Havant Borough Council has had a second go at improving the south end of the Billy Trail next to HIADS. This after the first attempt caused safety concerns and had to be reversed.
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Progress on the Hayling Billy works
You can find out the latest at:
www.havant.gov.uk/hayling-billy-trail/hayling-billy-trail-phase-4
Hayling’s BEST AGM
Hayling’s BEST, the Island’s umbrella organisation for community groups and projects, is holding its AGM at 7.30 pm on Thursday 23 January at the URC Hall in Mengham. Cycle Hayling is a member group of Hayling’s BEST, and will be presenting our annual report to the meeting.
The AGM is also a chance to find out about other successful activities on the Island, such as the Hayling Billy 50 project, which recently won Lottery funding towards upgrading the Hayling Billy trail.
Everyone welcome!
Hayling Billy Trail Lottery Cash Award
As reported in today’s Portsmouth News (see http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/cash-grant-set-to-give-hayling-billy-a-new-lease-of-life-1-5763502) the Peter Drury HB50 project to mark the 50 years since the last Hayling Billy steam train, has now been successful in gaining Lottery funds of nearly £90k. Well Done Peter and we look forward to seeing the improvements on the island part of the Billy Trail.
Update from Cycle Hayling
This is the text of an email we sent to all Cycle Hayling supporters with email addresses on 5th December 2013…
Welcome to all our new supporters. You are helping us promote better cycling facilities on the Island.
In this update:
- Good news for the ‘Safe routes to school’ project
- More good news…
- …and even more
- New ‘Park and Stride’ scheme
- An appeal about cycle lights
- Watch out, there’s a thief about!
- North East Hayling Residents Association
- Hayling to Paris ride – update
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Be Flash, Get Noticed!
It’s great to see more people keeping healthy by cycling. But in winter, cyclists are even harder to spot among bigger, brightly lit cars and lorries.
Imagine this cyclist without his hi-viz reflective jacket – would you still spot him? Continue reading “Be Flash, Get Noticed!”
Speedwatch starts up on Hayling Island
It’s taken a while, but the Hayling Island Speedwatch campaign is finally up and running.
The first few sessions will be accompanied by PC Dave Wedlake. After that, the programme will be run entirely by local volunteers. The group joins existing local Speedwatch campaigns in Emsworth and Bedhampton and all the other campaigns nationwide.
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16 Cub Scouts get their cycling badges
Following our afternoon with Mengham Junior school during Bike Week, Mandy Hawke – leader of Saturn Pack, 3rd Hayling Scout Group – got in touch to ask if we could help her pack get their cycling badges.
We were pleased to do that. It was a cooperative effort with the pack leaders doing most of the sessions and we filled in with the more technical stuff.
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Seafront path extension work has started
Work has started on extending the new accessibility path – a requirement of the ‘Blue Flag’ qualification.
We predicted that there would be more work than shown on the new Havant cycle map and that it could start soon, but we didn’t realise quite how soon.
The new path will be available to pedestrians, wheelchair users, mobility scooter users and, of course, cyclists. When it’s finished, you will be able to cycle off road all the way from Sandy Point to Beachlands. Continue reading “Seafront path extension work has started”
Cycle Hayling/CTC Portsmouth Score Resounding Success at Havant Goes Greener Fair.
Havant held their annual Havant Goes Greener Fair last Saturday, 14 Sept.
In spite of the poor weather and comparative low number of visitors to the fair, the Cycle Hayling/ CTC Portsmouth stall was a great success in attracting many adults and youngsters to the Turbo Cycle Challenge. This was a competition where 2 bikes, one normal adult size bike and the other a child’s bike are mounted on turbo trainers. Riders have 1 minute from a standing start to see how far they can pedal, with the result put on Leader Boards in each group. The main difference from last year’s stall was the addition of a child’s bike to provide for the significant numbers of youngsters who, even with the saddle fully down, couldn’t reach the pedals of the adult bike. Continue reading “Cycle Hayling/CTC Portsmouth Score Resounding Success at Havant Goes Greener Fair.”