Club Corner Aylesbury CTC Re-launch of Easy Riding rides. If you enjoy riding Aylesbury is a great place to cycle, surrounded by lovely countryside within easy reach. There are numerous cycle paths in and around the town centre and on new housing developments. These will eventually take you round a green corridor planned to encircle Aylesbury as part of the Garden Town plan. Also there is the excellent Greenway cycle route which provides a safe, traffic free route from Aylesbury to Waddesdon Manor.
with us, but want to do more, we also have Step Up and Moderate rides. These are aimed at faster riders. Ben Parry/Jeremy Scothern, Newcomer/Easy Pace Co-ordinators
Aylesbury Dolls House Club
The club will be meeting at their regular time of 7.30pm, on Wednesday 3 August, at Halton Village Hall. Following on from making a 1/48th scale room box in July, this month we will be adding a wardrobe in the same size, to match the beds made previously. Working in such a small scale is new to some of our members, so we are all working on perfecting our technique! This project will conclude in November with a matching Christmas-themed fireplace for the room. New This summer Aylesbury CTC (Cycling Tourist Club) members are always welcome - contact Diane on is relaunching its Newcomers and Easy Pace rides. 07899090399 or arcadia96@btinternet.com. These rides are leisure rides aimed at both new cyclists and those with a bit more experience. All Wendover Tennis & Squash Club rides have a stop for tea, cake and a rest! They are Over 120 quizzers took part in Katie’s Kwiz in the a great opportunity to meet other riders. Memorial Hall, to raise funds for Wendover’s very Cycling is an excellent way to exercise, it is low stress on joints and can be as easy or demanding as you want to make it. There are also a wide range of bikes available, both in shops and second hand, and now a good choice of electric bikes enabling anyone to enjoy cycling without having to struggle. With an electric bike, it’s almost as though hills no longer exist!
The Newcomers rides are between 15 and 20 miles long at about 8 to 10 miles an hour and the Easy Pace are about 30 miles long and around 10 to 11 miles an hour.
In order to raise her ranking, Katie now needs to take part in tournaments all over the world and the money raised from Katie’s Kwiz will help ensure that she can access the events. She also coaches squash at the Wendover club and there’s an active junior section, where girls and boys aged 6-17 play on a regular basis. There’s a thriving tennis and squash community in Wendover. If anyone would like to come along and have a look at us please contact the club via wendovertennisandsquash.co.uk - all welcome.
Wendover Scouts Summer Term 2022
Scouting has had a full return to activities this term. The group joined in the District St George's Day at Diggerland Kent with over 700 young people from around the Vale of Aylesbury having an amazing time playing on all sorts of diggers.
The Beavers have been planting at Lindengate, foraging in Wendover Woods and making bug hotels. They took part in a Beaveree with over 800 other young people from around own sport superstar, Katie Malliff. Club members, Buckinghamshire. families and friends supported Katie, who is the junior squash champion of Europe and #74 in The Cubs have been to Camp at Paccar, evening the world. As well as the ‘Kwiz', there was a raffle meetings have been filled with boat building, fire and a silent auction, brilliantly supported by club lighting, learning to play tennis and bodging and members and a range of local businesses - thank both packs came together for a campfire. you to all concerned. The Scouts have been making full use of the local
Easy Pace will be on the first and third Sundays of the month and Newcomers the second and fourth Sundays, starting mainly from Watermead Katie started playing squash at the age of eight Inn, Weston Turville shops and the Bugle Horn. at our Dobbins Lane club, where there was only All you need is a roadworthy bike, a spare a handful of junior members at the time. She is inner tube, a drink and suitable clothing now playing professionally and, at the age of only including a waterproof just in case! Helmets are 19, has risen in the past year from #374 to her recommended, but not essential. current level in the senior rankings. Katie qualified for the World Championships in Cairo in May, More details including times and start locations which was a fantastic achievement, and over the are available on our website: www.aylesburyctc. past six months she has travelled to West Virginia, org.uk. Or email us on aylesburyctc@gmail.com. Cairo, Norway, Denmark, Eindhoven, Normandy We can also be found on Facebook. and Hull to take part in PSA (Professional Squash For new riders we recommend the Newcomers Association) tournaments.
area sailing, kayaking and mountain biking and even managed to fit in a little woggle-making.
The Explorers held a Poppadom Massacre wide game, built aqueducts, cleaned up the canal by litter picking in the canoes, built bridges and even had a go at axe throwing. After 3 years of Covid delays and renamed as Jubilee Camp we took 90 members of the group camping at Phasels Wood for an activity camp and Jubilee Games and Tea. A fantastic weekend was had by all.
Summer Swimming! Wendover Swimming Pool is a volunteer-run pool offering Lane Swimming and Family Splash sessions - and with the coming of summer, Family Splash Weekday Afternoons. Please check days & book online before you come to the Pool, as numbers are limited. The Wendover Swimming Pool is easy to get to - it’s in the middle of the schools campus on Wharf Road. Please check our Facebook page for information and updates before you come. Want to volunteer? Email trustees@wendoverswimming.org.
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Wendover News August 2022
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