August – A large mural has been painted on the Queen’s Park bridge support. It depicts the face of ‘Lalla’ the little girl whose statue is in the park. The photo is taken from the Queen’s Park bike track. The next photo is of the new bike track through the Donkin site on the old… Keep reading →

The Autumn newsletter is a little late due to holidays and last minute changes. It is at the printers and will be distributed to the delivery reps by the end of the week (posted on 26th August) Keep reading →

This week BBC1 is showing a series of programmes about Mark Beaumont who set off from Paris to cycle around the world in 200 days. Shown on Monday to Thursday after the 10’o’clock evening news. Available on BBC iPlayer if you miss it! (Posted Monday 18th August) Keep reading →

The Campaign was contacted at short notice and asked to attend this event in the Queen’s Park, held today, we signed up some new members and gave out cycling information. Keep reading →

A constructive meeting was held between the Campaign and members of DCC today, 30/7/2008 at Brimington Road. Our views were listened to and they will come up with a revised scheme shortly. Keep reading →

Almost 40 people took part in the Family Ride on Saturday 26th July which was a short tour of ‘sustainability’. Cllr Openshaw (a Campaign member) described the salar PV panels on the Queen’s Park Leisure Centre and the heat pump at the Tourist Office. The tour also looked at a ‘living roof’, a derelict waterwheel… Keep reading →

Several members have commented on the “improvements” on Brimington Road and their impact on cyclists especially the new island near Tapton Terrace. The Secretary has arranged a meeting with DCC on Wednesday 30th July at 9.30am on site to discuss this sub-standard facility. More news after the meeting……………… Keep reading →

ather late notice, but just to confirm the 3rd in our series of family rides will take place on Saturday 26th July. Meeting outside the Queen’s Park cafe from 2.00pm. The ride will depart at 3.00pm. The theme is sustainability, we will pass the Leisure Centre with its solar PV array, one of Chesterfields oldest… Keep reading →

he Campaign has a new ‘recruitment’ poster. Copies will be distributed to the Community Forum noticeboards. Could you put up a poster at your workplace, school or doctors surgery? There are two versions for you to print off, in two file formats (low res jpg or high res pdf). One has more health information and… Keep reading →

The Critical Mass ride in June finally made it into the Derbyshire Times on July 10th. Keep reading →