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Work is progressing on the Meon Valley Trail. Looks like we'll have a new route come the summer. You can read the latest at:
I 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 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.
Here's some video from the barn dance taken by Roger Carradus.
A reminder of a fun evening - thanks, Roger.
Here are some photos from the recent week-end away at Slindon organised by Wally. Unfortunately illness prevented him from attending so Pat took on his cooking duties. Once again, Katie from the National Trust kept our noses to the grindstone.
Click any image to see a larger version.
We worked with the National Trust to fell and chop up Hazel trees that were encroaching on a path used by NT tractors and other vehicles.
We had a great time. The weather was damp on the Saturday, but we really didn't notice while we were working. The food was, as ever, excellent as was the company. Speak to
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to book your place next year!
At this week's committee meeting, Roger described the problem he had with ice on the bridge between Eastern Road and Third Avenue. There was no ice on the roads at the time.
Turns out that is a well-established phenomenon and it's quite common to see signs saying "Bridge freezes before road" in the US.
The reasons are explained on several sites - Google "bridges ice before roads" to see a few. This site is particularly graphic.
Black ice is specially dangerous over bridges, so be careful out there!
The Meon Valley Trail stretches for 10 miles from Wickham to West Meon. Work on improving the trail and upgrading it to a bridleway/cycle path has now started in earnest.
Work is planned to complete in June.
More details and the latest progress report from the Hampshire CC web site.
This page shows all the random images we display on pages in this site. The first set of pictures are scenes. The home page uses just these images; it displays a random selection of nine of these images. The second set is added to the first set and a single, random selection is put at the top of the rides list shown on most other pages.
If you hover your mouse over a set of images, the slider will stop. If you put your mouse at the left edge of the left image, an arrow will appear; click to show the previous picture. Similarly, put your mouse at the right hand edge of the right picture and click to show the next image.
These images are all the same width, but variable in height.
If you have any pictures that might be suitable for the site, let me know. Don't worry about sizes, I can resize pictures for the site.
Here's some pictures taken at the Winedown by Alison and Wilf. Click any image to see a larger version.
If you hover your mouse over the carousel, the pictures will stop moving. If you put your mouse at the left edge of the left image, an arrow will appear; click to show the previous picture. Similarly, put your mouse at the right hand edge of the right picture and click to show the next image.
If you have any more pictures let me know.
Each year we can claim an annual grant which is a fixed amount - determined by CTC Council - available to all member groups. We always put in a claim for this grant.
We can also submit applications for additional grants for specific purposes. This document provides guidelines for claiming specific grants and this document is the application form.
If you think you have a cause deserving of a CTC grant, please raise it with a committee member first so we can discuss it at our next committee meeting.
The winner of the photo competition was Keith Wileman. The runner-up was Pat Mitchell.
The winning photos are reproduced below. Click any image to see a larger version. Note that I have reduced the size of the originals for use on the web.
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