Elmbridge Cycle Group

December's bike ride will be this Sunday 20th at 11:00am.

We'll start from outside the Hand and Spear at Weybridge Station as usual. The plan this month is to stick to the roads and head South. Exact route to be revealed on the day.

The usual format, ride for an hour or so, stop for lunch at a pub and then another hour or so returning to Weybridge Station. 10-15 miles, 3 -4 hours.

If you want to come along just turn up on Sunday at 11:00 outside the Hand and Spear. As daylight is very short at this time of year please consider bringing hi-visibility gear and/or lights.

Seven Hills Road: Thank you to all of you who emailed Ian Lake about this, he's passed our comments and views on to his negotiator but we've not heard anything back yet. If you haven't written to Ian, please do so, it's not too late and the weight of opinion really does make a difference. His email address is: i.lake@surreycc.gov.uk

Now, since I always seem to leave it to the last minute to send out details of these rides I thought it might be helpful to have a schedule. These dates are provisional and may change but we'll try to keep to them if we can:

Sunday January 17th 2010
Sunday February 21st 2010
Sunday March 14th 2010
Sunday April 18th 2010
Sunday May 16th 2010

After that we may revert to the summer schedule of Thursday evenings.

Next, The Weybridge Society is preparing a Transport Strategy document in response to the Council's Core Strategy (you may remember it being presented at a town meeting in St James Church a few months back). The Weybridge Society is a resident's association that represents all residents in Weybridge. They are looking for input in formulating a strategic vision of transport in the area. Obviously cycling is a key consideration and so ideas and suggestions from cyclists would be very welcome. If you have any input please email me and I'll make sure it gets taken into account.

Finally, seasons greetings and a happy new year.
George