Biketour update for 2010-07-04

But on Wednesday night we arrive at the Huntington Lane Camp to help defend the site from plans to turn it into a coal mine # Drinking a beer in the hills west of Sheffield after a long day cycling uphill into the wind… We have a few 'transition' days now # We have vegan pumpkin cake today because it is Yo's birthday! #

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Biketour update for 2010-07-04

Wir haben einen neuen blog von der Ecotopia Biketour (auf Deutsch): http://bewegung.taz.de/organisationen/biketour/blog # A new blog entry (in German) by Ole: http://bewegung.taz.de/organisationen/biketour/blog # After workshops this morning we have had the chance to rest, fix our bikes up and copy maps at the Cornerstone. 70km to Sheffield tomorrow! # Laura is leading a workshop on Climate Justice for us in the garden outside Cornerstone http://yfrog.com/9hc4bgj # Tomorrow we're riding from Leeds to Sheffield and not sure of which way to cycle. Anybody know any good routes? # Just getting our organic muesli breakfast ready before a morning of workshops on…

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Biketour 2010 is actually happening right now!!!!!! by Yo

Biketour 2010 started one week ago and altough you are most likely not there when reading this, you might be conscious of this and willing to get an update… Here it comes. You are welcome to react with thoughts/ideas/suggestions! We were and are about 12-14 participants up to now, if i counted well… The numbers change constantly, as sometimes some people decide to stay somewhere a bit longer and join us again later. This first week we took part in the critical mass of London and cycled from Darlington, via Botton to York. In York we took part in the…

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Biketour update for 2010-07-01

Testing out our portable rocket stove at the Brotherhood Church near Pontfract. Dinner on the way! http://yfrog.com/mtjf7sj # Back on the road today and heading past Drax coal fired power station the biggest CO2 source and polluter in the UK http://yfrog.com/j9xazuj #

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Biketour update for 2010-06-30

Halfway through our Seeds of Change workshop on consensus and facilitation, trying to get to the underlying cause of problems we have had # Still in York around the Towards Carfree Cities Conference. Today we have a full day workshop on consensus led by Seeds of Change's Rebecca #

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