With the Easter school holidays approaching, Life Cycle is offering the perfect solution for bored kids and stressed parents! They’re running special three-day cycle training courses to get 8 to 11 year olds out of the house and onto their bikes. They take place at Clifton in Bristol and at Keynsham. The courses run for two-and-a-half hours a day over three days. Instead of drilling children around traffic cones on school playgrounds, they engage the youngsters in an exciting, interactive way. They spend most of their time out on local roads sampling real-life traffic situations, learning how to “read the road”, and practising essential manoeuvres.LifeCycle ran similar courses during the February half-term and Mrs Mathews from Bath told us:
“I just wanted to send mine and my son’s thanks as he really enjoyed the cycle training course. He learnt a lot and he looked forward to attending every day and it kept him busy during the week off school. It was value for money and I would certainly recommend the course to others.”
There’s more information on our website at www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/events.php
Tandem acts of kindnessLife Cycle runs tandem rides for people who are blind or visually impaired. They call it Two’s Company. Earlier in the year they acquire three tandems at a knock-down price from a bike hire business that was closing down. Since then they’ve been offered three more by generous members of the public. They’ve also received small grants and donations towards the project from local businesses and from people like you. Folk have also come forward to offer their services as front-riders and the use of their own tandems for rides. We’re immensely grateful for the support received.
This generosity has enabled LifeCycle to set up a regular programme of rides, one a month throughout the year. Click this link www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/events.php to find out the routes, dates and times.If you are sight impaired, or if you have family members, friends or work colleagues who are, do tell them about Two’s Company.
