Annual A10 Awareness Ride/Walk/Scoot

Sunday 11th June

Cyclists: Depart from Trumpington Park and Ride at 10.00am.

Plus the option to cycle to Trumpington in company with our marshals, who will be leaving Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Stations at 9.00am.

Walkers and scooters: Depart from Melbourn Hub at 10.15am.

Refreshments will be on Phillimore’s front lawn (please bring cup/water bottle) plus DR BIKE repairs and E-bikes to try out!

The event is sponsored by the A10 Corridor Cycling Campaign with the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership. Please email me at susanvandeven5@gmail.com if you can help as a marshal, serve refreshments or bring a cake.

Susan van de Ven

Meldreth Marvels Cycling Group

On one of our recent rides we celebrated the 90th birthday of Michael Stapleton, one of the founding members of Meldreth Marvels and a regular leader of our rides.

We enjoyed a delicious cake, appropriately decorated with bicycles, provided by the most attentive staff, at the Stove Café in Bourn.

For safety reasons, due to the numbers meeting on a Tuesday, we now split up into smaller groups. Varying distances are now an option according to one’s abilities. Many of us now use electric assisted bikes, which is such a bonus for our breezy, sometimes hilly routes.

To coincide with the A10 Awareness Ride [see article above] we are arranging for some electric bikes to be available for allcomers to trial, to encourage a healthier lifestyle. These will be available between 11.00am and 12.30pm on Sunday 11th June at Phillimore Garden Centre, Melbourn. Of course, if you have a conventional bicycle and wish to convert it to an E-bike, that option can also be explored on the day.

We look forward to seeing you at the Awareness Ride.

John Rogger

Meldreth Traffic Working Group

The Traffic Group has met once since our last report in Meldreth Matters. We discussed which safety or traffic calming measures in the village to prioritise in future Local Highway Initiative applications, with one such application being anticipated in the autumn. Anyone who has views is encouraged to get in touch.

We also discussed how the Group could provide specific input into planning applications for larger new developments to ensure that access arrangements, such as location of dropped kerbs or location of drains, adhere to best practice. Liaison with the team implementing the “Melbourn Greenway”, which includes changes to provide improved access to Meldreth train station, is ongoing.

Since our last report in Meldreth Matters, the Parish Council has decided to apply for funding from Cambridgeshire County Council to create a 20mph area in Meldreth. The Traffic Working Group always welcome new volunteers. In fact, we are still looking for volunteers to operate the speed indicator and hope to publish a “Job Description” detailing all the benefits and perks of the role in a future issue of Meldreth Matters.

Finally, we continue to urge residents to report potholes and other highways issues such as disappearing road markings by using the online reporting system.

Adam Bostanci, Parish Councillor