Our community Trishaw - “The Duchess” was officially launched on Friday 13th May. The ribbon was cut by Dorothy Reader who took the “maiden voyage”.
The idea of having our very own community trishaw was the idea of Ken McLean and without his vision and enthusiasm we would not have “The Duchess” here in Dunkeld and Birnam. He also has been busy training our “pilots”, and finding suitable routes for our passengers to enjoy.
Ken, along with Graham Rees sought funding for this project and were lucky enough to receive some donations from local residents along with generous grants from The Gannochy Trust and SSE Griffin Calliachar Community Fund, and representatives of both these bodies came along to watch the launch. Our grateful thanks must go to them and to Jennifer
Thompson, Fundraising Co-ordinator from Cycling Without Age Scotland, for all the hard work she did in getting our funding packages together.
Cycling Without Age Scotland is a movement that started in Denmark in 2012. It is a way of helping the elderly and less mobile enjoy the pleasures of cycling with the help of a trishaw and its “pilot”. Cycling Without Age Scotland now generates “miles of smiles” in every part of Scotland and its reach and impact is growing every day, enriching and enhancing lives, unlocking doors, enabling people to once again be an active part of their community. We are now lucky enough to have “The Duchess” here in Dunkeld and Birnam, so watch out for the trike and its passengers cycling around locally!
If you would like to join us and become a “pilot”, or get involved in any other way, then please get in touch with us.
We are now taking bookings for free rides on “The Duchess” so please get in touch with us on 07821 102681 if you would like to enjoy a trip!
