Everyday Changemakers: Sally Hinchcliffe, Cycling Dumfries

Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Sally Hinchcliffe, a founding member of Cycling Dumfries.

The story is the first in a five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers. 

Transcript 

See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-sally-hinchcliff-cycling-dumfries/

Credits

Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Cycling Dumfries https://cyclingdumfries.wordpress.com/ 

Pedal on Parliament https://pedalonparliament.org/ 

UK cycling embassy https://www.cycling-embassy.org.uk/

Sustrans https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ 

Cycling UK https://www.cyclinguk.org/ 

Sally Hinchcliffe https://sallyhinchcliffe.net/

Atmospheric river event 8-9 Oct 2023 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2023/2023_07_scotland_rain.pdf 

Storm Babet 18 - 21 October 2023 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2023/2023_08_storm_babet.pdf 

Kirkpatrick McMillan, inventor of the pedal bike 

Video story of the bike reconstruction and journey in 2023 https://youtu.be/pfvocT7rfQ4?si=50bFhanJxAstxAGN 

Blog on reconstructing the bike in 2023

https://off.road.cc/content/feature/bike-check-kirkpatrick-macmillans-rear-wheel-driven-wooden-replica-13181

On Cycling Dumfries website:

https://cyclingdumfries.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/there-must-be-something-in-the-nith-water/#more-17037 

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19423947