Name: St Magnus Way family cycle ride
Start: 2023-04-15T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-04-15T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Birsay Community Hall

St Magnus Way family cycle ride

Orkney Pilgrimage was established in September 2016 in order to facilitate the development of the St Magnus Way, a 58 mile pilgrimage route through Orkney.  Orkney Pilgrimage’s purposes are:1	The advancement of spiritual wellbeing in Orkney through the development of local pilgrimage routes and resources.  In particular, to establish and promote the St Magnus Way pilgrimage route in Orkney.2	The advancement of education in local heritage and environment by the development of educational resources associated with pilgrimage.

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This is a family-oriented, inclusive, easy-paced 6 mile cycle ride starting and finishing  at Birsay Community Centre, visiting the Loons

Birsay Community Hall

J﻿oin our all-inclusive family cycle ride, organised in conjunction with Cycle UK, and celebrating St Magnus Day. Leaving Birsay Community Centre, we will cycle at an easy pace as a group, stopping half-way after about 3 miles at the Loons, where we hope to do a little bird-spotting, with the help of the RSPB. See map below. Bring some lunch/snacks.Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult and must be capable of riding their bike competently on quiet roads. Please bring your own bike and make sure it is roadworthy and dress for the weather (waterproofs recommended). Wearing helmets is not required by law, but we strongly recommend them. For most people physical activity should not pose any problem or hazard. Cycling activities do carry a small element of risk which we do our best to control. By attending this session you agree to assume full responsibility for any risks, injuries or damage known or unknown which might incur as a result of your actions when participating in the session and whilst every care has been taken by the organisers, they cannot be held responsible for any incident or injury.This is part of a full programme of events on Saturday 15 April at Birsay Community Centre, celebrating the weekend of St Magnus Day and launching the new St Magnus Way guidebook. Join us from 10am to 12pm for a Dr Bike session (bring your bike for a basic free check-up) and visit Cycle UK&#x27;s pop-up stand with options to try out various bikes, at 11am there will the official launch of the new St Magnus Way guidebook and the Orkney Cycle Club will be calling in for their half way stop on their second St Magnus Way cycle ride between 11.30am and 12pm.We use photographs/videos of people participating in activities to promote our organisations and any sports clubs we are working in partnership with to deliver these activities. If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform the Cycling UK Development Officer for Orkney prior to the event.Thank you for your interest in this joint Orkney Pilgrimage/Cycling UK/RSPB Scotland activity. Your information helps us evaluate and improve our activities. Orkney Pilgrimage, RSPB Scotland and Cycling UK (“we”, “us”, or “our”) are committed to protecting and respecting the personal data that we hold. We may share non-sensitive information with partners for evaluation purposes. If you have any queries about how we might use your data, or you would like to remove your data please contact Cycling UK’s Data Protection Officer: dpo@CyclingUK.org. A full copy of our Privacy and Data Protection Policy can be found at https://www.cyclinguk.org/privacy.

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