The former
HeadToWCEU campaign
#HeadToWCEU was a community cycling project planned for 2020 to raise awareness of physical and mental wellbeing in the WordPress community. The ride was cancelled in March 2020.
What was planned
In 2019, Big Orange Heart, formerly WP&UP, announced a community cycle ride from the 2019 WordCamp Europe venue in Berlin to the planned 2020 venue in Porto. The project aimed to raise awareness of physical and mental wellbeing in the WordPress community. The organisers described a journey of more than 3,000 km through six countries. Their December 2019 update set out a proposed route of 3,167 km and invited people to join at defined stages. These were plans, not a record of a completed ride.
Read the planned cycling route for the proposed journey and links to the organisers’ original reporting.
Why it stopped
On , Big Orange Heart announced that the #HeadToWCEU 2020 project was cancelled because the emerging COVID-19 situation made the risks to riders, volunteers and the community unacceptable.
Original sources
- Big Orange Heart: #HeadToWCEU Update, 10 December 2019 — the proposed ride, purpose and route.
- Big Orange Heart: #HeadToWCEU Cancellation, 10 March 2020 — the organisers’ cancellation notice.