Around 30 cyclists took part in Bishop\u2019s Stortford\u2019s \u201cBreaking the Boundaries\u201d bicycle ride on Saturday (July 11).<\/p>\n
Participants enjoyed or endured scorching summer sunshine as they cycled 12 miles from the town to Henry Moore Studios and Gardens at Perry Green and back.<\/p>\n
There they relaxed over coffee, chatted with fellow riders and took time to enjoy the surroundings before returning.<\/p>\n
Riders rested and recharged at Henry Moore Studios and Gardens<\/p>\n
The event, organised by the town council (BCTC) and Cycle Stortford, celebrated healthy, sustainable and enjoyable travel while highlighting BSTC\u2019s ambition to make riding safer and more accessible for everyone.<\/p>\n
The council\u2019s chief executive, Huw Jones, reflected on the newly published Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) and told the riders: \u201cSome people suggest that because only 3% of journeys are made by bike there is little reason to invest in cycling. I see it differently. Councils exist to support minority groups, not ignore them.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are the people who help reduce congestion, improve physical and mental health, and demonstrate that there is another way to travel around our town. If we want more than 3%, we have to build for more than 3%.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cyclists in Parsonage Lane on the outskirts of Green Tye<\/p>\n
The ride also highlighted the council\u2019s Walking and Cycle Route North project, linking Stortford Fields and the town centre via Grange Paddocks, which aims to improve connections and encourage more people to choose active travel.<\/p>\n
Cllr Stephen Skinner, chair of BSTC\u2019s sustainable transport sub-committee, said: \u201cIt was wonderful to see around 30 people coming together to enjoy a ride in such beautiful weather.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conversations over coffee at Henry Moore showed that these events are about much more than cycling \u2013 they\u2019re about bringing people together and demonstrating the benefits active travel can bring to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham Oxborrow, of Cycle Stortford, who designed the route and led the ride, added: \u201cA huge thank you to the town council for organising this wonderful annual event. Even on such a hot day, the ride highlighted what an accessible and inclusive activity cycling can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cyclists at Green Tye en route to Perry Green<\/p>\n
BSTC hopes the success of the event \u2013 made possible by help from Cycle Positive, Dave Webber, from Bishop\u2019s Stortford & District Footpaths Association, and sustainable transport sub-committee secretary Hilary Mitchell \u2013 will encourage more residents to cycle around Stortford.<\/p>\n
The two previous annual events were \u201cBeating the Boundaries\u201d, staying within the confines of the town, and both attracted almost 50 participants, young and old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 30 cyclists took part in Bishop\u2019s Stortford\u2019s \u201cBreaking the Boundaries\u201d bicycle ride on Saturday (July 11). Participants…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[25235,4985,1397,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-690467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-bishops-stortford","tag-cycling","tag-environment","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}