On Yer Bike – or a Scooter!
For Second Charlbury Children’s Bike Rally
Put the morning of Saturday 8 September in your diary now for the second Great Charlbury Children’s Bike Rally round Charlbury’s five churches.
Last year’s rally was a great success. It was enjoyed by some 40 children (and panting parents) despite the weather.
It will again be organised jointly by the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust and the Windrush Bike Project.
Balance bikes and scooters will be eligible for the youngest category. Like last year the route will start at St Mary’s churchyard gate and end at the Windrush Bike Project tent on the Playing Close where all children who complete their route will receive certificates and prizes. Parents must sign their children in at St Mary’s from 10.30am and must accompany their children. The rally will start at 11.30am.
At their tent the Windrush Bike Project will also be running Dr. Bike, Try-a-Bike and Bubble Bike Fun. It will be well worth a visit even if you are not on your bike that day. The Windrush Bike Project is a social enterprise which promotes cycling for short journeys in West Oxfordshire. As well as cycle training and campaigning, the project runs a community workshop where volunteers recycle old bikes either to give away to people who need them or for sale. If you would like to donate the old bike from your shed, please drop it off at the WBP tent.
The Rally is part of OHCT’s annual sponsored Ride and Stride which takes place that day. This is its largest source of income for the grants it makes to maintain the county’s churches and chapels of all denominations. Sign up in advance and you are covered by its public liability insurance. You can do this online here