Whilst their parents completed the Christmas shopping, children from East Brighton spent a couple of days braving the seasonal cold and damp whilst exploring Stanmer Park and the woods on their bikes. The children spent their mornings learning how to fix their own bikes: they mended punctures, fixed their brakes and tuned up their gears. In the afternoons, having serviced their own bikes, it was into the park and into the woods to find the deepest puddles and the thickest mud so they could test them out properly, which they certainly did.

It was “Brilliant, fantastic, awesome!” They said.
“It should happen every holiday," said one of the Mothers, “Not sure about the washing though!”

To finish off there was a warming mug of hot chocolate in the cafe and then back to the Bridge for the Christmas party and finally, home for good bath. The Bikes 4 U school holiday cycling activities project is run by Brighton based Cycle Training from the Bridge community centre in Moulsecoomb and funded by the eb4u Out of School Activities Project. Cycle Training would love to work with other groups in the East Brighton area, for more info please get in touch: 01273 729 979 www.cycletrainingse.co.uk