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Love it, Landsurfer! Next step: a motion for the AGM?


I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my wobbly bog brush using hovercraft full of eels

The motion at the AGM to limit candidates to those who had twelve months membership was passed not solely by those attending but by the proxy votes as well.

At the AGM one councillor was rude to some of the members present. The Chair - Dan Howard - expressed his agreement with the rude comment.

I regret that I didn't immediately, on a point of order, propose that he step down and that another person chaired the rest of the meeting.

You can't have a chair of a meeting who is not even-handed.




I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my wobbly bog brush using hovercraft full of eels

About 10,000 voted out of 67,000. But, like Psamathe, I am really surprised at the strength of the opposition.


I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my wobbly bog brush using hovercraft full of eels

Result published in CycleClips: 64% to 36% in favour of retaining the change of brand.


I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my wobbly bog brush using hovercraft full of eels

I did this ride, Caen to Cannes/Nice, last September with a CTC Tour.

Our leader, Bob, had a GPS on his 'bars. It came into its own on those occasions when our overnight accommodation was in the middle of town. He led us, for example, by bike-friendly urban street to the centres of Blois, Montlucon and Carpentras. Occasional mid-day rides through Puy-en-Velay, Aubanas and Manosque too.

But for the kilometres along country roads, it's not really needed. Nor for finding accommodation in small villages.

If you like, let me know you're interested and I'll pass your details to him (rather than just post his email address here without his permission).

What he did for the group in advance was to sent each of us printouts of each day's ride (i) in the form of a map with the route superimposed (ii) as directions on the ground and (iii) as an ascent / descent graph. The third one was appreciated by me; I liked knowing when the big effort each day was coming and when it was over! This applied particularly in the second half of the tour.

A bonus on the final evening was that one of the riders in the group gave everyone a copy of his altimeter readings so we could double check.

Hope this helps,

Ian