The English team has produced a short video to summarize their bicycle tour in Pompei and Napoli.

The Talking Bikes group  has been guided in Pompei by the Italian team. They have cycled on the border of the site (as it is prohibited to cycle on the archeological site itself) with a beautiful view on the Vesuvio from the entrance to the Villa dei Misteri. The return distance is 5 km.

• Download the brochure Pompei Bike.
• Browse the site managed by the Archeological Surintendance (EN).

Preparing the Bikes

Before leaving

Cycling

Having a break

Listening to the guide

On the forum

Supporting the initiative

At the end of the tour, learners and trainers have signed to support this initiative that may be prohibited by the new manager of the archeological site.

The last picture

Some pictures taken during the meetings held in september 2010.

Visiting Recyke Y’Bike

Recyke Y’Bike lorry

Unit 1 -where our Recyke Y’Bikes are checked over and stored before they are refurbished

Learning how to fix a puncture outside Recyke y’Bike’s workshop.

Puncture repair

The milenium bridge crossing

Newcastle’s Silver room where all the groups meet the Lord Mayor on Thursday 16th September.

Nice earings

Chris, Bob and Dave recorded what we did in Poland and then learned how to create a movie.

The trainees from Greta du Velay have organised outdoor activities for their partners from Poland, Spain, Italy and UK. They have benefited from the support of the sport department from the municipality of Le Puy-en-Velay and from the Departmental Committee for Adapted Sport – CDSA.

Jenny from Academy International has produced this little video.

1st and 2nd of March 2010, trainees from Greta du Velay have welcome their partners from Spain, Italy, Poland and UK. They had prepared two full days of activities related to bicycle:

• an interactive presentation to facilitate communication overcoming the language barriers ;
• a role play based on the words used to name the different pieces of a bicycle ;
• a run and bike game in Camp d’Eycenac (map) ;
• an orientation game to discover the old town of le Puy-en-Velay (map) ;
• interviews of local population to enquire about their use of cycling in town ;
• opening of an exhibition on climate change ;
• tasting of local food specialities.

Local press has been interested by this event:

(La Tribune, 2nd March 2010, French)

[transcript] Le vélo comme facteur d’insertion et d’échanges européens

Depuis septembre, neuf stagiaires, âgés de 18 a 25 ans, avec des handicaps variables, travaillent sur le thème du vélo. « C’est un moteur d’insertion, lance Pierre-Laurent Carrolaggi, responsable du Departement Conseil-recherche-innovation au Greta du Velay. On les suit pour une insertion vers l’emploi en milieu ouvert. Ce sont des personnes peu à l’aise avec leur corps. Chaque semaine, elles font du sport avec des éducateurs. »

Le Greta du Velay a voulu donner une dimension européenne par le biais d’échanges avec d’autres organismes du continent. La première rencontre de « Talking bikes » a eu lieu à l’automne 2009. Une délégation ponote s’était rendue à Jaca, en Espagne.

Depuis hier, et jusqu’à mercredi, une quinzaine d’Européens sont au Puy. Ils viennent de Newcastle (Angleterre), Radawnica (Pologne), Jaca (Espagne) et Naples (Italie). « Le vélo est facteur d’échanges et d’ouverture. Les stagiaires apprennent à réparer un vélo, à l’utiliser à bon escient, ça fait du bien au corps et c’est un moyen de découvrir une region autrement. »

Plusieurs activités sont proposées autour du deux-roues. Hier après-midi, Français et Europeens se sont retrouvés au camp d’Eycenac, sur les hauteurs de Vals-pres-Le Puy. Et aujourd’hui, mardi, une enquête va être effectuée auprès de passants sur leur perception du vélo et sur leurs envies.

(Photo Julien Billy)

Learners are ready for the cycling tour of Jaca.

The first meeting of the Talking Bikes project has been held in Jaca, in Spain. One of the objectives of the project is to run cycling activities to discover the host region. A short video summarizes a visit of Jaca on bicycles.

Cadenaser, a radio from Jaca has made an interview of the Spanish speaking partners the 23rd of octobre 2009. You can listen to the show with participants from Greta du Velay, Aula Hispanica, Academy International and Uniweresytety Ludowe.

Cadenaser, une radio de Jaca a organisé une émission avec les partenaires hispanophones de Talking Bikes le 23 octobre 2009 . Vous pouvez écouter l’interview des participants du Greta du Velay, d’Aula Hispanica, d’Academy International et d’Uniweresytety Ludowe.

During the meeting in Jaca, the Spanish team has organised a Euroquiz. The teams have been organised by country and the contest took place in a pub. Questions were given and answered in English. It has been a funny way to test our knowledge of the participating European countries.

You can also test your knowledge by downloading the Euroquiz.