byegad
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I remember Constance Vigilant she was a 'friendly' girl. Wink! Wink! Nudge! Nudge! Know what I mean?
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markg0vbr
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there is a prize draw for them that do the ride to work thing!
Try Cycling to Work
Would you like to get fit, save money, and do your bit for the environment?
Rotherham Council is launching a Try Cycling to Work programme. Everything you need to cycle to work will be provided
FREE of charge for a 4 week trial:
·A quality bike and accessories (a limited number of electric bikes are also available).
·Assistance with route planning to work.
·Cycle training and guided rides for groups/ individuals if required.
·Cycle maintenance support.
·Secure bike parking, clean showers and lockers are also available in the basement of Riverside House and at some other buildings.
All you need to do is cycle to work as often as you can over a 4 week challenge period. At the end of the programme you can
give your bike back or if you like the bike and accessories you can purchase them for a substantial discount off the normal
retail price.
Existing cyclists are also welcome to register for the programme.
There will be a bike try out day on Tuesday 17th April and Wednesday 18th April outside the main entrance to Riverside House
where you can choose your bike, or bring your existing bike along for a free check up.
The 4 week cycling challenge will take place from 4th May to 1st June.
If you would like to register for the programme go to:
As a thank you, all participants will be entered into a prize draw at the end of the programme.
For further information contact:
Council contacts for local information about the scheme are:
Try Cycling to Work
Would you like to get fit, save money, and do your bit for the environment?
Rotherham Council is launching a Try Cycling to Work programme. Everything you need to cycle to work will be provided
FREE of charge for a 4 week trial:
·A quality bike and accessories (a limited number of electric bikes are also available).
·Assistance with route planning to work.
·Cycle training and guided rides for groups/ individuals if required.
·Cycle maintenance support.
·Secure bike parking, clean showers and lockers are also available in the basement of Riverside House and at some other buildings.
All you need to do is cycle to work as often as you can over a 4 week challenge period. At the end of the programme you can
give your bike back or if you like the bike and accessories you can purchase them for a substantial discount off the normal
retail price.
Existing cyclists are also welcome to register for the programme.
There will be a bike try out day on Tuesday 17th April and Wednesday 18th April outside the main entrance to Riverside House
where you can choose your bike, or bring your existing bike along for a free check up.
The 4 week cycling challenge will take place from 4th May to 1st June.
If you would like to register for the programme go to:
As a thank you, all participants will be entered into a prize draw at the end of the programme.
For further information contact:
Council contacts for local information about the scheme are:
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markg0vbr
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should be fun i dont think there will be a lot do it though.
i hope some do though might make the roads a bit safer if some of the road planers have to ride in to work.
i hope some do though might make the roads a bit safer if some of the road planers have to ride in to work.
byegad
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I'd love to ride to whatever that word is. But as a Gentleman of independent means I don't do the 'W' thing.
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markg0vbr
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of 2000 staff 8 commute on a regular basis, all men, there is accommodation for 300 bikes.
it will be interesting to see who joins in.
how many extra commuters we get.
it will be interesting to see who joins in.
how many extra commuters we get.
byegad
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We could do with a road planer around here the roads would be much smoother after it passed by.
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markg0vbr
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the tan line on my head is getting to the point of being a problem, it looks like i have a screw top head.
byegad
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FTFY
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markg0vbr
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there should be 40 staff give the ride to work a go !
how many road planers? I think we should be told as (not road)tax paying citizens of the republic (or something). After all with 300 bike spaces and 40 people biking there are plenty to spare - have you thought about exporting them to, say, London?
I would travel MILES (well inches if you are lucky) to see a road planer on a bike!
I would travel MILES (well inches if you are lucky) to see a road planer on a bike!
Interesting that the 'Key Figures' for that particular Road Planer use a half-full water tank, a half-full fuel tank and a (presumably half full) driver of .... 75kg !road planer.... you mean something like this- one of those on a bike I would love to see! I guess it might use up one or two parking spaces in the bike park!
Just like all our road planing/maintenance men !
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markg0vbr
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well 40 have signed up how mainy actuly ride in??? the road team have the grand total of 0 the man that has booked all this has not got a bike, he decides what paths are up graded to shaird paths and serficed.
i did sort of pin him in a corner and point out the gaping gap in the off road path that if instegated would link doncaster to sheffield city centre.
the path from town center railway station to sheffield center is to be surficed if the funding comes through that has been aplied for.
byegad
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Rawmarsh must have the smoothest roads in Yorkshire!
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markg0vbr
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it may be the end of the week but it is the beginning of the end of the beginning for staff beginning the final run-up to the elections.
the proses is very complicated and there are lots of safeguards and hoops to be jumped through before the day. it is a shame no one seems to be bothered of course a chunk of the local population are not eligible to vote the rest cant be bothered, the last time i was in involved the turn out was 18% of the people registered to vote. no one knows what percentage of people entitled to register don't.
as i explained to the incumbent representative of one ward, bashing on about he spoke for the people, "who? the 275 that voted for you, of a roll of over 2000 in a ward where over 5000 live! so who speaks for the over 4000 who did not want you then?". er...........me! ok as long as we have that sorted out then, he sort of lost the thread of what he was saying and wondered off.
i will be manning the 3rd floor on the 5th, as almost every one will be getting there £150 on top of there days pay for doing the voting thing. i cant do it apparently as i use a wheel chair and crutches. i am however considered able to cover 5 different sections by myself though, i will need new tyres on the chair by the end of the day.
i will be better of taking the trike in, the lads in the loading bay do the post ect have had pedometers on and say each lap of the 12 floors is 3 miles, they do 3 laps a day.
in inclement weather when i cant go for a push around town, i go down there to get some fresh air as the office is all air conditioned and i can do some laps of the under ground to get the blood pumping a bit.
they have a brew waiting for me as they see me coming on the cameras and keep me up to date on the latest big ideas floating about, so i tend to know what is going on in the office before any one els, as they don't talk to the minions that keep the place going.
i am really looking forward to next week as i went around taging the parking bays that will be painted up as for disabled drivers
they are the ones on the end of rows or where supports mean the bays are a bit bigger, the ones that people with flashy cars come in at 8am to snag so no one parks near to there car.
well it needed doing and i thought i would volunteer, i got no joy out of it at all 
the proses is very complicated and there are lots of safeguards and hoops to be jumped through before the day. it is a shame no one seems to be bothered of course a chunk of the local population are not eligible to vote the rest cant be bothered, the last time i was in involved the turn out was 18% of the people registered to vote. no one knows what percentage of people entitled to register don't.
as i explained to the incumbent representative of one ward, bashing on about he spoke for the people, "who? the 275 that voted for you, of a roll of over 2000 in a ward where over 5000 live! so who speaks for the over 4000 who did not want you then?". er...........me! ok as long as we have that sorted out then, he sort of lost the thread of what he was saying and wondered off.
i will be manning the 3rd floor on the 5th, as almost every one will be getting there £150 on top of there days pay for doing the voting thing. i cant do it apparently as i use a wheel chair and crutches. i am however considered able to cover 5 different sections by myself though, i will need new tyres on the chair by the end of the day.
i will be better of taking the trike in, the lads in the loading bay do the post ect have had pedometers on and say each lap of the 12 floors is 3 miles, they do 3 laps a day.
in inclement weather when i cant go for a push around town, i go down there to get some fresh air as the office is all air conditioned and i can do some laps of the under ground to get the blood pumping a bit.
they have a brew waiting for me as they see me coming on the cameras and keep me up to date on the latest big ideas floating about, so i tend to know what is going on in the office before any one els, as they don't talk to the minions that keep the place going.
i am really looking forward to next week as i went around taging the parking bays that will be painted up as for disabled drivers
they are the ones on the end of rows or where supports mean the bays are a bit bigger, the ones that people with flashy cars come in at 8am to snag so no one parks near to there car. well it needed doing and i thought i would volunteer, i got no joy out of it at all 