Badgers on bikes and bTB

The thought of the cull kept going round and round in my head. The idea of two Badgers riding around on a Tandem seemed almost insanely pleasing! Certainly high profile if nothing else. The idea would come and go, then one night whilst laying in bed knowing full well this horrendous cull was imminent, I decided "yes it's got to be done". At the AGM I mentioned it to my friend Adrian and asked him if he would be my co-pilot for the day. He agreed to do it with me and so June 26th was chosen as the day!

We planned to go from Panfield in Braintree to Sudbury in suffolk and back stopping in the town centres to distribute leaflets to highlight what was proposed. June 26th proved to be the hottest day of the year and cycling in a fur coat on a 45 mile round trip was very uncomfortable to say the least but thanks to our support vehicles carrying plenty of refreshments we made it there and back. The public were fantastic in their support sounding their horns and waving from car windows, it certainly spurred us on. (full article available in the current newsletter)

Neil Yeo