A team of eager volunteers are ready to open the latest chapter on a cycling success story gathering pace across the world.
Started with the help of money from the 2018 Open Golf Championship legacy fund, Carnoustie’s Cycling Without Age group is ready to hit the streets in the spring as project leaders look forward to adding to the tens of thousands of miles already being clocked up by counterparts across the country.
The initiative began in Copenhagen and uses trishaws to reintroduce the elderly and less able to the joy of a cycle ride in their local community.
Carnoustie is the first community CWA group in Angus and the build-up to the scheme’s official launch has seen ten volunteers pass the test to become fully-fledged trishaw pilots.
The Carnoustie trishaws are being named after the town’s three golf courses – Championship, Burnside and Buddon, alongside an outrider e-bike called the Nestie after the burgh’s nine-holer.
One of the cycles will be wheelchair accessible.
CWA Scotland data for 2018/19 revealed more than 1,800 volunteers carried almost 30,000 passengers 22,500 miles.
Lorraine Young of the Carnoustie chapter said: “We have a total of ten trained pilots, with another seven going through their initial training, but are always eager to encourage more to come forward.
“The trishaws will be a very visible and positive reminder as they travel around of the community benefit gained from the 147th Open here in Carnoustie.”
