{"id":9689,"date":"2026-08-01T09:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/?page_id=9689"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:40:43","slug":"pedalling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/home\/pedalling\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedalling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9689\" class=\"elementor elementor-9689\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e1369 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31e1369\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-960b2e5 breadcrumb_for_all elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"960b2e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5bbc9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5bbc9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a655c e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-83a655c-1122849 \" data-id=\"83a655c\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"83a655c\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6d264f e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-f6d264f-30d1196 \" data-id=\"f6d264f\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"f6d264f\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f376dc0 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f376dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1816\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9694\" alt=\"pedalling-img1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img-211x300.jpg 211w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img-722x1024.jpg 722w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img-768x1090.jpg 768w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img-1200x1703.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-934afd6 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-934afd6-07a4bb7 \" data-id=\"934afd6\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"934afd6\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14bfa7d inner_cont_det1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14bfa7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Pedalling Started Here<\/h2><p>It all started around 2010, prompted by Pippa Jones who had a lot of experience of getting people to do things outside their comfort zone. 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