in spite of every effort by members of the group and by paramedics, could not be revived. Ray was a regular rider with BUG and had intended to ...
Pedal and Chat Rides August-October
Check the pedal and chat Facebook group for any updates. Wed Aug 17th, 7pm, Reffley Community Hall. Short ride to Reffley Reservoir. 1 mile. Sat Aug 20th, 8pm, Reffley Community Hall. Bat ride around Wootton Park. About 4 miles. Lights essential. Mon Aug 22nd, 1:30pm, Reffley Community Hall. A ride to Lynnsport to play table ...
Summer 2016 Rides List
Day Ride - Saturday 28th May - 10.00am Lynnsport A picnic ride to Wolferton Plain. About 15 miles. Bring your picnic as well as your bike. Day Ride - Sunday 5th June - 10.00am Lynnsport A ride to Bircham Windmill. About thirty five miles. Evening Ride - Thursday 9th June - 7pm at South Quay ...
Space4cycling 2017 Workshop Report
I've just left the workshop starting work on the campaign to get more pro-cycling councillors elected in next year's elections. I had to choose one workshop from policy, communications and technology, so trusting that the CycleNation team will do technology well and having checked there were other rural voices in the policy one, I went ...
Kicking off #space4cycling 2017!
It seems like just two weeks ago that the 2016 elections took place and yet, work starts in Leicester this weekend on the national space4cycling campaign for the 2017 county council elections. space4cycling is one of BUG's current campaigns, calling for useful routes to be opened to cycling or made easier, whether by reducing motorist ...
Roadworks and Diversions: Sand Line and Sandringham Railway Routes
The Sand Line cycle track is being resurfaced and may be closed 9am-3pm for four weeks from Monday 9 May. The diversion (eastbound) will be by continuing along National Route 1 to the Hulton Road slip, right onto Queen Mary Road, straight on to Parkway, then right onto Bridge Way cycle track - the westbound ...
Extra Ride: Wend Westward With Wayne
There will be an extra ride starting from Lynnsport at 10am on Sunday 31 January 2016, heading out west into the wind which is currently forecast to strengthen and then blow us home across the flat fens. Planned half-way stop is at the Olde Ship pub in Long Sutton. This is an EXTRA all-welcome ride ...
Tips on Cycling in Snow and Ice
The fens have just started getting snow and sadly, our councils are not as cool as Copenhagen's snow-clearing yet: http://player.vimeo.com/video/17954162 Riding through fresh snow is surprisingly grippy but it often doesn't last long before some of it gets compacted into ice by other road users. It can also hide debris - one of my best ...
Letter: proposed Marsh Lane development
Previously on KLWNBUG... we criticised the initial plans for the new Lynnsport-Edward Benefer Way road that would have replaced part of the Sandringham Railway cycle path and added dangerous crossings; and then our volunteers (Pete, Rob, myself and many others - including friends at our national body Cyclenation and the charities Sustrans and CTC) helped ...