I took the Trishaw over the hill to Tumby to visit our sister Cycling Without Age chapter on Thursday for the Uringa Christmas lunch for the residents there to have a look at it and for them to have a chance to go out for a ride in it. It was awesome to see the enthusiasm there as I took out 10 passengers for a lap around the block and along the foreshore to feel the breeze and to smell the salt in the air.
On Friday evening was the Tumby Christmas Pageant and I had two very excited +90 year olds in the front for their unique perspective of the parade.
We stopped often for their friends to trot out into the slow moving parade for them to hug, a handshake, a kiss on the cheek or a quick hello for the passengers. Kevin and Melva, were absolute gems. So excited, throwing out the lollies with abandon, blowing crazy amounts of bubbles and certainly didn't want to get out of the trishaw when we finished up. I loved their zest for life and thanked them for being the ambassadors in Tumby Bay for others to see what the trishaw is all about.
Nipper the Crab, the Tumby Bay mascot, danced alongside us with our 50 different versions of Jingle Bells playlist. She certainly did have twinkle toes.
I was excited to feel and see the impressive amount of interest from the Tumby Bay community for their upcoming trishaw, due late January.
Natasha Clark instigated the dream and has worked long and hard towards it becoming a reality. With help from Lisa Fitzgerald, who wrote the successful grant, and Julie Elliott who loves (??) the paperwork side of it so they ready to GO GO GO as soon as their trishaw lands in Tumby.
Merry Christmas Tumby Bay, and we here at Cummins, cant wait to see your 2019 Christmas present get on the road and the bike path right along the seafront.
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