Author: Aynsley Brown

The Club’s 2020 Calendar, honouring Alex Moulton in his Centenary Year, was well received by Club Members. Because Covid-19 forced the cancellation of both 2020  events at Bradford on Avon, the Club Committee voted to fund a Calendar for 2021. The theme is Moultons On The Move.

We need your digital images of Moultons whilst on a ride. Whether that's resting at a cafe or landmark, fully loaded with bags on a high mountain pass, on your own, or in a group of Moultoneers.

Please email your image files to Mark Taylor at markt6356@gmail.com.  Closing date is Friday 25th September 2020.  The committee will then select the most appropriate images for the calendar during our September committee meeting.

We guarantee that all photos will be looked at but only some will be chosen for the calendar. Some of the photos may appear in the magazine.

The finished calendar will be delivered together with your regular club magazine in November 2020.

Please ensure all photos which are sent in:

• feature at least one Moulton bicycle,
• are clear and in focus when printed at A5 size,
• are preferably in high resolution,
• shot in landscape orientation and
• are suitable for viewing by all ages.

Please note! By sending your photographs you are permitting The Moulton Bicycle Club free use of those images in your club’s publications.

We look forward to receiving your pics!

Sad news; in this year of all years – Alex Moulton's Centenary Year - your Committee has reluctantly, but unanimously, voted to cancel our September meeting at Bradford on Avon this year.

Your Club has a ‘duty of care’ to its Members and others. It must not be the unwitting cause of any new Covid-19 outbreak within its Members or anyone in the Moulton Bicycle Company or the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust.

Current social distancing regulations will make it difficult for us to have our normal Saturday evening, Club sit-down meal or take part in the Moulton Parts Bring & Buy, the Raffle, Teas, Coffees, Cakes and general social interaction over the weekend. Tours of the Hall will not take place.

No one can be certain that local accommodation will be available in early September and whether pubs and restaurants will be open for business. (This presumes our government will permit mass gatherings by then.)

Travel restrictions in September, both UK and international, may still restrict Members’ arrival from abroad.

Many of our more senior members fall into the most vulnerable category, so probably will be shielding and will not be able to attend.

Hired-in Toilets and Showers would need to be sanitised after each person’s use. The logistics of ensuring 100% virus-free would be difficult to organise.

Finally, the Club’s public liability insurance excludes any claims caused by an infectious disease, such as Covid-19.

In light of the above considerations, your Committee after much discussion (at a Zoom meeting June 3^rd) voted to cancel the scheduled September event in 2020. We very much hope that we will be able to resume our meetings in 2021.

Until then, stay healthy and happy, and enjoy riding your Moulton!

Sadly, due to the current Coronavirus situation; our UK government’s guidance, your committee’s responsibility and common sense, we have cancelled our meeting on 4th & 5th April this year at BoA.

There are no plans to re-schedule this event. The next club weekend event at Bradford on Avon will be on 12th & 13th September.

This would be bad in any year but especially so in the centenary year. We are very sorry for the disappointment and any inconvenience thus caused.

If you could please take a ride on your Moulton during Thursday April 9th to commemorate Alex Moulton's 100th birthday as your part in the 'Moulton Ride Around The World' but only if you consider it is appropriate and safe to go out.

Please keep yourself and your family safe, follow your government’s guidelines.

Mark Taylor

I received some bad news this morning; due to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation Rolls Royce & their Heritage Trust have closed their doors to ALL visitors during March & April which includes our visit on Sunday 5^th April.

At the time of writing this, Saturday 4^th April is as planned & printed in our magazine. However this may change due to circumstances way beyond our control.

We will endeavour to keep you informed during the coming days in this rapidly changing situation.

Mark Taylor