[matilda] FW: Re: Free Vanunu ride April 2007

[Patrick Gillett]

>From: "Polly and Tony" <polytone at doctors.org.uk>
>To: "Hilary Smith" <hilarysmith at blueyonder.co.uk>,"Jawad Qasrawi" 
><sub at hazards.org>,"pam walton" <pam.walton at tesco.net>,"Jon Cowley" 
><JonCowley at bndfc.co.uk>,"Jonny" <shimshun2002 at yahoo.co.uk>,"Graham Birkin" 
><graham at birkin194.fsnet.co.uk>
>CC: "Stephen Pagden." <paggies at blueyonder.co.uk>,"Pedal Pushers Request" 
><pedalpushers at mailman.shu.ac.uk>,"Steve Marsden" 
><stevemarsden at manorandcastle.org.uk>,"Ruth Chiat" 
><rhubarbtartlet at yahoo.co.uk>,"Pam Walton" <pam.walton at tesco.net>,"jonathan 
>alexander" <alexanderadams at surefish.co.uk>,"Jon Fyne" 
><jonfyne at yahoo.co.uk>,"David Baillie Work" 
><david.baillie at sheffield.gov.uk>,"David Baillie Home" 
><dave at baillie.go2000.co.uk>,"Dave Jenkyns" <dpjenkyns at aol.com>,"Mike 
>Selway" <mdselway at btinternet.com>,"Richard Lindsay" 
><richardlindsay at beeb.net>,"Paddy Gillett" 
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><jonathan.alexander at syas.nhs.uk>,"Jill Cadman" 
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>Subject: Re: Free Vanunu ride April 2007
>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:34:44 -0000
>
>Hi Hilary,
>We have one room with one double bed and one room with two double beds 
>available for people to stay that weekend. We are also copying this to the 
>Pedal Pushers email digest and to Pedal Ready Cycle Training Cooperative, 
>as we're very happy to offer help with bike maintenance on the morning of 
>Sunday 15th April and are sure there will be other volunteers from these 
>groups. J E James is open on Sunday mornings - we're not sure about other 
>bike shops and we're not sure about their stance on "political" flyers.
>Looking forward to it all and especially finding out the routes!
>See you soon,
>Polly & Tony
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Hilary Smith
>   To: Jawad Qasrawi ; pam walton ; polly tony blacker ; Jon Cowley ; Jonny 
>; Graham Birkin
>   Cc: Stephen Pagden.
>   Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 12:38 PM
>   Subject: Free Vanunu ride April 2007
>
>
>   Hi all
>   I'm just recontacting some of you who have expressed interest in the 
>Sheffield bit of the Vanunu ride. We've also had interest from some of the 
>cyclists who did the ride to the Stop the War demo last year and local CND 
>are supporting the ride.
>
>   I'm attaching for you an inital flyer we've done to advertise the ride 
>and social locally. (if you'd like me to drop some hard copies off for you, 
>let me know). We'll be doing another flyer soon with more specific info on 
>and I hope a better version of the picture (which is Vanunu meeting the 
>peace cyclists in Jerusalem last year).
>   Steve Pagden and Kieran are reccying the Leeds to Sheffield leg of the 
>ride (which will take place on Saturday 14th April) this weekend and once 
>that's been finalised I can let you know the route - so people could either 
>come up to Leeds and join us for the whole day if they can get there early 
>enough, or meet us en route (probably Wakefield or Barnsley areas) and ride 
>with us back into Sheffield.
>   We've put a page up on the Sheffield PSC website, which will be updated 
>once we have routes and other plans fixed so that is the best way of 
>keeping in touch about arrangements as they get firmed up. The address is 
>http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/drupal/vanunu_freedom_ride_2007
>
>   On the monday 16th the ride will set off from Sheffield city centre, and 
>go out to chatsworth and then down to Matlock and on to Nottingham so 
>again, people are welcome to join us for as long as they want.
>   Two other queries -
>   Do any of you have good links with local cycling shops - since the 
>Sunday is the cyclists rest day those that are doing the whole ride may 
>have some emergency bike maintenance to do and may be in need of a shop. 
>Also, what are they like on advertising political cycling events - would we 
>able to put up a poster, do you think??
>   Do any of you have links with Woodcraft Folk (the older ones) cos I'm 
>sure some Woodcraft people came up to me at an event and expressed some 
>interest in the ride, but i can't remember who they were.
>
>   The only other thing is that we need people to put up the cyclists on 
>the Saturday and Sunday nights - I've had a few offers already (thanks 
>Polly, Pam, Jawad, Jonny and some other Pedal pushers I think??)  but if 
>anyone else is able to offer (if possible people who live reasonably 
>central) then can they let me know via e mail hilarysmith at blueyonder.co.uk 
>(I don't know yet how many people we'll need to put up as numbers for the 
>ride aren't finalised yet).
>   Thanks a lot.
>
>   Depending on how much local interest there is from local cyclists in 
>joining the ride I might organise a quick get together nearer the time to 
>run through arrangements and make sure everyone knows the score on riding 
>with a largeish group - I'll see what everyone thinks.
>
>   Happy cycling!
>   Hilary
>
>
>
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