Parks Events

Not a very handy format for on line use but there's a list of LBBD parks events - many active - here:

http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/LeisureArtsAndLibraries/Parksandcountryside/Documents/events-oct-dec12.pdf

State of our streets awards

Living Streets, the charity that campaigns for more walking, is holding its ''State of our streets awards". You can submit as many entries of the best and worst examples of streets you use. You need to upload a still or video image of the street, and an explanation of why you are nominating it.

Go to www.livingstreets.org.uk/sosawards for more details. The closing date is 2 November.

Orange bags and brown bins

As Barking & Dagenham Council changes its arrangements for recycling (for houses) again, there is again talk of what to do with all the orange bags that many people have accumulated large quantities of.

A young woman who was visiting properties on behalf of the counci about the new (brown) recycling bins said that the orange bags could continue to be used for recycling. Barking & Dagenham Council said (on Facebook) that unused orange bags may be handed in at any of the borough's public libraries.

c2confusion

http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/travel_information/service_alterations/planned_service_alterations/saturday_6_and_sunday_7_october

I have read and re-read this information, with my rail map by my side, but am still having problems understanding some of it. Rather than just explaining the revised service pattern (rather opaquely), why don't they refer people to a journey planner and suggest they replan their journey?

LCC B&D communication

Some people have asked to become members of the new Hubbub Meetup group (meetup.com/hubbub)  that I have set up in place of the events list on www.stibasa.org.uk. It isn’t necessary to join, because anyone can see the events listed without being a member of the group. If you do join, you will be e-mailed reminders and have access to other functions provided by meetup.

I can’t use it as a primary means of communication for the LCC group, any more than I can use Facebook, or my blog, because most members of the Google e-mail group have not liked the Facebook pages for Stibasa / LCC B&D branch, nor joined the Meetup group, nor followed my blog, so for the moment I’m sticking with e-mail as the primary means of communication.

If you don't want to miss out, please ask for your name to be added to the stibasa e-mail group.

LCC contact data clean-up

Please can you verify the contact information that LCC HQ holds about you, if you are an LCC member.

 http://lcc.org.uk/pages/update-my-record.

To encourage you, there’s a free prize draw to win a bike.

Goodbye stibasa rides/events lists

I have decided to list the events that were on www.stibasa.org.uk on www.meetup.com/hubbub. Meetup provides much better facilities, especially for repeated events. Stibasa is left with what amount to links to other sites listing rides, though I am hoping some organisers will come on board with my proposed centralised list.

As always, I am pleased to know details of any other events that fit the bill.

Hubbub is the name of the London Cycling Campaign Newsletter for the LBs north of the Thames and east of the R Lea or Lee, where rides/events are theoretically listed, though being designed for paper, it can't catch everything in its timeframe.