All across the country, people have been doing their bit.
How was Civic Day marked and celebrated nationally?
Coventry was no exception. Starting at 11pm this morning, The Charterhouse in Coventry held host to an Awareness Day which sought to highlight the city’s River Sherbourne, which twists and turns through and out of the city.
More (much more) information on the River Sherbourne (COLINS CORNUCOPIA)
Even more information from The Coventry Society
The morning began with a presentation, a walk down the Sherbourne, taking us under, over and across Holyhead Road, Spon End and under the City Centre (Not in the order of which I’ve just wrote however, I’ll leave this to Colin’s Cornucopia of whom and which has a far vaster wealth of experience than myself).
The day continued with walks, litter picking (of which the results can be found in the Flickr photo stream which The Coventry Society have set up and which can be accessed above) and continual preservation. I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and even managed to find some pictures I had never seen before, such as the Reynold (where my Nan used to work, I always wanted to find a picture of where she worked, so I was extremely happy about seeing this).
I really wanted to preserve today’s presentation and not let it pass into the ether of time and it’s because of this I recorded the audio, of which you can hear above, courtesy of MixCloud. I hope in the future to get hold of a copy of the presentation itself, which I may include the talk to create a visual walkthrough, but this is FOR the future.
At this point, I would like to thank The Coventry Society and the Hawkesbury Village Residents Association.I really am grateful.
ON YOUR BIKE @ THE RICOH ARENA
30 minutes left!! Almost there !#24hourchallenge #onyourbike #spin pic.twitter.com/MPc326iYTM
— Ricoh Arena (@RicohArena) June 22, 2014
Cycling home together! Coventry to Kenya….and back in 24 hours COMPLETE! @OnYourBike2014 @Memusi_Tweets pic.twitter.com/pX2JSM5I9M
— Ricoh Arena (@RicohArena) June 22, 2014
Cycling home together! Coventry to Kenya….and back in 24 hours COMPLETE! @OnYourBike2014 @Memusi_Tweets pic.twitter.com/pX2JSM5I9M
— Ricoh Arena (@RicohArena) June 22, 2014
The final few minutes and miles of #OnYourBike2014 http://t.co/slViqkmlQ0
— Ricoh Arena (@RicohArena) June 22, 2014
600 riders. 100 Static Bikes. Multiple World Records. Cyclists at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry were yesterday asked to get “On Your Bike”, all to raise money for the Memusi Foundation. At the time of writing (Sunday June 22nd), over £17,526.38 has been raised. For further info at this time, follow the #OnYourBike2014 hashtag and @OnYourBike2014 . Further information on Coventry Culture will be provided soon (because as you can see, there’s a lot of stuff to cover)
Used with permission of Hawkesbury Village Residents Association
Used with permission of Lisa Miller of the True Conventrian Facebook Group
Used with permission of James Kybird of the True Coventrian Facebook Group
Used with permission of James Kybird of the True Coventrian Facebook Group
Used with permission of James Kybird of the True Coventrian Facebook Group
https://twitter.com/astroforfun/status/480799054637858816
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