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Hotwel l s & C l i f tonwood News spr ing 2014
published by Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association
in this edition:
Meet your neighbour—The Lord Mayor
Hotwells at the heart of Bristol’s heritage
What happened to ‘Hydrogenesis’
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editorial
For Hotwells & Cliftonwood Residents Parking Zone, the talking is over, the lines are down and the ticket ma-chines are up; all happening remarka-bly quickly and efficiently, it must be said.
Processing permit applications has been slower and It’s too early for any serious analysis as we go to press but people seemed to start observing the new rules as soon as the white lines appeared. It is a joy now to be able to walk safely in streets like Ambra Vale East and South Green Street which had been perma-nently blocked by pavement parking on both sides. On the other hand, getting a fire engine into Ambra Vale East in a hurry could prove problematic.
The flexibility the Council has shown in its painstaking consultation process and willingness to adapt to local conditions has been admirable. The team imple-menting the scheme has possibly the worst job in the Council but staff have shown endless patience in listening to every objection and suggestion.
That doesn’t mean everyone is happy. A late protest from Hotwells School about lack of parking for teaching staff is diffi-cult to resolve, given the lack of space on or around this cramped site.
The new swathes of double yellow lines around junctions and driveways impose a discipline that should make it easier and safer for all road users to negotiate our ridiculously congested streets. However it inevitably means fewer spaces available overall. Whether this
matters depends critically on whether the commuters who are supposedly exploiting the availability of free all-day board and lodging for their ‘jam jars’ do really exist. No one knows for sure, but squeals of protest from Clifton residents after May would be a good sign that they are about and being displaced into, still unregulated, territory –but not for long!
RP —is it a Real Perk or a Ruthless Ploy?
How to Contact us:
Hotwells & Cliftonwood
Community Association
c/o Southernhay House, Southernhay, Bristol BS8 4TL
tel: 0117 9291883
www.hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk
Management Committee
Dennis Gornall (Chair)
Brenda McLennan (Treasurer)
Ray Smith Communications
Mike Timmins Open spaces
Helena Kowalski
Anna Wilson
Gill Loats (Hotwells News advertising)
Ambra Vale East–could emergency vehicles navigate between these lines?
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community news
An unexpected announcement at the last Neighbourhood Partnership meet-ing in March looks like solving a major problem for parents in our area.
A shortfall of around 70 reception class spaces has been predicted for the Part-nership area by 2016 and parents in Ciftonwood have been offered school places as far away as Luckwell Primary in Bedminster (see article in Autumn 2013 edition of Hotwells News).
Now the Council has moved to acquire the Caravan Club site beside the Orchard Pub on the South side of the Harbour, and will use it to build a new 2 form en-try school. With the site already in Coun-cil ownership, containing only easily-removed temporary structures and a lease giving the tenant only 6 months notice, one wonders why this solution didn’t occur to someone earlier.
The plan is to open the new school in September 2015, or 2016. With both Hotwells and St Georges Primary burst-ing at the seams it’s likely that parents living in Hotwells, Cliftonwood, the new Harbourside development and South-ville will be competing for places.
The Caravan Club site, with convenient access to the city centre, has been very popular with visitors since it opened on a largely derelict, dockside in 1978. The one slight problem is that it lies in a high flood risk zone. It will be interesting to see how the planners and designers deal with that!
The Wessex service 505 which stops at Dowry Square and Holy Trinity Church has been adjusted to provide a park & ride service from Ashton for visitors to the Zoo.
For Hotwells residents, it gives a useful half-hourly link between 06:00-22:00 that takes you to Clifton Triangle, Clifton Village and Blackboy Hill and on to Southmead Hospital.
The 506 is the complementary service starting from Create Centre that goes direct to Temple Meads via Cumberland Road, then to Broadmead, Easton, East-ville, ending at Southmead Hospital. It runs between 07:00-19:00
Both services operate Mon-Sat. The 506 has no Sunday service and the 505 a lim-ited hourly one. For more info. see
http://www.wessexbus.com/services/WessexBristol_8.html#wessexBristolTab
These are City-subsidised services and thus, always at risk from budget cuts so it’s a case of ‘use it or lose it’.
Meanwhile the problem of First Bus re-fusing to use the Dowry Square stop (that doesn’t seem to bother other op-erators like Wessex) rumbles on. As does the fact that Park & Ride services have permission to set down passengers in Hotwell Rd. but not pick up. We are still trying to get a response from BCC.
New School surprise
The Caravan Club site—an obvious solution?
Bus Service Changes
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Many households are still leaving bins on the street permanently, often block-ing pavements and creating an un-sightly mess. There is a campaign to encourage people to store bins ac-ceptably and various strategies have been devised to find a solution to the problem.
John Bradfield has been working with Annie Oxley from Pooles Wharf to deal with errant bins on Hotwell
Road. With help from local Councillors Barbara Janke and
Charles Lucas, the use of warning notices has resulted in an immediate improvement.
Anyone with a problem manag-ing bins can con-tact the City Council’s cus-tomer services team for advice. Tel: 0117 922 2100
For long-suffering readers of Hotwells News, I promise this is the last word on the subject but our long-sought trees have arrived at Cumberland Piazza. Eight semi-mature red maples were planted by contractors in March; the first significant investment in improving Hotwells largest open space since the 1960s. The money raising was a joint effort between the Neighbourhood Partnership, the Hotwells Pantomime and some generous local donors, to all of whom we are extremely grateful. The trees are already showing signs of re-sponding to the Spring sunshine. Go and enjoy, hopefully for now and years to come!
Trees at last! Bin nuisance addressed
These pictures give some idea of the difficulty of tree planting at Cumberland Piazza where tarmac and deep rubble of demolished houses had to be removed to give the trees a good chance of thriving.
community news
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Following consultation in February (see last edition) we are progressing various ideas that people felt would improve this space. Here are some of them:
Painting Pillars ‘Tagging’ under the flyover has increased recently so it’s time to get our own art-work into the space before it becomes used for random graffiti.
Artist Dave Bain will be working with us to design a colour palette for the pillars and running a workshop for local artists of all ages to develop and design ‘characters’ to paint on the pillars. The characters could be humans, birds, mam-mals, insects, plants, trees, boats anybody or object with a connection to the space. We will need your help to paint the pil-lars. For an example of the way Dave works visit http://davebain.com
Writing on the Walls Local artist and graphic designer, Oli Tim-mins, is designing stencil letters to use for producing more artwork on the Piazza. He’s keen to explore the history of the site, tell stories about the homes that used to be there and reflect the lives of Hotwells folk using simple text. The let-ters could also be used as signs for direc-tions to surrounding places. He’ll start by working with young people on the pillars
around the skate spot. For examples of Oli’s work visit: http://www.upfest.co.uk/artist/oli-t
Skate Spot Update
So many people wanted more facilities for 8-15yr olds, so we have prioritised it in our plans. We have talked to a lot of skate boarders who tell us that if we tar-mac an area which is under cover and make it as smooth and level as possible, we will have a really fantastic place for kids to skate. We don’t need any grand schemes to begin with. We’re exploring the idea of markings on the tarmac for ball games and Oli will help kids give the space a Hotwells identity! Anna Wilson
Water capture and storage The site has no mains water and its very difficult to find enough to water plants and the new trees. We are proposing to construct a rainwater capture system on the roof of the disused toilet block.
cumberland piazza
proposed site for small skate/ ball game area on piazza
how coloured pillars might look note: colour scheme not yet decided
For all these projects we are work-ing on getting permission from the
council,
In the meantime we’d love you to get involved, so if you can help please get in touch:
www.artundertheflyover.com
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The greatest waste of transport cash in Bristol’s history continues on with a seemingly unstoppable momentum. The Secretary of State accepted the Inspector’s Report from the Inquiry that allowed the scheme to proceed.
The Mayor was only able to divert it away from the Harbour since a “poison pill” contract signed by the previous BCC ad-ministration would have landed Bris-tol with the entire bill for costs to date (£9m) if he had kept his promise to cancel it.
Given the construction and operat-ing cost risks this might prove to be a bargain lost.
A planning application was submitted on 9th December 2013 for the revised route along the Cumberland Road. It has been out to consultation and will go to plan-ning committee for rubber stamping in due course. There are over 240 docu-ments registered including a long list of objections by local residents and others who have actually thought about the plan. The application was approved on March 19th.
It is worth reflecting that the application still claims (amongst other things) the scheme will “Improve safety along the
corridor by reducing the use of private cars”
The West of England Partnership’s con-sultant’s figures show a projected car journey reduction due to the scheme, by 2031, of 0.2% with the car still accounting for 90% of journeys. This is approximately a 500 trip reduction in a total of 180,000 persons per day. The use of the Park and Ride is forecast to be less with the
scheme than without it. So, will anyone no-tice the differ-ence? I very much doubt it.
The transport benefits are so nebulous that the latest PR ploy is to sell it as a flood de-fence and Ashton Bridge protection
scheme. Laudable objectives, but not part of an integrated transport strategy.
If any of the scheme’s champions, say Tim Kent or Gary Hopkins, would like to ex-plain how this is good value for £42m and counting, in plain language, I am sure the Editor of Hotwells & Cliftonwood News would be happy to publish it.
Meanwhile stump up your £14m council tax contribution while we make £85m of cuts in the rest of the budget. James Smith
(reprinted from an article in ‘Better Bristol’ pub-lished by Bristol Civic Society)
BRT2 / AVTM/ Metrobus –or whatever its called by the time you read this....
impression of how the Metrobus route would look at Spike Island
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A Hotwells resident for 12 years, Faruk Choudhury is very proud to be the first Asian Lord Mayor in Bristol, the first Muslim Lord Mayor as well as the youngest in its 800 year history.
What is the role of Lord Mayor? The Lord May is the figurehead of the city, I chair the full council and various committees. When we have visitors from outside Bristol and outside UK, it’s my role to meet, greet and accompany them. I represent every community event as Lord Mayor, on behalf of the city, plus visiting schools, colleges, universities. I began the role on 21st May 2013 and this month I will become deputy Lord Mayor for a year- I call it a 2 year package.
I also welcome visitors to The Mansion House here on Clifton Down. We are open to the public by appointment and community groups can come and book to see the house and some of its treas-ures. Children from Hotwells Primary School have been to see me here.
For the first time we have an Executive Mayor, George Ferguson, who was elected following the referendum and he replaces the Council Leader. They are two different roles; the Mayors job is the day to day running of the city and my role is ceremonial. But we work together very nicely.
What kind of person do you need to
be to do your job? You have to be friendly, approachable, listen to people and take their issues for-ward, help to resolve difficulties, hard working and you have to be a councillor to be elected. It’s a very busy role! This is my 836th engagement and I can have 4 or
5 a day including at weekends. But I en-joy it, it’s an honour!
What do you feel has been your
greatest achievement as Lord
Mayor? It is a very special role for me. As a posi-tion it is hugely significant, not just per-sonally, but for communities, especially the black and ethnic minority communi-ties. Since I became Lord Mayor I have 2 charities I work on, one is the Lord Mayor’s Children’s Charity and I have also launched a campaign to raise awareness for blood and organ donation, especially in the black and Asian communities. These communities are waiting 3 or 4 times longer than other ethnic groups. The NHS has a severe shortage, and 3-4 people are dying everyday. The last thing we want to think about is death and donating our organs after our death, but it helps save so many lives. We are work-ing with different religious groups through our community champions to dispel myths about religious reasons for not donating. This campaign is going extremely well and I will continue to work on it into the future.
meet your neighbour
Councillor Faruk Choudhury, Lord Mayor of Bristol 2013-2014
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What, if anything has surprised you
about the people you’ve met in your
time as Lord Mayor? I’ve met hundreds of voluntary workers who are the true heroes of the city. I think that these people are one of the reasons why Bristol is such a great city.
What do you feel your relationship is
with Hotwells and Cliftonwood? I like living in Hotwells it’s a beautiful community with a nice small school where everyone knows everyone. I have three children at Hotwells Primary and they really integrated with everyone. We also have an 11th old month baby who arrived just after I took office as LM. If we need any support someone always offers.
if we can’t pick up our children from school other parents will take them home to play. As LM and councilor for Easton this has helped me a lot as I have often had to work evenings and weekends. My wife is also busy; we are opening a new deli. at the bottom of Jacobs Wells Road, Chai Shan, which she will run and we hope the local community will enjoy. We feel so much a part of this community, we feel safe here, we are close to the country and to the city centre. I love where I live.
Ffi twitter.com/lordmayor Twitter.com/choudhuryfaruk www.facebook.com/lordmayorfarukchoudhury www.facebook.com/farukchoudhury Anna Wilson
Our positive re-routing proposals (see article in last edition of ‘Hotwells News’), huge lobbying effort and the 4,473 peti-tion signatures (thank-you all!) did not secure us a dialogue with the Mayor, Council or Metrobus team prior to the Central Planning Committee on the 18th of March.
Metrobus plans where approved in full. De-mands for business lorry access got incorporated while it appeared that road safety, congestion and environmental concerns raised by the local community (and many other objectors) would be brushed aside.
However, at the very last, the majority of the committee, led by its chair, our local ward councillor – Alex Woodman did take notice and they voted to instruct Bristol Council Transport officers to assess the feasibility of including our re-routing and SAFE shared streets proposals as part of implementing Metrobus.
We are working with Transport officers to carry out the feasibility study which will report back within 4 months of the Planning Committee decision, and to the Coun-cil Executive for a decision – effectively, Mayor George Ferguson.
Richard Walker
Harbourheads update - Making our streets SAFE for all campaign.
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Hotwells is shaping up to be a key link in a chain of heritage attractions to lure visitors to our under-appreciated end of the Floating Harbour. How can we respond to this?
The Heritage Lottery Fund is sup-porting two Bristol locations in its latest £30m funding package. These amount to 25% of the national total and both are on our doorstep, within a few yards of one another.
The ss Great Britain (1), multiple
prize-winning attraction has been awarded a further £4.7m towards the cost of creating a new ‘Being Brunel’ project. Based in the currently derelict row of buildings alongside Great Western Dockyard and facing Hotwell Road. The total £7m investment will extend the scope of the museum by exhibiting many Brunel artefacts, for example his cigar case, ‘locked’ diary and original plans of the Clifton Suspen-sion Bridge which are not on public display at present.
Meanwhile, at the far end of the Harbour, our much-loved Underfall
Yard (2) after nearly 20 years of gradual growth and refurbishment with limited resources has won £3m in support of its vision of creating a ‘Maritime Centre of Excellence’, with new opportunities for growing maritime industries and improving public access to the famous Brunel underfall sluices, extraordinary Victorian workshops and possibly the last dockyard hydraulic power system surviving anywhere in the world. The lovely pump house (the
successor to the one we know of as the ‘Pump House’ pub) will have its future secured by conversion into the ‘Power House’ learning centre. The aim is to avoid creating a ‘sanitised’ museum feel
for the site; with continued use as a self-supporting, working dockyard at the heart of the project. With funding in place, the Underfall Yard Trust will acquire ownership of the site from Bris-tol City Council giving it more control over shaping its future.
Hotwells: at the heart of Bristol’s heritage
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As if that were not enough, Clifton Sus-pension Bridge Trust is in the middle of building a new visitor centre and ad-ministration block to replace a 10 year
old portable building (3). This, in spite of its small size and lack of facilities, has welcomed an average of nearly 60,000 visitors a year from more than 100 coun-
tries. The £1.9m development (also partly HLF funded) plans to be up and running by Dec. 8th this year –the 150th anniversary of the opening of the bridge.
These 3 sites are on any serious visitor’s tourist trail and connected by interest-
ing walking routes that can further en-hance their enjoyment and knowledge.
The ‘green’ route that connects the Sus-pension Bridge via Burwalls Wood to the Avon towpath and thence to the Harbourside path
The heritage route alongside Cumber-land Basin and crossing the Entrance
Locks (4) taking in the Brunel Lock chamber, and Brunel Swivel Bridge (also currently being spruced-up by volunteers and crying out for better interpreta-tion). This leads our visitors into Hotwells (where we have no visible description of the story of the Hotwells Spa) and up through the historic terraces of Clifton to the Bridge, passing the unique but little known Clifton
Rocks Railway (5). So here is a challenge for us in Hotwells, bang in the middle of all these historic riches, to raise our profile with visitors to Bristol. Literally put Hotwells and Cliftonwood on the map as the special communities they are; not some annexe to an estate agents construct of ‘harbourside’.
We would like to look at ways we can promote our area and link all the sites of interest to provide a more rounded view of Bristol
history and help our local traders to gain a better share of a growing tourist trade. Is this a practical approach? Do let us know if you could spare some time to help the Community Association develop these ideas? email: [email protected]
Ray Smith
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With the beauties of spring all around us, now may be the time to switch to a “green” electricity supplier, if you have not already done so. It is one of the simplest things to do to help preserve out beautiful planet in a habitable con-dition.
Standard prices for electricity produced from sustainable sources like wind, sun, hydro-power, are now comparable with those for electricity produced from fossil fuels - more information from: gooshing.co.uk website or Bristol Energy Co-op (www.bristolenergy.coop). If you want to go further there are local oppor-tunities to invest in clean power genera-tion. Bristol Power Co-operative have a share offer out, as part of the plan to make Bristol the UK's first Solar City, Bristol Energy Co-op hopes to have the opportunity to invest in a wind turbine over-looking the M4 and Triodos Bank (office near College Green) have plans for more opportunities for in-vestment in green energy. You could also go in for energy generation yourself. I have used almost no gas between April and September since I installed solar thermal tubes, in combination with more insulation in the loft to keep the heat in my sun-warmed sitting room, and the Government have now released details of tariffs that will be paid for “Renewable Heat”: (www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/domestic-renewable-heat-incentive).
In spite of all these great opportunities
there are unfortunately some projects pushing in the opposite direction. There are applications to build electricity-generating plants at Avonmouth burning tropical biofuels. These are more environ-mentally damaging than natural gas, and only make a profit because they receive a subsidy, which should be abolished, as it has been in Holland and Germany. George Ferguson has written to George Osborne opposing the latest Avonmouth plant and you can add your voice to his by writing to the Treasury, your MP and the Energy Minister: (http://www.avoncoalitionagainst bigbiofuels.org.uk/what-you-can-do/).
More generally, you could join the cam-paign to get pen-sion funds to disin-vest from fossil fuels: (gofossilfree. org/uk). Pension funds should be investing to build a future, not destroy it. More information from Richard Han-cock, Transition Hot wells and Clifton
wood [email protected], or come to a "Lion" meeting. Richard Hancock
green light
start of the bike ride against the planned bio-fuel power station at Avonmouth
On your (electric) bike!
These seem to be catching the imagination of lots of riders for whom fitness is less im-portant than utility.
Hotwells resident Trevor George has been researching the options and recommends the following as starting points for anyone wanting to improve their knowledge:
www.onmybike.co.uk www.fb.com/groups/bristolelec
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Bristol’s pioneering initiative to build and operate a ferry boat powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells came to fruition last year when, following a £240,000 investment by the City Council and other sponsors, ‘Hydrogenesis’ started a trial period of operation in the Floating Harbour. However, by September all opera-tions ceased and even the strange-looking refuelling station on the side of Cumberland Basin disappeared and nothing more was heard about the experiment.
As Richard Rankin of No. 7 boats, one of the partners in the Bristol Hydrogen Boats consortium would freely admit; being a pioneer is not always easy. He was anxious to emphasise that all the partners in the venture had invested in the project over and above the initial Council funding, awarded as part of the Green Capital initiative. The power sys-tem from Auriga Energy cost around £100,000 to install and the refuelling station supplied by Air Products was £59,000, which didn’t leave much left in the budget to actually build the boat and operate it for the trial period. How-ever, the project met its objectives in terms of demonstrating the practicality of the technology and generating a huge amount of public and media
interest. What it was never going to do was run at a profit with such
onerous startup costs. The final straw was the continuing cost of renting the refuelling station; which is why that has now disappeared.
In spite of all the effort and setbacks, Richard remains bullish about the pro-ject. We are unlikely to see Hydrogene-sis performing this Summer but if Bris-tol starts to operate some hydrogen-powered buses, then there may be scope for joint-use of a refuelling facil-ity. Another option is to convert the boat to run on bottled hydrogen that would not require all the expensive refuelling infrastructure but would limit the range because it would need to operate at lower pressure. Assessing the commercial viability of a future hydrogen ferry service is fraught with difficulty; not only the cost of refuelling but also the unknown lifespan of the fuel cells needs to be factored in. Rich-ard thinks the future may lie with using it as a trip boat for hire, rather than to try and compete with their own con-ventional ferry services.
Richard and his partners are clearly driven by a mission to promote Bristol’s harbour and pioneer green technology and, after 3 years of work, they are not about to give up yet –even if the finan-cial return is uncertain. Ray Smith
What happened to Hydrogenesis?
In principle, electric vehicles powered by fuel cells offer huge potential benefits. The fuel is hydrogen, which is available as a waste product from several sources, including chemi-cal manufacture and decomposition of domestic waste. They are pollution-free, as the hydrogen combines with oxygen to produce only water vapour, and they are quiet in operation. In the case of Hydrogenesis, its 12kw of electric motors can run for several days on a single refuelling. Fuel cell powered buses have operated in Hamburg, Perth and Reykjavik and a fleet of 8 are currently being trialled in London. California is develop-ing a network of over 40 refuelling stations to support 4,300 fuel cell cars and 60 buses.
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events
“The body parts ! the body parts …….!! ”. I was on stage with the principal boy (AKA the “Beast ”) who was two feet away and hissing at me urgently. This definitely wasn’t in the script. I vainly swivelled my neck , locked as it was in a wooden plank . I couldn’t even look down to check the state of my dress. I sighed and thrust an additional false head up through the remaining hole in the plank . Too late. “ No ! , no !” (that despairing voice again ) “ The accoutrements ! ” “ Eh ? ” With that, a cascade of plastic arms , legs , hands and feet , came cracking down on my shaven and unprotected head. “ Ow ! , ow ! ” “ Shhh” I withdrew my head to the protection of our wooden sarcophagus cum operating box . We were onstage alright , but safely out of sight of the audience. My own disembodied and now bruised head had emerged prematurely. With the saintly principal boy now preparing for his / her entrance , I was left to ruminate on my bruised ego and hope that we’d get it right tomorrow night .
Panto life in the male chorus is a full one .This year I completed 7 costume changes, was involved in 2 major songs, failed to get electrocuted as we had planned and more importantly I had purloined and mastered at least 5 words of dialogue and sang a short duet. However, the Mens’ Chorus really comes into its own , when , at the end of 4 gru-elling performances , we strike the set , and have to manhandle the staging , props and seating back to the designated storage for another year. Then with an aching back, cut fingers, not to mention bruised egos, its party time!
Rik Goldsmith
Hotwells Panto 2014—A Chorus eye view of “Beauty and the Beast”
pic: Tristan Roperto
Managing flood risk in Bristol
Following our horrendously wet Winter, Bristol City Council is developing a flood management strategy and action plan to improve the way we can all manage flood-ing in the City. They would like to hear your views.
You can find out more and comment at: www.bristol.gov.uk/floodstrategy
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Art in Dowry Square – Sunday August 3rd 2014
Hotwells and Cliftonwood artists are planning this exciting new event, show-casing local talent in the beautiful and historic communal garden at Dowry Square. For more information email: [email protected]
High Water Line comes to Bristol in the Summer
This international arts and science project exploring the way communities commu-nicate about and find resilience to the impacts of climate change locally is com-ing to Hotwells this summer. Look out for the conversations and join in chalking a high water line on the piazza and maybe some pavements. FFI http://www.highwaterline.org/highwaterlinebristol/
Green Days Out 2014
Last summer we sponsored a project to promote the many walking and cycling routes that converge on Cumberland Piazza in Hotwells. This was a great suc-cess and 15 different routes can still be found, described in detail with downloadable route maps on our web-site.
We would love to extend the range of destinations, especially the quirky and the unexpected places that you may have discovered and would like to share with others. We are looking for green days out for anyone; from toddlers on cycles and scooters, independent teenagers to more elderly walkers.
You can suggest your ideas via the forum on the website and you can upload your photos to the gallery. Go to: www.greendaysout.org
The Galley café bistro.
Hotwells’ best kept secret, The Galley, is on Hotwell Road, with Harbourside views and a back door on the waterfront to sit outside in the sunshine
Open Tuesday – Saturday from 9am -5pm and Sunday from 10am - 4.30pm. the Galley serves great coffee and tea and scrumptious cakes but it also has a daily changing menu and their Sunday lunches should be on everyone’s ‘Sunday lunches to eat before I slim’ list.
They also have a ‘foodography’ of fantas-tic catered events. If it needs food they’ll cater it, from the very simple to the very extravagant. They’ll cater at other venues from picnics on boats to weddings, and event manage too if that’s needed.
events
a green day out to Axbridge and Cheddar on the Strawberry Line path
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events
DIARY when what where
Apr 26th –May 26th
Bristol Walking Festival over 150 guided walks available see: www.bristolwalkingfestival.co.uk
various
Sun May 18th
10:00-16:00
Clifton Rocks Railway Open Day free tours of top station (children under 14 not allowed)
Sion Hill (next to Avon Gorge Hotel)
Sun May 25th
14:00 ‘Get lost on the way to paradise’ guided walk to Leigh Woods
see: www.bristolwalkingfestival.co.uk
Start at Pump House, Junction Lock, Hotwells
Sun Jun 1st Make Sunday Special many streets in Centre closed for art, music & entertainment
Various City Centre
Jun 2nd-7th 10:00-16:00
Walking Festival photography exhi-bition. See: www.createbristol.org/events.htm
Create Centre
Jun 14th-15th
The Earthed Weekender Join land artist Mick Petts and
writer David Lane to discover the hid-den layers of Ashton Meadows See: www.createbristol.org/events.htm
Create Centre
Jun 18th 19:00-21:00
Clifton & Cabot Neighbourhood
Partnership meeting
City Hall, College Green
July 5th St Pauls Carnival see: http://www.stpaulscarnival.co.uk/
July 18th –20th
Bristol Harbour Festival Harbourside
Aug 3rd 12:00-17:00
Art in Dowry Square ffi: [email protected]
Dowry Square garden, Hotwells
Aug 3rd Make Sunday Special many streets in Centre closed for art, music & entertainment
Various, City Centre
Jun 14th-15th
Bristol Festival of Nature. see: www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-nature/
Harbourside
Jun 6th-14th Clifton Festival of Music see: http://www.cliftonfestival.com/
Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Rd.
Aug 7th-10th International Balloon Fiesta Ashton Court
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Day Centre for older people
Thursdays 10:30 to 15:30
Transport to and from the Centre
A warm and friendly atmosphere
Home cooked meal
Exercises and entertainment
Tel 0117 983 8878
or just call in
Holy Trinity Church Hall, Clifton Vale
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