Day Thirteen - Lakenheath to Cambridge

Another great day for raising awareness. But, before that, on our way to Cambridge we had a three bike pile-up. Fortunately, noone was seriously hurt (Mel got a sore toe though) but one of the bikes was a bit mangled and had to go straight in the van.

Just outside of Cambridge we had lots of supporters join us and so had a real presence of around 35 cyclists coming into the city. A music event with a line-up of seven live acts welcomed us when we arrived in the centre. Held on Parker's Piece and organised by the Cambridge Stop the War Coalition, the event with a stall and gazebo really drew in the local people.

Later in the evening the event included speeches made by representatives from Stop the War and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Veteran peace campaigner, Bruce Kent also spoke seriously about the UK government's hypocritical stance on nuclear weapons but was interrupted rudely by two male streakers who ran in front of where he was speaking. Bruce took it all in his stride and simply commented on the 'two holy inadequacies' that had passed before him.

A reading of one of Mordechai's poems by Mel was very moving. The latest update on Mordechai's restrictions are that they have only been renewed for 3 weeks instead of the usual year. We don't know what will happen after that. We hope.