New Members

Welcome to all the new members, especially to those

who joined at our stall at the Go Green Fair. Please do come along to campaign meetings, which are held at the Friends Meeting house, on Ordnance Road, 7.30pm every second Monday of the month. We are a relaxed and very friendly group, and we start each meeting with a bit of a chat with drinks and biscuits. With your help and attendance at meetings we will be able to campaign more effectively for better provision for cyclists in Southampton.

December Meeting

At our December meeting (10^th) there will be an opportunity for you to meet officers of the City Council responsible for cycling promotion within the city. They will be able to update us on recent developments and issues regarding cycling. They will also be able to inform us about future developments and they should be able to answer any questions you may wish to put to them. And, as it is our last meeting before Christmas, please bring some festive food to share.

Fluorescent Vests

We plan to order some fluorescent vests with www.SOUTHAMPTONCYCLINGCAMPAIGN.org.uk printed on the back. These would cost £10-12 and would promote the campaign and provide much needed free publicity while gathering new recruits for the movement. These could be in yellow or red, and we would love to hear your views on the colour, as we are as yet undecided. We hope to have some of these available for the January meeting.

Connect 2

On October 27^th over a dozen local cyclists took part in a cycle from the civic centre following Sustrans Route 23. Cycling Officer Dale Bostock accompanied the group to look at

Connect 2, the proposed route which would link Northam Bridge with Horseshoe Bridge and would form part of Sustrans Route 23. Details of the route and a photo of the event were featured in the echo on 31^st October. We also looked at routes in the Bitterne Park and Mansbridge areas.

Please support Southamptonùs bid for lottery money to fund cycling by doing one of the following:

Text CONNECT 2 to 80010
Complete the form at http://www.sustransconnect2.org.uk
Call 0845 058 1373

Please also get your friends/family to support the campaign by doing one of the above.

Contacts

Chairperson: Lindsi Bluemel; 17 Whitworth Road,

Bitterne Park, SO18 1GE

02380 332926

Website Coordinator: Mair www.southamptoncycling.org.uk

www.southamptoncyclingcampaign.org.uk

Membership Secretaries: Barry and Sue Colborne

39 Swift Road, Woolston,

SO19 9FP

If anybody canùt make the December meeting please donùt forget to try and get to the January meeting, which will be held at 7:30 on 14^th January 2008!

Christmas drinks and nibbles and quiz

You are all invited to a Christmas social evening at 17 Whitworth Road, starting at 7:30 on Wednesday 19^th December. Quiz will test your cycling knowledge to the limits! Friends and family welcome!