Celebrate the Fledborough Murals

Picnic on the Bridge is being organised by the Newark & Retford volunteer groups to celebrate the completion of the Lottery and Sustrans funded project to decorate a minimum of 50 panels on Fledborough Viaduct. The panels have been painted by local people of all ages under the supervision of Newark artist James Mayle.

You can enjoy a walk or cycle along part of the Dukeries Trail with great views across the Trent Valley and view the panels as you cross the viaduct. There will be food and drink stalls (see foot of poster) including a bike powered smoothie maker. There will also be a chance to meet the people who did the paintings.

Some photos of the most recent painting sessions can be viewed here.

If you've not yet been there you can access the Viaduct via the Dukeries Trail (NCN 647) with the nearest access points being between North and South Clifton (just over half a mile) or between Normanton and Ragnall (just over a mile). Parking is limited (more about this nearer the time at http://sustransnewarkbikes.wordpress.com/) so we'd encourage you to walk or cycle a bit further than the minimum!

Useful cycling maps of the Dukeries Trail and surrounding area can be found at the following links:
The Dukeries Trail map, Lincoln and surrounding area map, Newark and Sherwood map.

We look forward to meeting you on the viaduct on a warm and sunny Saturday 13 July.

If your able to give some time to help out on the day, be it on the Sustrans information stand, smoothie maker, etc then please do get in touch with me. All hands welcome.

Sustrans East Midlands Staff Changes

There have been a number of Sustrans staff changes taking place within the last month or so, throughout the East Midlands region.
I will email the personal contact details of the new appointments to you in due course.

• Nicola Jones- Sustrans Area Manager (Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire)

Nicola has unfortunately now left Sustrans after may years of service to the area and will be greatly missed.
At the moment there is no immediate replacement and so we wait whilst all enquires will be going through to her manager Matther Easter, Sustrans East Midlands Director at Nottingham.

• Ian Keetley- Sustrans Project & Volunteer Officer (East Midlands)

Dave Stevens who for many years was our volunteer co-ordinator based in Leeds and covered a large area covering the north east side of the UK. His area has now been reduced and the East Midlands is now covered by a new appointment of Ian Keetley.

Ian is based in the Nottingham office and will now be our first point of contact in Sustrans with regards to local volunteer matters. 

• Jon Moody- Sustrans Schools Officer (Sleaford/Grantham)

Lincolnshire now has a second Sustrans schools officer (formerly Bike It) with the appointment of Jon Moody who will cover schools in the Sleaford and Grantham area from his office at North Kesteven District Council in Sleaford.

• Barry Brooks- Sustrans Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire Maintenance

Barry has been appointed recently and will be covering large scale maintenance jobs on the NCN in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. This follows the departure of Marcus Hopton however Marcus is still working for us in the region as a contractor for 1 day per week and so will be assisting Barry.