Climate Mass: Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol International Airport for 16 June aviation action day

Sat­ur­day 16 June — 2nd Euro­pean Day Of Action On Avi­a­tion — a bike ride from Bris­tol Tem­ple Meads to Bris­tol Inter­na­tion­al Air­port.

Stop Bris­tol Air­port Expan­sion will be join­ing many oth­er groups around the UK and across Europe in protest­ing against air­port expan­sion, with par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on short-haul flights. We will be focus­ing on a theme of ‘trains not planes’ with a bike ride from Bris­tol Tem­ple Meads to Bris­tol Inter­na­tion­al Air­port.

Sat­ur­day 16 June — 2nd Euro­pean Day Of Action On Avi­a­tion — a bike ride from Bris­tol Tem­ple Meads to Bris­tol Inter­na­tion­al Air­port.

Stop Bris­tol Air­port Expan­sion will be join­ing many oth­er groups around the UK and across Europe in protest­ing against air­port expan­sion, with par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on short-haul flights. We will be focus­ing on a theme of ‘trains not planes’ with a bike ride from Bris­tol Tem­ple Meads to Bris­tol Inter­na­tion­al Air­port.

So we’re call­ing on expe­ri­enced cyclists to join Stop­BI­Ae in mak­ing thi­er point. Stop­BI­Ae have planned a route that will take you through Ash­ton to Long Ash­ton and then to the A38 via Bar­row Gur­ney. Because the route is par­tial­ly down the A38.

There will be a pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ty for the press at each end: at Tem­ple Meads we will be empha­sis­ing the point that Gov­ern­ment is focus­ing on air­port expan­sion and large­ly ignor­ing the rail net­work — yet Tem­ple Meads urgent­ly needs new sig­nalling to improve its capac­i­ty (we may be joined by some rail cam­paign­ers); at the BIA end we will be arrang­ing a visu­al illus­tra­tion of the theme — to be revealed on the day!

After that we hope to pic­nic on Fel­ton Com­mon close to the air­port. A free lunch will be pro­vid­ed for all cyclists and we hope non-cycling SBAE sup­port­ers will join us with a pic­nic. Fel­ton Vil­lage Hall, which is next to the Com­mon and has bath­room facil­i­ties, will be avail­able in case of bad weath­er.

It would be very use­ful if you could let Stop­BIA know a few days in advance if you can join the ride so we have an idea of the num­bers to expect. If you can help with organ­is­ing or on the day please get in touch too! You can con­tact us by email­ing Stop­BI­Ae — http://www.nobristolairportexpansion.co.uk/aboutthecoalition.html

Full details of the cycle route will be avail­able clos­er to 16 June.

If you have anoth­er meet­ing you would like us to men­tion here please email email Stop­BI­Ae — http://www.nobristolairportexpansion.co.uk/aboutthecoalition.html

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