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These photos are primarily from training as a Cycling Projects 'Wheels for All Ride Leader' in Bristol in August 2010, followed up by the launch of the Bristol Wheels for All Project next day.  It is something I have been hoping to do for many months so that hopefully we can get the ball rolling here in Cornwall as well .. now perhaps people will have a better understanding of exactly what it is I am aiming to achieve, for the many Cornish residents who have a variety of problems that prevent them from being able to cycle., well no more if we can only persuade the council to host it and local businesses to perhaps donate a bike or two, as they are rather expensive ..

However the last time Lord George called me prior to his death, he dictated this quote to me which Lady George has graciously given her permission for us to be able to use: .."I remember when the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, visited the Sir James Smith School in Camelford and he specifically referred to the provision of sport outside of schools that must benefit the community as a whole, including those with disabilities. The Wheels for All Centre in Cornwall is a wonderful way of addressing that objective and I wholeheartedly support the project. I hope that the commercial sector in Cornwall will feel able to contribute to the funding of these specialised bikes."

Since then Lady George has also offered to take up the baton and continue to support our endeavours and naturally, we accepted!  As a result of there now being one trained ride leader in county, we are now one step closer to achieving our objective and opening cycling up.  If you wish to donate a few pennies, please click on the link to the right, to take you to the Just Giving website set up for precisely that reason and the funds will go directly to the charity.

There are in fact already a handful of bikes in Cornwall at the Delaware Outdoor Education Centre on the edges of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor .. these latest pix are of their bikes which the Centre Manager and I had a little play on, whilst figuring out how they work.  This was in the rain and something of a 'white out' in terms of mist but given the centre's location, that is not really any great surprise - It was completely the opposite to Bristol a couple of weeks back but a little water never hurt anyone!

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