Kendal Cycling Festival May 2nd-May4th

 

Wellbeing Westmorland CIC have organised their second Kendal Cycling Festival over the bank 
holiday weekend Friday May 2nd to Sunday4th May based at Bowness Bay Brewery, Castle Mills,
Aynam Rd Kendal LA9 7DE. Rides, talks, films, music and more. All the family are welcome. 
The programme and tickets are available from
TryBooking United Kingdom.

Wellbeing Westmorland CIC works with new and existing groups in Kendal and the surrounding 
area to support community and activity-based projects which contribute positively to health 
and wellbeing with the aim of improving individual levels of activity and wellbeing, reduce 
pressure on health services, create lower carbon footprints, and improve the quality of 
life for all participants.
 
Festival Program
FRIDAY 2ND MAY
7PM- 7.30PM:  OPENING CEREMONY WITH CLLR Cornhwaite
7.30PM – 9PM: VAGRANTS (LIVE MUSIC BAND)
SATURDAY 3RD MAY
10AM – 11:30AM: WHEELS FOR ALL / ACCESSIBLE CYCLE RIDE KD 
12PM – 1PM: FILMS WITH KMF
2PM -3PM: PRESENTATION KAREN DARKE
3.30PM – 4.30PM: PRESENTATION WITH KATE RAWLES
5PM – 5.45PM: PANEL DISCUSSION “HOW CYCLICNG CREATES A POSITIVE CHANGE”
WITH KAREN DARKE, RICHARD INGRAM & KATE RAWLES
7.30PM – 10PM THE LAKES FOLK CEILIDH BAND
SUNDAY 4TH MAY
9.30PM -12PM: GIANT CYCLE RIDES (20,40 & 60MILES; BOOKING REQUIRED)
1:30PM – 2.15PM: TALK FROM ALISTAIR BOSTON (FRED WHITTON)
3PM – ULPHA 590 (LIVE MUSIC BAND)

In memory of Phil Clayton

Dear KDCS members,

You will have heard that one of our members, Phil Clayton, who was a member of our MTB group, tragically died in a scrambling accident in Langdale last week. His family have informed us of a celebratory wake for Phil, and would be pleased for any of his friends from KDCS to attend, details in the invitation below.

"There will be a wake held in memory of Phil Clayton at the Netherfield Cricket Club, Parkside Road, Kendal on Friday 28th March at 10.30am: all welcome and appreciated.

In loving memory of Phil’s many flowery shirts and love of bright colours, please feel free to celebrate this in your outfit.

A private family cremation will be held separately.

In lieu of flowers, donations gratefully received to Langdale & Ambleside Mountain Rescue and Westmorland and Lonsdale Green Party, via Hayes & Parkinson Funeral Directors, Kendal."

In addition we've been asked if there are any KDCS members who might be willing to say a few words in memory of Phil? Some of you who may have known him might be able to reflect on a personal or collective memory or two. It doesn’t need to be long or complicated and it’ll be amongst a friendly audience.
If anyone (or more than one: all comers welcome!) would like to, then please let me know and I'll put you in touch with Phil's partner Alex,

Tim Goffe
M: 07775 636468

Brigsteer Road Bridge and the Scout Scar Road Bridge over the A591 which have been closed for many months are no open  for pedestrians, cyclists and light vehicles so now is the time to make use of them when planing your next ride for KDCS.

CTF2025

Cycle Touring Festival

The UK's only festival dedicated to cycle touring 

The CTF has finished for 2025 but you can still see utube screenings of many of this years events at this link Cycle Touring Festival - YouTube