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- Progress with sign boards
- Latest on the survey project
- Other ways you can help
- Teaching a child how to cycle
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Hayling Lions Club are holding a Donkey Derby & Fete on Saturday 30 May at Legion Field (just off Legion Road), Hayling Island, from 13.00 to 17.00. Cycle Hayling together with Portsmouth CTC will have a stall with 2 Turbo Challenge bikes to see who can ride the furthest in 1 minute. This has been very well attended with over 100 riders competing at last year’s event and is one of the ways we promote our group and club and generally encourage cycling. Come along and join the fun, and even better help to set up and manage the stall. If you can help out please contact me via my usual e-mail address. Robert Sebley
We offered all the prospective parliamentary candidates attending our recent public meeting the opportunity to send you a message. The following is the message from Alan Mak (Conservative party).
Andy Henderson
Chair, Cycle Hayling
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We offered all the prospective parliamentary candidates attending our recent public meeting the opportunity to send you a message. The following is the message from Graham Giles (Labour party).
Andy Henderson
Chair, Cycle Hayling
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We understand the company that runs the Hayling Ferry has gone into administration. According to the company’s Twitter account, service is closed.
There’s still some hope the service will return if:
That would seem to require renegotiation of either the controversial pontoon fees, a subsidy from Portsmouth City Council (which withdrew its subsidy last year) or both. That leaves little scope for a return in the short term.
That’s sad news for Hayling Islanders. It’s particularly bad for cyclists and cycle-tourism because it disrupts National Cycle Network route 2 which relies on the Ferry. The obvious alternate route (across Farlington Marshes and down Eastern Road) by-passes Hayling Island altogether.
We’ll post an update if we learn more.
We offered all the prospective parliamentary candidates attending our recent public meeting the opportunity to send you a message. The following is the message from Tim Dawes (Green party).
Andy Henderson
Chair, Cycle Hayling
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We offered all the prospective parliamentary candidates attending our recent public meeting the opportunity to send you a message. The following is the message from John Perry (UKIP).
Andy Henderson
Chair, Cycle Hayling
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Thanks to everyone who came to Wednesday’s public meeting.
We had an impressive turnout and were able to discuss a range of issues affecting cyclists on Hayling Island. Your attendance and words of encouragement renewed our motivation to bring about a cycle-friendlier Hayling Island. Your suggestions were welcome and we will follow-up on them.
Attendees included all but one of the prospective parliamentary candidates for Havant: Alan Mak (Conservative), Graham Giles (Labour), John Perry (UKIP), and Tim Dawes (Green party). There was therefore a very good chance we were able to brief our next MP on the problems we face and what we seek to do about them. I offered each of the PPC’s the option to send you a message via the web site and email list. Hopefully their messages will give you a good idea of the support for cycling you can expect from each candidate should they be elected.
I’m pleased that we continue to get support from our local councillors. Frank Pearce, Andy Lenaghan and John Perry (playing a dual role) all attended and renewed their assurances of help where they can give it.
If you would like to get more involved in what we are doing, there are several opportunities available to you. As just one example, Sue Underwood has started a new project to survey cycle traffic on the island. Please let me know if you’d like to play a bigger part in this or any other aspect of our work.
Thank you again,
Andy Henderson
Chair, Cycle Hayling
Footpath 101 runs behind Mengham Junior School. The closure starts 28th February 2015.
You can see more detail including a map and suggested alternative route at:
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