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Content about our camp between 19 and 21 May will appear here.

Hear Sarah Jasat talking about our Active Travel on Holiday event in 2022. (Ben Jackson Show, Radio Leicester on 16 May 2023.)

Hear Sarah Jasat talking about our "Active Travel on Holiday" event this weekend. Go to 11 mins 45 seconds in to Ben Jackson's Radio Leicester Programme at the following link. https://t.co/mOIT1tFafW
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 16, 2023

Buddy and I making an eve of event visit to fabulous @LOPCentre, ahead of the Active Travel on Holiday weekend. Watch this space. Please get in touch if you are interested for future years. pic.twitter.com/MVmw3CUhJQ
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 18, 2023

First campers to arrive for Active Travel on Holiday. #CampingWeekend ⁦@LOPCentre⁩ ⁦@CHYMLeics⁩ ⁦@RideLeicester⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@WeAreCyclingUK⁩ ⁦@BritishCycling⁩ ⁦@Leicester_News⁩ ⁦ pic.twitter.com/GnABFK5iWk
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 19, 2023

New arrivals for the camp. Nifty cycle trailers for the serious camper… @CHYMLeics @Leicester_News pic.twitter.com/LHUYJxyE0S
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 19, 2023

Camp site-taking shape well. Great turnout and it’s only 17:30. pic.twitter.com/mpAJkS7OFX
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 19, 2023

Last pic of Day 1. Great crowd at Active Travel on Holiday. This was the scene at @LOPCentre just after midnight. Day 2 reports to follow. Forecast good. pic.twitter.com/J3KIDmHF0D
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Two Leicester cycling groups passed each other on the Charter Street Bridge this morning. Ride on Sistas and the Ride Leicester group stopped to greet each other. Great shot! pic.twitter.com/gxxqVkIUQs
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Great ride around Watermead today as part of Active Travel on Holiday. Here returning to ⁦@LOPCentre⁩ pic.twitter.com/QaxwX0Uw8N
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Final evening in the Bushcraft area pic.twitter.com/jLESc2bPl1
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

And another ⁦@LOPCentre⁩ pic.twitter.com/oSrlcZdCWH
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Pan round on our last evening. Bell Boating tomorrow. Active Travel on Holiday – Show and Tell. Thanks to everyone who came along. Showers and Tellers all! So much know-how passed on. Great ride to Watermead. “I can’t wait to@do it all again ⁦@RideLeicester⁩ pic.twitter.com/6uOx2LHGhn
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Last visitors to arrive late Saturday. Record turnout. We intend it to get better and better: the Active Travel on Holiday event. Thanks to all for coming! pic.twitter.com/dkPH3qbCJ9
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Flashy? Never. Active Travel on Holiday. Blinking marvellous. pic.twitter.com/zdoGQpF6Ct
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 20, 2023

Two shots of our Bellboating activity today. @LOPCentre Active Travel on Holiday. pic.twitter.com/W51mc6xvmD
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 21, 2023

Our kit all packed up after a wonderful camping weekend at @LOPCentre Massive thanks to @PeterSimmo for organising such a great event! Roll on next year! pic.twitter.com/AqPuV1ZHlA
— SarahMJasat (@SarahMJasat) May 21, 2023

Sarah’s post and the end of the third day. “Roll on next year!” sums it up on behalf of all of us.

And then they were all gone…. Active Travel on Holiday event. 19 to 21 May 2023. Thanks to all of our participants for a great weekend. pic.twitter.com/dkjDvhGBAP
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 21, 2023

Thank you to everyone who came. If you’d like to share other photos, please send them to Peter by whatever channel is best for you.

Fabulous to get so many photos being sent to me of our Active Travel on Holiday. The Bushcraft Area is a hidden gem in what some would say is a hidden gem itself (⁦@LOPCentre⁩). Our campers were popping over all evening and the fire kept going! That’s an art in itself. pic.twitter.com/QkLM6XA6xn
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 23, 2023

One of the great things about our camping event is the high number of people with jaws dropping when they see the Outdoor Pursuits Centre. People who have been in the city for years. pic.twitter.com/U8Y7sUXHjR
— Peter Simmonds (@PeterSimmo) May 22, 2023

A video posted by Rizal Sapii, on the Brompton Bike World Explorer YouTube channel! Thank you Rizal for producing this great taster of our Active Travel on Holiday taster weekend. We are glad that you enjoyed your first taste of cycle camping!

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