On todays program, lets attempt to avoid daily dystopia and return to 1955 with the Cycling Touring Club (now Cycling UK(link is external)), on grand day out by train(link is external), and listen to some much-needed common sense about joined up transport, which was far more advanced in 1955 than now!

If you're interested in cycle touring, why not consider getting involved with Wrenchworthy Bike Shed(link is external) in Thornbury, the Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club or even plan your own trip with friends(link is external) over summer.

Local news includes Julianne Bell(link is external), who died last Friday, who was a regular guest on 3CR, force behind Protectors of Public Lands, Save Royal Park and formidable opponent against East West Link, the resignation that bête noire of bicycle riders, Duncan Gay(link is external) as NSW Transport Minister, first Yarra Bicycle Advocacy Committee(link is external) Meeting for 2017 (8 February) and the launch of Cycling Without Age(link is external) in Victoria (31 January) at Fairway Hostel, Sandingham.