The Green Transport Challenge - 2010 

The Green Transport Challenge is a simple idea: Participants, usually in groups, travel from their home (or a designated starting point such as our Cheltenham HQ, The Rendezvous Shop) to one of Gloucestershire's county boundaries and back again using only 'Green' transport. Participants score points for reaching county boundaries and for each mode of green transport they use... buses, coaches, trains, bicycles, feet, boats, horses etc... The idea is to educate people about Green transport, give them a great excuse to explore Gloucestershire and raise awareness of the need for improved public transport in the county. You may complete your challenge at any time from Saturday May 29th up to Sunday 20th when the ‘Finale Event' will be held in Cheltenham.

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Below is a list of our themed challenges used in 2009. Please contact us if you would like to sign up for a challenge this year!

The Real Ale Green Transport Challenge

Departing from Royal Well Coach Station, Cheltenham at 10.15am Morgan Phillips (Global Footsteps Co-ordinator) led this tour of the finest Real Ale establishments in Gloucestershire. The route goes via Cirencester, Kemble and Stroud travelling by local bus, national express, train and foot! We'll be back in Cheltenham by 6.30pm to celebrate! 

Cotswold Water Park Green Transport Challenge

Departing from Cheltenham Tourist Information Centre at 10am travel by bus and foot to the Wiltshire border to arrive at Cotswold Water Park (http://www.waterpark.org/) in time for lunch. The early afternoon was spent building a raft to sail on one of the lakes!

The Bridges of Gloucestershire County 

David Royffe, inventor of the Green Transport Challenge, led this green tour of Gloucestershire most famous bridges. This challenge features many different transport types and walks along Gloucestershire's scenic waterways.

The Gloucestershire Green Pilgrimage

Dennis Mitchell will led this Green Transport Challenge around the many beautiful meeting houses to be found in Gloucestershire.