The Government has just announced that it is going to give Calderdale Council the best part of £400k for the repair of potholes. I gave a response to the Evening Courier today which reads as follows; “Obviously the funding for pothole repair announced by the Government is welcome, but it […]
For longer than most of us can remember, Chris Crossland and his dedicated team of volunteers have been putting on Audax events for West Yorkshire CTC and Calderdale CTC, two of the most popular being the spring (aptly titled Spring into the Dales) and autumn (Season of Mists) rides. This […]
You will probably know by now that Halifax is going to be one of the start/finish towns for next year’s Tour de Yorkshire (TdY). Welcome to Yorkshire will be unveiling the route early next month in an event here at the Piece Hall. Members of local cycling clubs have been […]
I gave a presentation of what I have been up to over the past year as the CUK Local Cycling Campaigner to the Clubnight held on 13 October. There were some people (well one, actually) who thought it would be a good idea if the presentation (a couple of dozen […]
This coming Sunday 10 September we have another of the events carrying points towards the annual CTC Calderdale Awards scheme – the 50 miles in 5 hours and 30 miles in 3 hours “Standard” rides. Complete the ride and you qualify for an award and a round of applause at […]
With apologies for the delay, here are the ride details for Sunday’s car assisted ride to the Yorkshire Dales. Meet Brighouse Bethel Street car park at 8.15 am for 8.30 am departure to Settle. For those meeting in Brighouse recommended driving directions will be provided. For those who wish to […]
The much missed John Radford used to organise an annual figure of eight ride from Fairburn Village Hall – Fairburn is just off the A1 three miles north of Ferrybridge. John’s route was always out to Goole in the morning and on to Cawood in the afternoon after lunch at […]
Our last car assisted ride – to Rufforth led by Keith Robinson – was a really popular event and our next car assisted ride is on Sunday 13 August. This time the ride is from Fairburn and is in memory of our much missed friend John Radford, who organised a […]
Calderdale Council has secured millions of pounds from the West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund for expenditure on transport provision in Calderdale. In particular on the A629 Huddersfield Road between Elland and Halifax and on Halifax Town Centre. The proposals for Halifax Town Centre were the subject of a public presentation […]
I have been meaning for some time (well since the Strategy was adopted by Calderdale Council a couple of months ago) to put a link to it on the website and provide a commentary. By a commentary I mean a comparison of the final outcome of the process that led […]