Did you know 15th-23rd June is Bike week? This is a national initiative to encourage people to cycle, whether it is for fun or as a way of getting around. As part of this, RSPB staff up and down the country are ditching their cars and biking to work.
Cycling not only has great health benefits, it’s environmentally friendly too. It produces no pollution and reduces congestion on the roads. Climate change is a threat to our wildlife and so anything we can do to reduce our carbon emissions can only be a good thing. I love going out on my bike and have cycled to work a few times including today. It’s a fair distance at 11.5 miles each way but it’s a great start to the morning and I feel like I’m doing my bit for the environment (and my health!).
So if you’ve got a bike hiding away in the back of your shed somewhere why not dig it out and go for a ride?