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Bristol Actions in Solidarity with Rising Tide’s Call to Action: August-September 2007

GOLF COURSES
Parts of 3 golf courses were dug up: Tracy Park, Wick; Knowle, Stockwood; and Filton. In Knowle a message was sprayed up near the club house reading “Decadent waste of water”.

MOBILE PHONE MAST

GOLF COURSES
Parts of 3 golf courses were dug up: Tracy Park, Wick; Knowle, Stockwood; and Filton. In Knowle a message was sprayed up near the club house reading “Decadent waste of water”.

MOBILE PHONE MAST
A mobile phone mast at Broomhill, Brislington, was sabotaged.

NON-PASSENGER RAILWAY LINE
The single track railway line that runs from the Royal Portbury Dock in Avonmouth to Parson Street in Bedminster was sabotaged. This non-passenger line transports cars and fossil fuel to the Midlands. In a wooded area on a straight section of the line the track was cut three quarters of the way through in two places and marked with high visibility paint. A warning banner reading: “Stop: Trees on line” was fixed across the line several hundred yards in front of this on the line. A pile of wood was placed across the line next to the damaged part.

This held up the transportation of cars for only half an hour, but the repair to the line took at least another 4 hours.

4x4s
within the last 6 months both front tyres punctured on 40 4x4s in and around Bristol.

A “corporate entertainment” company called 4-Play, which provides off road driving for 4x4s in the south west, had vehicles spray painted “4-play – blow-job the planet”.

4x4s disarmed in the city of Stockholm

24th August: a newly formed activist group, calling itself The Indians of the Concrete Jungle, has struck repeatedly against SUVs in the centre of Stockholm over the last weeks. Some 300 of those killer machines have so far been temporarily disarmed. The Indians deflate the tyres of the SUVs and leave a letter to the owner on the windscreen, wherein the action is explained (translation attached below). Considerable fury has arisen among the SUV-owners of the city, as evident in the lynch atmosphere in countless comments on the website of the group as well as in various army, car and sports communities on the web. In one incident, an owner chased an Indian for 20 minutes. Three Indians have been nabbed by the police – apparently giving high priority to stemming this crime – and face various criminal charges. However, the group is determined to continue taking direct action against SUVs, as they constitute one of the most provocative and insane sources of unnecessary carbon emissions (insofar as conspicuous consumption of monster vehicles is not deemed a genuine human need).

Update: New indian tribes has appeared and has struck against SUVs in Malmö, Gothenburg and Sundsvall.

The Indians would like to recommend this form of direct action to all like-minded groups. If selective SUV-disarmament is done repeatedly and on a massive scale, it will develop from a slight annoyance in the eyes of the owners into a real obstacle for driving the things, thus putting an end to perhaps the most obnoxious aspect of bourgeois carbon addiction. Imagine waking up to a car without air in the tyres every morning, or even once a week! It’s not a complicated manoeuvre: just unscrew the cap of the valve, insert a grain of gravel or stone in it, and screw it back on. The grain will push down the peg in the middle of the valve, making sure the air is gently released. The whole manoeuvre will take about 10 seconds. Leave the SUV, and listen to the beautiful sound of the air petering out.

Letter to SUV owners:
Your SUV kills!
We have deflated one or several tyres of your SUV. Don’t take it personal. It’s your car we don’t like. You are certainly aware of the large amount of fuel it consumes, so we don’t have to enlighten you about that. But either you are ignorant of, or you don’t care about the fact that all the gas you consume by driving around in your SUV in the streets of the city has devastating consequences for others. Scientists are entirely sure that we are very close to pushing climate change over a threshold, into a phase where it will be totally out of control.

When the glaciers melt, people’s source of water disappear. When the deserts spread, agricultural fields become uncultivable. When the sea level rises, homes are inundated. Result: billions of refugees, countless deaths. It’s already estimated that 160 000 people die every year due to the effects of climate change, according to the WHO.
As an affluent Swede you will survive longer then most. Those most vulnerable, and already worst afflicted by the global warming caused by Northern affluence, are the people of poor countries. In the end, however, climate chaos will affect us all, poor people as well as rich.

This does not have to happen if we impose a radical cut on carbon emissions. Now.
Not tomorrow. That’s why we have disarmed your SUV by deflating the tires.
Since you live in a city with a functioning and accessible public transportation system you will have no problem going where you want without your SUV.

Tara Valley Ireland Action Stations – actions & callout for 6th/7th; route walk/action videos – 6th Sept update

22.08.2007

Cultural Conservationists stop work on Tara valley, Irelands heart of ancient heritage, by M3 Climate Criminals.

22.08.2007

Cultural Conservationists stop work on Tara valley, Irelands heart of ancient heritage, by M3 Climate Criminals.
International Climate Concern actions start early for frontline Earth defence activists.

Lively actions were carried out on the route of the proposed M3 motorway being plunged through the ancient astrological city complex of Tara in Ireland .This area is known as the Valley of the Kings, it is in fact older than the valley of the kings in Egypt.

Taras knowledge and message still await full revelation.The destruction MUST BE STOPPED.

On thurs. a medium sized possee(12 plus) of concerned citizens took a route walk. This began by Inspecting the destruction of the Lismullen 8,000 year old henge ( archeology by record ,drawing plans of where all the posts are then, bagging and bulldozing) .

We viewed the henge from the hillside of Rath Lugh the hill fort of the Fianna the warriors and protectors of Ireland whose graveyards are now being desecrated and bulldozed.

The magical mystery time travelling tour then proceeded to Barons town and Collierstown. Where a gate was blockaded, songs sung and a lively debate was had with site security. We then headed of at a trot followed by a very small contingent of security, we kept ahead and managed to delay a digger at work for some time till we decide to move on, the plan had been to keep moving and slow up work in many places guerilla stylee.
We took a break then rushed back onto site to stop the same digger again this time for longer three people climbing onto the roof singing, ignoring the securitys calls to get down and banging on the roof of the cab till the driver exited left the cab. We then decided to move as the Gardai (police) arrived (reaction time about 25-30 mins.)

We kept ahead of most security and laughed much as their 4 wheel drive got stuck in the deep mud. Mud surfers and digger divers required or cultural conservationists as some media have dubbed the concerned citizens of the Emerald Isles.

We returned to the first gate and a few of us rushed into a site where about 4 diggers and other big trucks were working, Although health and safety law recquires the machines to shut down when we are on site ,these machines carried on, most turn off and are fairly amicable when talked to .

Many of the security workers and even the Guardai have expressed they do not want the road to go this way.
There is and alternative Meath County multi-way proposal which includes reopening an unused railway, a park and ride alternative routes around the valley which are cheaper and shorter.

One of the keys is corruption: Which groups really have bought up the valley and stand to make astronomical profits from the developments that will be built in the valley.

Friends of the Fianna Fail ruling party it seems.In contravention of European law. As well as Corporate giants such as Dick Cheneys Haliburton and the Spanish mega building company set up by General Franco called Farrovial (Now large owners of Londons Tube Underground and most of the toll motorways in South America)

The action continued as the gardai caught up and the cross country run began.The younger fitter activistas managed to keep ahead, and the Guard on foot with 2 security gave up after a few hundred metres of mud and rough ground, however the next few gates to the road were covered by security and police vans as we tried to make our exit .So we headed deeper cross country and by chance came across another digger on route not working ,this proceeded to run away at slow 4mph speed we laughed and followed it 300m on there was another digger which saw us, 2 face painted men one in a kilt and a young women armed with a drum. This frightening spectacle caused the second digger to flee at its ridiculous top speed we continued to laugh.

We stopped these 2 working for some time then security turned up we went to leave as a second land rover screached around a corner we ran. We managed to escape by diving through 2 ditches and 2 hedges a van full of security that arrived seemed reluctant to follow the man in a kilt through a thorny hedge so close to clocking off time.

Our sister was caught but miraculously released. She was surrounded by 13 security who told her to come to wait for the guards. She said she would stay there let them come to her also that they could not move her and that this road was illegal .They said by who …she said under EU law. She said she had come to protect land and ancestors and began to question them on their actions which must have shamed them as after a few minutes this captive audience of security told her she was free to go.

It seems sometimes the Gardai were reluctant to arrest due to media coverage. But not always as over 7 have been arrested particilarly at the battle of Soldiers Hill 3 weeks ago. Since which most destruction of ancient sites has occured. Some by bulldozers in the middle of the night. So we all had a a day of high adrenalin action and fun and escaped to resist the motorway madness climate criminals another day.

On Friday we got up at 6.30a.m. to the sound of Trumpet drum and calls of porridge and coffee..A big possee.
We blockaded the gate of the Lismullen Henge as the National Road Authority sponsored archeologists arrived shaming them. The gate hugging was good natured with much singing “u cant kill the spirit of Tara” and other songs. Except for when a gardai pushed a young Irish lad backwards over the edge of the bridge, narrowly escaping falling. His apparent crime was to ask the Gardai to speak to him in Gaelic (which all Gardai are required to speak).

We then regrouped and got 25 of us into 5 cars and hit the gates of the Roestown site running. We spread out over 7-800 m and digger diving occupied 7-8 diggers stopping a total of over 15 machines from carrying on their destruction and desecration. For pictures of what Roestown used to be check www.tarasolidarityvigil.net
This action was highly effective after about an hour and a half the gardai got people to leave machinery some as slowly as possible .others preferring to pull out across country.
We met up again for food at the vigil camp then some of us headed to Dublin for a Green man meets the Green Party action .

On Sat. there was a demo outside the G.P.O. in Dublin handing out over 600 leaflets.
All in all 3 days of high action and adventure. Adrenalin fuelled earth defense.
Very reminiscent of Twyford Down, Solsbury Hill and Newbury.

Tara urgently needs experienced activists. Hear the call of the Ancestors and the Land. Network it NOW
Tara support is critically needed NOW as the E.U. told Ireland to stop building in June and is taking the Irish govt. to court on Aug 29th how effective this will be we don’t know as always it is up to people power and direct action.Ancient sites and knowledge being lost forever daily Bulldozing.Take Action.What will we say to Future generations of this time. Take action for a cleaner climate. There will soon be an action to replant trees along the Tara Valley and energise the proposed Unesco World Heritage Park.

Wish List:Trees, Tarps, structures,tents, food, longer range CBs ,binoculars, climbing harnesses and rope, tools, tech stuff,photocopying, networking, transport.skillsharing Press and media support, donations, phone credit.

Transport Links £16 Nat express to Dublin or £26 Rail and sail from Euston London.
Then 7 Euro Bus to Tara Cross 20-25 mins walk from Tara Vigil camp.Get there any way u can. As soon as u can
Vigil Camp 00353(0) 861758557
Rath Lugh Action camp 00353( 0) 867372983

www.tarapixie.net
www.savetara.com
www.circlecommunity.org
www.tarwatch.org
www.tarasolidarityvigil.net
www.indymedia.ie
www.indymedia.org.uk

Keep networking
Network It Speak it Text It Email It hear the call.

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This is a message for activists who are up for helping the Irish protesters in their fight to avert the new M3 motorway away from an extremely ancient site, far predating Stonhenge.

Irish Authorities are overriding an EU condemnation that this part of the motorway’s construction is ILLEGAL and are about to bulldoze a recently excavated woodhenge, details below. The deep levels of corruption involved in the ‘development’ of this area are mind boggling.

There has been a small but strong protest camp at Tara since before the new year and now these amazing people are crying out for numbers. I’ve literally just got home to Bristol now and will be driving back over
there in 10 days, next Tuesday. It was almost impossible to leave.

The authorities are proposing to start dismantling the henge THIS TUESDAY 28TH AUGUST in the early hours of the morning so please please please, if you’ve been considering a trip to Ireland go now. Even if you haven’t, despite the heartbreak of what is happening there, you can’t help being overwhelmed with the atmosphere of the place. It’s done me so much good to be there. There are 2 camps, one up on the hill of tara itself, and one in the woods at Rath Lugh, where the henge, known as Lismullin is situated.

Direct action is in progress but our help is urgently needed.

Road protests are new in Ireland as we all know it has remained unspoiled for hundreds of years, so people with direct action experience are critically needed.

National Express do a funfare from London to Cork via Bristol on bus & boat from £15 each way. If there are funfares available on different routes it will offer them if you click on Europe on their homepage and put in your travel details.

If you take the London – Bristol – Cork route get off the boat at Wexford, take a bus or train to Dublin then the 109 bus from Busaras Station towards Navan and Kells. Tara is about 50 minutes down this route. The driver will tell you where to get off. There’s a camp phone number at the bottom, or if you want to ask anything please get in touch. If you take a night crossing you can sleep and be at Tara by lunchtime.

If you can, please get there for Mon 6th/Tues 7th. Otherwise there will be a van leaving Bristol next week, or alternatively, there is another wave planned for Saturday 1st September. It would be great to get a van from London and Bristol organised. A couple of surges of numbers and a huge spreading the word could still avert the road plans to any of the other 5, less damaging proposed routes. But nothing i say will compare to the feeling of being there, and then understanding why we’d be doing the right thing to protect it.

www.myspace.com/hilloftara
www.tarapixie.net
www.savatara.com
www.tarawatch.org

Thursday 16 August, protestors walked the route of the M3 motorway to view what destruction of the ancient sites in Tara Valley have already disappeared. Then they decided on a little direct action.

20070816_Tara_Route_Walk_Direct_Action – video/x-ms-wmv 18M

20070816_Tara_Route_Walk_Direct_Action – video/quicktime 16M

Friday 17 August, the International Culture Conservationists joined the Save Tara campaign in a human blockade to stop the construction company-backed archaeologists from entering the site.

20070917_Human_Blockades – video/x-ms-wmv 18M
20070917_Human_Blockades – video/quicktime 14M

At 6.30am people rose on the camp to hit the road to the Lismullen Henge early. Using their own bodies they stopped all traffic entering the site.

The human blockade was cheerful and full of good spirit. But when the Garda arrived one officer grabbed a protestor and attempted to throw him over the wall of a bridge.

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Following the archaeologist blockade, the Save Tara activists and International Cultural Conservationists invaded the Roestown site to halt work.

Video 20070717_Roestown_Site_Invasion – video/x-ms-wmv 16M

20070717_Roestown_Site_Invasion – video/quicktime 13M

Quicktime version of the video.

15 Machines were halted in the action, bringing work to a standstill.

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Text messages received just now, Thursday 6 September, said more internationals have arrived at Tara, tripods and lock-ons are in place at Rath Lugh.

call out for a week of direct action at Hill of Tara, Ireland – starts Sat 1st September 2007

Defend Tara now!

World Heritage site under attack

Shit is kicking off down at Tara/Skryne and the Valley of the White Mare, which is part of the ancient complex of TARA.

Defend Tara now!

World Heritage site under attack

Shit is kicking off down at Tara/Skryne and the Valley of the White Mare, which is part of the ancient complex of TARA.

Diggers are currently on site working in direct defiance of EU orders. Desecrating sacred land, destroying trees, carving into neolithic hill forts and ripping up ancestral graves, these bastards are preparing the route of the M3, a four lane motorway.

Also they have recently discovered a wooden henge (world heritage site) 6000BC, predating Stonehenge and the Pyramids.

HELP is desperately needed as there’s only a handful of protesters doing their best to defend over 40 ancient sites along the 80km route. Please come along and contribute by sharing skills and showing your support. Any amount of time you can give is valuable.

The Camp needs food, financial, moral and spiritual support, plus equipment such as tarps, mobiles, car mobile phone chargers, flasks and batteries.

HOW TO GET THERE

CAR: take the N3 and then turn left at the TARA signpost.
FERRY/BUS: get a ferry to Dublin ferry port, and then take either the Navan, Kells or Cavan bus which leave from Busarus. Get off at TARA CROSS and it is a short walk from there. Tickets £26 one way.
COACH: Dublin super saver 19 quid.

For further information: 086 1758557 (text and get a call back).

For more see www.tarapixie.net

next Manchester critical mass 31st august

next critical mass is on friday 31st august (thats the weekend AFTER bank holiday) meet as usual at 6pm outside central library.

The ride will finish at the contact theatre where the all new, all female, all bike loving, bicycle dance troupe THE SPOKES will perform their new routine for the first time in public EVER!!!

next critical mass is on friday 31st august (thats the weekend AFTER bank holiday) meet as usual at 6pm outside central library.

The ride will finish at the contact theatre where the all new, all female, all bike loving, bicycle dance troupe THE SPOKES will perform their new routine for the first time in public EVER!!!
http://www.myspace.com/thespokesmcr

To get in the Get Bent spirit wear anything silver or pink or fancy dress or get in the spokes’ colours green and black…dress your bike too…lets get creative!

then those who want to can come into the Contact Theatre for the Get Bent Film Festival for more info on Get Bent see http://get-bent-manchester.com

put it in your diaries NOW!!! woooooo!

mcrcriticalmass@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk

New Earth First Action Update OUT NOW!

The printed EF! Action Update is back again! After a bit of a lull a new editorial collective is in place and ready to roll. We have just produced a summer edition in time for the Camp for Climate Action, where you can pick up printed copies.

The Action Update is produced quarterly to aid the sharing of news, information and ideas amongst those interested in taking action. The next newsletter will be out in November. If you’ve got news to share about your groups, campaigns and actions post them straight onto this website and we’ll make sure they’re included in the next edition.

You can also download and print out the PDF of the Action Update by clicking here.

Critical Mass – Glossop – Fri 14th Sept 2007

We’re staging a Critical Mass bike ride on 14th September 2007, to celebrate Car Free Day and to demonstrate that bikes and people should be catered for on our roads, not just cars and traffic.

We’ll be setting off from Glossop rain station at 5.30pm and will be riding out to Swallow’s Wood near Tintwistle where we’ll stop at a local pub. The wood is threatened by a new bypass they are planning to build between Mottram and Tintwistle.

The route is fairly flat and about 4 miles in total. It’s suitable for riders of all types. Please bring a bike and wear high vis clothing.

Our aim is not to stop traffic but to make the presence of bikes on the roads more visible so please be aware of other traffic and road users.

roadalertglossop@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/roadalert

reports of critical masses & London video

Another London Critical Mass police hassle.

Police routinely interfere with Critical Mass, holding up the front of the ride, targeting sound systems and sometimes ticketing riders. They also video and photograph riders at the start of every event. It is odd though that they never turn up for the December ride, which is close to the New year celebrations.

Another London Critical Mass police hassle.

They just had to spoil it didn’t they. In what would have been a fast and fluid Mass with no holdups at junctions and the police providing useful corking, they decided to shut down a sound system in Park Lane, well outside the SOCPA zone, and hold up traffic by so doing. It is as if the police are desperate to assert their authority one way or another. Maybe they have difficulty trying to justify such a large police presence and expense on routine cycle rides. Luckily the sound system bod emerged from his unpleasant police encounter unscathed and with a smile on his face.

Video Part 1 – video/mp4 18M
Video Video part 2 – video/mp4 22M
The raw video is over two hours long and was made with a helmet cam. It has been edited down into two parts totaling 11 minutes.
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Cabinet refuses consultation with Herefordshire public: ‘Hereford Eight Arrested’

July 12 2007 – Herefordshire Council Cabinet refused this afternoon to guarantee that they would consult with the public or even allow full council to debate the future of the Dinedor Serpent.

Cabinet member Cllr. June French told reporters and protesters that it would not be an agenda item today, but that it would be discussed at an unspecified future date. She could not guarantee that it would be debated by the full council or allowed a vote. Cllr. French announced an internal inquiry into how the council had handled the publicity around the Serpent.

8 protesters subsequently refused to leave the Council building until Cabinet members guaranteed a full public consultation. When this guarantee was not forthcoming, the prostestors, including an elderly people, refused to leave. They were peacefully escorted from the premises by the police.

Update 10:15pm: The protesters were arrested on charges of ‘aggressive trespass’. They have just been released on bail having spent several hours in police cells in Worcester and are expected back in Hereford shortly. They will have to report back on July 26th and face either a caution or be taken to court.

“All the Council had to do today was guarantee a proper public debate, and then this would not have happened”, said a campaign spokesperson. “What do they have to hide? Those arrested are the Hereford suffragettes – all because Herefordshire Council won’t be open and democratic in it’s procedures.”

Calls continue to grow for Herefordshire Council to pause construction to allow a full public consultation and for all elected councillors to have a say in the final decision and not just the Cabinet.

Background info & other campaign news at http://www.rotherwasribbon.com/

For court case updates, see July 2007 archive.

critical masses (reports from end June/beginning July 2007)

Manchester:Ace mass on friday woo! despite all the students being away for the summer there was still an ace turnout of around 30-40 people.nice. and a few stayed for a nice bbq in the park which was real lovely.

Critical mass has a my space account
here:http://www.myspace.com/mcrcriticalmass
and a facebook account here:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=597661675&ref=mf

also an email list at http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/manccriticalmass

so if you have photos or film of the masses please post or upload them or email for the passwords and i’ll send them out to you. also please use these and this list to discuss ideas and calls for help with future events for after the critical mass. In the past we’ve had benefit gigs, party in the woods, film nights, meals, beers in pubs, picnics, bike polo workshops, art exhibition, roller races etc etc. It would be ace if everyone could be involved in organising these. maybe we could even get together a little cm events working group..would anyone be interested in this? we could get together either after cm or in the month to share ideas, organisation and tasks.

these things can be discussed on this list or on myspace comments or on the facebook note or wall

ALSO
At previous critical masses in Manchester we decided on the following tips to ensure that we are all safe,that we cause least annoyance as possible, to make sure the ride stays together and to ensure that everyone feels comfortable. Remember sometimes people on critical mass come because it is a chance to reclaim the road and to feel safe, people who wouldnt usually ride in central manchester and also children, so its good to keep the nice friendly atmosphere to encourage cycling and that safe environment…if people want to discuss these its great, they were points that were agreed at several critical masses by people shouting and waving hands and that kind of thing. there is no organiser and everyone should be able to have their say. (in a way that is responsible and looking after each other)

1. If the light goes on red as the ride approaches the lights we stop and wait for green.
2. If the light changes part way through the ride getting through around 2 people per lane of oncoming traffic stop and cork the road. This basically means that they stand in the middle of that lane holding up their hand/ a sign saying ‘thank you for waiting’ so that cars will stop and let the ride stay together and go through the light safely. Thanking the drivers when everyone is through..we are trying to get drivers onto bikes not to hate us!!!
3. Slower riders and children and people with less confidence ride at the front of the ride and to the left hand side so that they can set the pace and help to stay together and also feel safer as they are less likely to be near traffic/ annoyed drivers.
4. We don’t have a set route for critical mass, instead whoever is at the front at the time can choose where we go, so we take it in turns! just shout left or right or straight on in plenty of time!
5. Have fun!

Future critical mass dates are

MEET CENTRAL LIBRARY 6PM FRIDAY:
27th July
31st August
28th September
26th October
30th November
28th December

2008
25th January
29th February (woo leap year!)
28th March
etc etc

London: Critical Mass 29th June – The June Critical Mass, with a few hundred cyclists, was a fun ride through the City and Holborn and managed to stay dry the whole way through!

Several hundred people left Waterloo bridge at about 7pm, cycling across Blackfriars bridge, along Ludgate Hill, past the Museum of London and onto Liverpool Street station. After some circling of Finsbury Circus the mass kept moving on to Old Street where we had a brief rest. Moving off the mass headed for Cambridge Circus along Theobalds road and High Holborn. From there it moved up and along Oxford Street and down to Westminster Square where there were some skirmishes with the cops over the sound system (see the account: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/374738.html)

It was a fun ride. The police for the most part seemed to keep their distance. Entertainingly a couple of police started head bobbing to the music in Old Street – I’m hoping someone got a film of it! Let’s hope next month is slightly sunnier though.

Edinburgh: It went pretty well. Around 50 people. Considerably more than last month. There was no police intervention, apart from preventing all vehicles to go across North Bridge, since it was shut again. We simply diverted down Leith Street, went all the way round the roundabout, then along Queen Street to the meadows from there. In the last 5 minutes the heavens opened.

Glasgow got the sun and a ride out to the West End complete with bike lifts and a film screening afterwards.

July York Critical Mass Ride Small but Successful

Well, it wasn’t a big ride, with just 19 people taking part, but we had fun, made cycling visible and encountered some complete idiots who need their 2 ton weapons removing from beneath them. The driver of a bright red Audi on Nunnery Lane expended much petrol revving, overtaking (twice) and generally being an idiot without any gain for himself, other than a nice picture showing that he, like a notable group of York’s drivers, has no concern whatsoever for cycle lanes or cyclists. No one was hurt, but as one person put it later “we gave as good as we got”, verbally of course.

Next months ride will probably also be small, but that’s no excuse not to show up. On Friday August 3rd we’ll be returning to the streets of York to promote cycling, sustainability and fun, same time and same place.