Discover Bristol: Open Doors Day – SAT 14 Sep

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Discover Bristol: Open Doors Day – SAT 14 Sep

14 September 2013

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START: 10:00am Arnolfini

DESCRIPTION: Leisurely paced ride to a selection of four sites on Bristol Doors Open Day, when many of Bristol’s significant contemporary and historic buildings open their doors to the public. Entrance to all buildings is free. The winner of the UK BREEAM 2010 award for UK’s greenest office and the Bristol’s oldest building, a former Benedictine Priory, are included in the ride.

FOOD STOPS: Morning drinks and a lunch stop, both in cafes.

GRADE: Easy

LENGTH: 15 miles

EST FINISH: 5pm

SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS? Yes

LEADER: Chris Whitlock

CONTACT (on the day): 07810 785569

Guests are very welcome to join a few of our rides before becoming members. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

Featured – selection of key articles

Useful Information for Neighbourhood Campaigns +
We have a page about our local campaigning in each of the neighbourhoods of Bristol. There are pages for South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath & North East Somerset. Every area will find the following resources full of useful information. Myths about cycling - The excellent website https://cyclingfallacies.com has well researched answers to common myths about cycling – use these explanations to help spread the truth! They also have a handy print your own bingo card for… Read More
A Modest Proposal #8: Jamaica St cycleway +
Every cyclist in Bristol will have their own strategy for coping with the James Barton roundabout, one of the worst in Bristol and the subject of our Modest Proposal #5: The Bear Pit / St James Barton Roundabout. Particularly as the Gloucester Road is one of the busiest cycling routes in the city, with its own Modest Proposal #6; Eight to Eighty cycling on Gloucester Road. Most of us make use of Jamaica Street, but it… Read More
Bike Life Bristol 2019 report finds safety is the single largest barrier to more people cycling +
In case you needed any convincing of the scale of both the challenge and opportunity for cycling in Bristol, Sustrans have released their excellent Bike Life report for 2019. This follows on from the 2017 and 2015 reports and highlights many of the barriers to cycling in Bristol but also some of the huge opportunities and potential in the city: 350,000 people live within a 25 minute cycle of 'The Galleries' 73% of people think… Read More
A Modest Proposal #3: Inner Loop Proposal +
The Bristol Cycling Campaign is putting together a proposal to City Hall for a segregated loop around the city centre. The Inner Loop Cycleway will link the new and established radial routes and help cyclists safely negotiate the ‘tarmac collar’ of the city’s motor traffic dominated Inner Ring Road. There's a map and key here. The proposed route will be designed to the Dutch standard, sections of it already exist through earlier developments. What follows… Read More
A Health and Safety Perspective of Cycling Safety +
When thinking about reducing risk on our roads and Road Danger Reduction, it's helpful to draw from the experience of engineering and construction. These used to be highly dangerous occupations but years of steady focus on eliminating risk have established a culture that tolerates zero casualties. What might we learn if we were to take a 'Vision Zero' approach to danger on our roads? An interesting blog by Alistair Marshall A Health and Safety Perspective… Read More
Can we make cycling boring? +
by Dulce Pedroso. Like many of us, Bristol Cycling member Dulce Pedroso envisions a version of Bristol where cycling is everywhere. So prevalent, in fact, that talking about cycling as a mode of transport becomes so commonplace that it’s (almost) boring. A city where everyone and their grandma cycles and no one calls you ‘brave’ for cycling the morning commute. In her quest to help make that happen, Dulce is running for election onto Cycling… Read More

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