Headline : we always need more pilots.
I volunteer and ride tandems for two charities for blind and partially sighted and we are always in need of new pilots. If you think you might be interested please either message me or contact them or others directly.
No tandem experience is needed as you would be trained. Off road riders tend to make great tandem pilots apparently because of our great bike handling skills!
The two charities I am involved with are very different.
Bury Tandem club, based in Bury, Manchester, do day rides every Sunday, typically up 40-50 miles. I try and ride with them once a month.
Vision of Adventure, based near Staveley do residential stays for 2 or 3 days riding. Pilots stay and eat for free just paying for café stops and travel. They also do walking, open water swimming, kayaking, climbing and even pot holing. Amazing.
https://www.bury-tandem-club.org/contact.php
I don't have a website for vision of Adventure, here is a FB link.
But I can pass on an email address if you are interested.
I find both extremely rewarding and great fun.
I did a cycling trip to Peru and there were two blokes in the group doing exactly that.
Inspiring, both of them.
Have done it in the dim distant past, are there any groups in Buckinghamshire?
@thegeneralist, was not sure about the exclamation mark but I will dm you anyway
Yeah, I'm interested too if you want to ping me some details
Just looked further into the locations and timings and realised Bury is unlikely to work.
I tried to message the Staveley mob but their messaging form isn't working.
Just looked further into the locations and timings and realised Bury is unlikely to work.
I tried to message the Staveley mob but their messaging form isn't working.
*cough* I'm going to be selling a tandem soon if anyone wants one at home to practice 😉
Any chance the Staveley guys were riding through Yealand at the weekend?
They certainly were. We use the old school house as a residential base.