{"id":819,"date":"2019-10-14T16:03:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?page_id=819"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:20:21","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership &#038; Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in joining Trekkers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you would like to come along as a volunteer pilot or visually impaired stoker,  we really would like to meet you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have a short \ninduction programme for everyone who joins us where we run through what&#8217;s \ninvolved riding a tandem&nbsp;with a fully sighted pilot (front-rider) and a blind or \nvisually impaired stoker (back-rider).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, we ask that all first time riders, pilots and stokers, with Trekkers, initially come to a track session. These are normally&nbsp;(but not always) held on the first Saturday of every month from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon. Venues vary &#8211; but they are always carried out at an off-road cycle track. You&#8217;ll find details of our planned rides and sessions <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/ride-and-event-calendar\/\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, if you can&#8217;t make any upcoming track session, don&#8217;t worry! We&#8217;ll always do our very best to make an alternative arrangement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to know more then you can easily get in touch with us, either by phoning our Membership Secretary; Steve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or, if you would prefer to send us an email, our address is <a href=\"mailto:hello@tandemtrekkers.org.uk\">hello@tandemtrekkers.org.uk<\/a> or <a href=\"Mailto: membership.secretary@tandemtrekkers.org.uk\">membership.secretary@tandemtrekkers.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do decide to come along and have a go, please let us know and we&#8217;ll look out for you. And it would help us if you could print off and bring along with you a copy of our membership form which you can download from our <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/downloads-forms\/\">Forms and Downloads page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Please only fill in the first three sections down to Emergency Contact Details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll complete the rest when we meet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions please contact us by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can be absolutely assured of a warm and friendly welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in joining Trekkers? Whether you would like to come along as a volunteer pilot or visually impaired stoker, we really would like to meet you. We have a short induction programme for everyone who joins us where we run through what&#8217;s involved riding a tandem&nbsp;with a fully sighted pilot (front-rider) and a blind or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/membership\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Membership &#038; Contact&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-819","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4324,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/819\/revisions\/4324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}