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!