What's Going on

So I'm aware we haven't had that much to say or ourselves recently, here is where we are at with campaigning.

The Woman From The Council (TWFTC) has been back in-touch about re-lining and the Knaresborough  Rd  apparently they have gone back to their sub-contractor who have proposed little or no cycleways or some such on their detail drawings.  Anyway TWFTC has headed off on holiday for a fortnight but she did say she wanted to "get this right" on her email  and re-lining is now scheduled for September. I can't decide if she is interested in keeping to her commitment to us and Gia Margolis or not, we await developments. Expect another call to arms if there is significant backsliding on their part.

We have been lobbying the Hospital to try and get them to work in partnership with us to increase staff cycling numbers. We met a stone wall until recently. Odd as they have a stated objective to promote cycling in their travel plan. We have now been referred to another person in the hospital. This either means we are getting somewhere or we are getting the run around. It seems important to try and work with the hospital as they are the biggest employer in the area and bike riders are happier staff as this London School of Economics report into the british cycling economy suggests that people riding bikes saves the nation 128 million quid a year in sickness costs.

Oh and the Olympics put some rather splendid elite athletes and one Yorkshire woman in the world's view. Well done GB cycling, well done local hero Lizzie Armitstead now can we get some provision for those of us who think Keirin is a boy's name? I have on the back of all this however bought tickets for the revolution championship at the velodrome in Manchester so hopefully when I return I will know why the man rides around on the silly motorbike that can't stay ahead of Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton for that long.