Coal caravan coming very soon — route info & how to book if you are coming — & phone number

COAL CARAVAN
24 April‑4 May 2009

Hel­lo !

**Now we’re enroute, con­tact us by phone if you are plan­ning to join us and want to get in touch then please call 07729575582**

Here is the lat­est route plan and event diary for the coal car­a­van as well as the near­est train sta­tions for peo­ple who wish to join us along the way.

Remem­ber you need to tell us where you are joining/leaving the car­a­van!
http://sounddevastation.co.uk/coalcaravan/booking.html

There is alot of cycling involved! We will be cycling up to 45 miles per day (though usu­al­ly less) and it will not be flat. We will how­ev­er have dif­fer­ent paced par­ties to accom­mo­date the fastest and the slow­est, but this is a great excuse to do some train­ing at get fit!

You will need a work­ing bike (see the Bicy­col­o­gy web­site for advice on on basic main­te­nance www.bicycology.org.uk/guide_pages.htm).

You will also need to be able to car­ry all your belong­ings on your bike (see www.bicycology.org.uk/guide_pages.htm) as there will be no sup­port vehi­cle.

If you plan to join us after the Fri­day night, please make sure you arrive before 8.30am or after 6pm.

You can view a Google map of the route here, though be aware it is sub­ject to change. http://tinyurl.com/coalcaravanroute

There will be some peo­ple trav­el­ling the route by bus, email for more infor­ma­tion.

Fri 24th April
Meet at the Sumac Cen­tre in Not­ting­ham at around 3pm, for a bicy­cle fix-up work­shop, Crit­i­cal Mass, and a great veg­an meal, before a send-off par­ty in co-oper­a­tion with the Demo eth­i­cal night­club project.
Near­est train sta­tion — Not­ting­ham

Sat 25th
Cycle to Ship­ley, Der­byshire, where we will be hold­ing an activ­i­ty after­noon and an evening event.
Near­est train sta­tion — Not­ting­ham (morn­ing) Lan­g­ley Mill (evening)

Sun 26th
A walk with local activists around the Ship­ley open cast site. This will include talks on the nat­ur­al his­to­ry and wildlife of the area.
Near­est train sta­tion — Lan­g­ley Mill (all day)

Mon 27th
Cycle to Don­cast­er
Near­est train sta­tion — Lan­g­ley Mill (morn­ing) Don­cast­er (evening)

Tues 28th
A press call out­side Ed Mil­liband’s con­stituen­cy office at 10am, then cycle to Pon­te­fract doing out­reach and vis­it­ing sites along the way. The evening event is “the His­to­ry of Coal; the future of coal”, at The Main Hall, Pon­te­fract Col­lege. Cur­ry sup­per from 6pm., with dis­cus­sion from 7.
Near­est train sta­tion — Don­cast­er (morn­ing) Pon­te­fract (evening)

Wed 29th
A walk to Fer­ry­bridge pow­er sta­tion, and from there to the site of the pro­posed open-cast near Fair­bairn Ings/Ledstone, then in the evening to Pon­te­fract library for a bicy­cle pow­ered screen­ing of the Age of Stu­pid.
Near­est train sta­tion — Pon­te­fract (all day)

Thurs 30th
Cycling north, vis­it­ing sites and talk­ing to peo­ple all the way.
Near­est train sta­tion — Pon­te­fract (morn­ing) Ripon(evening)

Fri 1st May
Cycling north.
Near­est train sta­tion — Ripon (morn­ing) New­ton Aycliffe (evening)

Sat 2nd
Cycle to Dip­ton, Stan­ley, Co. Durham, where there will be a wel­come event about the Coal Car­a­van 7pm.
Near­est train sta­tion — New­ton Aycliffe (morn­ing) Durham (evening)

Sun 3rd
10.30am meet at Dip­ton Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre for a site walk in the beau­ti­ful area around Bradley. We will have a local his­to­ri­an on the walk which will be 4–5 miles, off road and unsuit­able for bug­gies. The evening event will be “The His­to­ry of Coal; The Future of Coal” at 7.30pm, Dip­ton Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre.
Near­est train sta­tion — Durham (all day)

Mon 4th
Work­shops about cam­paign strate­gies and action train­ing in the Church Hut at Cam­bois, North of Blyth. 10- 6pm. There will be chil­dren’s work­shops and games from 11.30am please bring bikes. 7.30pm Cam­bois Min­er’s Insti­tute, a bicy­cle pow­ered screen­ing of the Age of Stu­pid.
Near­est train sta­tion — Durham (morn­ing) Cram­ling­ton (evening)

Tues 5th
Relax then head home by train in the after­noon. You will need to book your train!
Near­est train sta­tion — Cram­ling­ton (all day)

Email: caravan@climatecamp.org.uk
Post: Coal Car­a­van, c/o 245 Glad­stone St, Not­ting­ham, NG7 6HX
www.coalcaravan.org.uk