{"id":4205,"date":"2025-12-08T20:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4205"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:42:02","slug":"clean-up-day-06-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/clean-up-day-06-dec\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Up day &#8211; 06 Dec 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, 14 sighted pilots, 6 visually impaired stokers, 2 guide dogs and one pup in training managed to get through 21 mince pies, 19 florentines, 6 corned beef tarts and the best part of 3 tubs of crispy mini treats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00008252930323693755176.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Guidedogs Taya, Viking and Beth (pup) looking like three handsome friends sat infront of their owners. Taya and Beth are black labradors, Viking is a golden labrador.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the mass gorging of food and warm drinks, 21 bikes were cleaned checked and parked up ready for next year.<br \/><br \/>Only a very small list of jobs remain that will be tackled over the winter and we should be ready to go next year.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa00014983010699329014225.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin helping to clean a tandem, being advised and guided by David, a vetran TT Member.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My most thorough and personal thanks to all involved, this annual clean up goes a long way to keeping our fleet operational and is an opportunity to spot issues.&nbsp; And thanks to all who took an interest in 77 the speed bike I brought along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa0002268773225731716851-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa0002268773225731716851-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa0002268773225731716851-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa0002268773225731716851-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa0002268773225731716851-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-20251208-wa0002268773225731716851.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jules tries out the 77, a blue torpedo shaped shell on a recumbent bike so Jules is nearly laid down with her legs covered by the shell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Write up by Barney<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 14 sighted pilots, 6 visually impaired stokers, 2 guide dogs and one pup in training managed to get through 21 mince pies, 19 florentines, 6 corned beef tarts and the best part of 3 tubs of crispy mini treats. Despite the mass gorging of food and warm drinks, 21 bikes were cleaned checked and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/clean-up-day-06-dec\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Clean Up day &#8211; 06 Dec 25&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4207,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205\/revisions\/4207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}