Walk, Wheel or Ride video transcript
This video transcript is for the campaign video on the Walk, Wheel or Ride page.
[Instrumental music]
[Close-up shot of Maria speaking, name and job title displayed on screen]
Maria Callow: I’m an active travel champion, so I encourage more people to be physically active every day.
[Shot of Maria walking to work]
Maria: I make sure we're building a walk every day, but throughout the week I either run, walk, cycle.
[Close-up of Maureen Deacon on screen with her name displayed]
Maureen: I'm 84, fairly active.
[Wide shot of Maureen walking]
Maureen: I walk quite a lot, but I have to use the buses to go to various things that I'm involved with.
[Close-up of Alex Matanle on screen, with her name and job title displayed]
Alex: I'm Alex Matanle and I work for Kent County Council. I'm one of the Bikeability organisers, so I arrange the Bikeability that takes place in some of the schools in Kent.
[Video of Alex walking with her bike]
Alex: Because I spend such a lot of time working from the desk, when in the evening it's sunny or bright and I take the bike out, it's really lovely to get moving, to get the wind in my hair, to be just being a part of nature and seeing and feeling the outside world.
[Close-up shot of Kevin and Brenda talking with their names on the screen]
Kevin: Riding is important to me in different ways.
[Close-up of Brenda and Kevin high-fiving with helmets]
Brenda: A bike is something better for the environment, it doesn't pollute the environment.
Kevin: It's important for me to be able to cycle because it helps me reduce stress sometimes.
[Video of Vincent talking to camera, with his name displayed on the screen]
Vincent: It helps me to connect with my environment because each time I'm out I am actually connecting more with nature.
[Video of Vincent riding his cargo bike with child]
Vincent: On a day-to-day basis I use a cargo bike to take my kids to school. I've got two kids. We also use our cargo bike for a day trip to the beach. It's quite easy to take down.
[Video of Maria talking again]
Maria: Being active is important to me because I feel energised. I feel I can have a reset. I get a different perspective, particularly with my work.
[Video of Maria and Alex having a walking meeting]
Maria: And equally, if I'm having a business meeting in a town centre, I ask them, would you like to do a walk? Walk and talk meeting.
[Maureen walking with her walker]
Maureen: On my big shop that I do, my daughter takes me, but most days I get off the bus and I go into Sainsbury's.
[Alex talking with her husband and child on bikes]
Alex: Quite often my husband and I might want to go to the shops or to the pub and we have a check of the route and we decide that actually it would be much nicer for both of us to use the bike rather than take the car out. The kids also have their own bicycles, so most times it is a way for us to connect.
[Brenda and Kevin talking to screen again]
Brenda: We also have to show them around, not to keep them indoors. It's also a way we use to play with them. Each time we're riding together as a family, we really have fun.
[Wide shot of Vincent riding his bike]
Vincent: I love using a bike just mainly for health reasons, but also to set good habits for my children. We do have a car, so we do use a car, but day-to-day for short trips everything in Folkestone is quite reachable, so you can get anywhere within 15 minutes on a bike, not even. So it's hardly worth it unless the weather is really poor to get into your car, so we prefer cycling.
[Maria talking to the screen]
Maria: I would say look at how active you are on a personal level every day, whether you just maybe take 100 steps or you're used to running 10k a week, just do that little bit more every day.
[Maureen talking to camera]
Maureen: I do have a friend that likes to walk, she's active, but it's getting harder because so many of my friends can't go for walks now. The advice I would give to younger people is to start early, keep on doing it. Don't give up.
[Kevin and Brenda talking to camera]
Kevin: The advice that I would give to people who want to start riding is simple. You start slowly, start on the flat ground riding the bike. It takes one minute.
[Brenda talking to the screen]
Brenda: Just get the bike out, get your helmet on, ride small distances, get to know your neighbourhood. If you're out there and you have a bicycle, please make good use of it.
[Alex talking to camera]
Alex: I recommend for anybody who's feeling a bit nervous to get on the roads to look on the KCC website to find the adult training, to have a go on the roads with an instructor who's trained just to give confidence to get on the road and to have the fun of cycling.
[Vincent helping his son ride the bike]
Vincent: Try to get the kids involved in cycling. There's a lot of good used bikes on Facebook or Gumtree and for us in our family we've had quite a lot of second-hand bikes—you don't need to get a new bike. It's also quite easy to get a used bike with a child seat at the back. It's quite pleasant, especially on a day like today.
[Maria talking to camera]
Maria: So altogether, very positive experience and easy to get around. So set your own goals that are realistic and not overambitious.
[Screen goes green with “Walk, Wheel and Ride” appearing]