World Environment Day 2008 - Cycle to work! June 06, 2008 14:29 by John Sollars

Here at Stinkyink, we are as aware of our environment as I am sure you are.  We are based in Sunny Shropshire in the middle of the Severn Valley, albeit on a small Industrial Estate, surrounded by fields, the Severn Valley Country Park and the River itself is just down the road - it almost beats working for a living!.   Anyway to the point - with Diesel now costing over £1.30/Ltr the Boss has decided to save money and has implemented a Cycle to Work Scheme.  The Government launched this Scheme back in 2004 and it enables the company to buy it's employees a Bike (plus accessories) and claim nearly half the value back in tax (You can see full information here).  So we all wait with baited breath to see whether he is going to continue during the winter (editors note - depends on the price of diesel!) or is indeed a fair weather cyclist!.

Last year we planted a tree to mark World Environment Day (See the Video here), but the benefits to cycling to work far outweigh the benefits of our (albeit lovely) little lime tree.  There are positive health impacts and it is actually quicker to cycle to work than drive for John and marginally slower for Roy - going back is a different matter however as 'the hill' comes into play, anyway we wish them both well!