Funeral details of Bristol’s cycling champion revealed
By The funeral of Bristol cycling campaigner Chris Hutt – who died last month aged 59 – will be held on Friday, April 30 at Canford Crematorium.
Mr Hutt, who spent 30 years campaigning for a better deal for cyclists and helped to design the Bath-Bristol cycling path, was found in his Clifton home on March 21. It is believed he had been suffering from heart problems.
Chris Hutt: Funeral to be on April 30
The funeral at 1pm will be followed by a wake at 35 King Street at 2pm. Mourners who wish to attend either the funeral or wake, or both, are asked to contant Mr Hutt’s son (Chris Jnr).
Bristol Cycling Campaign are planning a memorial bike ride after the wake to celebrate Chris’s life and achievements, taking in the Bristol-Bath railway path.
Described as a “doughty champion”, Mr Hutt was well-known throughout Bristol for his campaigning for better cycling routes and safety.
The passionate campaigner, who also worked as a plumber, described himself as a “grumpy old man”. He worked to find the greenest ways of getting around Bristol and said he was disillusioned with the relentless rise in car dependency.
John Grimshaw, founder of the Bristol-based charity Sustrans, called last month for the Bristol-Bath cycle path to be declared “inviolate” as a fitting tribute to a “friend indeed”.
“I have lost a colleague of so many years, the best of route devisers and cycling companion, and a friend indeed.
“I know he was seen as a thorn in your side, but without his support I doubt that key cycle routes we now take for granted would have been built so well, or even at all.
“His last two messages concerned the ongoing threat to the railway path and the beautiful River Avon route to Hanham. Might you consider as a fitting tribute to this so dedicated Bristol Citizen, declaring the railway path inviolate and rebuilding the riverside path to a standard he would have enjoyed?”
“As John says, there is already so much around Bristol that is the better for Chris’s work and energy, and those two suggestions would add to his legacy. As far as I am concerned, the railway path is already inviolate, and the riverside path would be brilliant.”
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