Cycle project to get more people out and about in Ullapool
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A TRISHAW is set to turn heads on the streets of Ullapool and help people with limited mobility get out “and feel the wind in their hair”.
The local Cycling Without Age group took delivery of the electric trike on Friday with more than a dozen local volunteers now being trained as”pilots”.
The wheels were set in motion back in February when Ullapool High School students Will Saywell and Ellie Cunningham successfully pitched the idea to the Lochbroom community at a participatory budget event.
That brought in £2500 towards the £7200 cost of the trike, which is powered by an electric battery and capable of carrying two passengers.
The trishaw has already been dubbed ‘Broomie’ and has benefited from support from Tesco Bags of Help and Ullapool Harbour Trust. David Crook, a teacher who is involved in the project, said: “In spite of the awful weather, all our trainee pilots had a chance to ride Broomie for the first time thanks to the kind offer by Robbie McFedries, head of Ullapool High School, to use the school’s public concourse for practice.
“We hope to complete training over the next few weeks before finally getting to the purpose of the project to get our senior citizens and those with limited mobility out into the community and let them feel the wind on their hair.”
