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My councillor bloke has written back to me...
Colonel Blimp said:
Thank you for your e mail
Good idea re the reported injuries I will make enquiries of WSCC who are the authority in control of the public highway ,
I do know of a serious injury last august where a woman was knocked down by a cyclist and suffered a fractured skull .
I am receiving a plethora of reports on near misses and abuse
It is not the commuter or the family with 2 kids being shepherded by the adults it is the racer / racers as I commented in the herald .
Interesting you should mention dogs apparently dogs are meant to be on a lead only by the wide water lagoon nature reserve there is no restriction elsewhere .
I am coincidentally doing a campaign on dog feasces (sic) which is liberally distributed everywhere and trying to get dogs banned from the bathing areas at lancing beach and beach green .
In relation to the contribution by cyclists to the congestion of the A 259 this is primarily caused by continual roadworks on the A 27 and the severe pinch points at shore ham and lancing .
I do agree it is a dangerous road to cycle on .
I will continue to campaign for a safer cycle path for both cyclists and pedestrians and will keep you informed
Kind regards
Cllr Geoff patmore
He strikes a conciliatory note one to one but I think I'll point out that the plural of anecdote is not data & collective punishments are so last century. Good idea re the reported injuries I will make enquiries of WSCC who are the authority in control of the public highway ,
I do know of a serious injury last august where a woman was knocked down by a cyclist and suffered a fractured skull .
I am receiving a plethora of reports on near misses and abuse
It is not the commuter or the family with 2 kids being shepherded by the adults it is the racer / racers as I commented in the herald .
Interesting you should mention dogs apparently dogs are meant to be on a lead only by the wide water lagoon nature reserve there is no restriction elsewhere .
I am coincidentally doing a campaign on dog feasces (sic) which is liberally distributed everywhere and trying to get dogs banned from the bathing areas at lancing beach and beach green .
In relation to the contribution by cyclists to the congestion of the A 259 this is primarily caused by continual roadworks on the A 27 and the severe pinch points at shore ham and lancing .
I do agree it is a dangerous road to cycle on .
I will continue to campaign for a safer cycle path for both cyclists and pedestrians and will keep you informed
Kind regards
Cllr Geoff patmore
Vocal Minority said:
jmb88 said:
Rocksteadyeddie said:
Good effort. It's hard riding in that part of the World.
I love it. Need to get all the big passes ticked off before this year's out, Whinlatter is a regular one for me but I haven't had time to venture beyond yet to do Newlands, Hardknott and Honister. Days like today watching the sun rise over the hills really bring home to me how fortunate I am to live in such an amazing area. The ride to work is unlikely become too regular, just takes too much effort having to leave the house at 0600.
It's often not the big name climbs that do for you - Birker Fell for example is awful if (when) the wind is blowing. It's the combination of rubbish road surface and constant up and down grinds you down. Good training roads though.
Vocal Minority said:
SWMBO and I are getting married in Eskdale in May - suggested taking the bike, was told not to be so stupid 
We came down Birker fell, and I though it looked like a decent ride for scenery especially - but now you mention it I recall the surface being shonky in a car
It's the wind that is a real killer on Birker Fell. I went up the Eskdale side in February - the bottom is high teens % IIRC. It was a driving wind and hail straight into my face all the way up - probably 3-4km I would think. In conditions like that it crossed my mind that a puncture would be a real problem, not just a pain in the neck. The side from Ulpha is easier but the bottom is very steep - 25% or so for a few hairpins. We came down Birker fell, and I though it looked like a decent ride for scenery especially - but now you mention it I recall the surface being shonky in a car
crxdave said:
Couldn't face riding my usual route in this morning, so took a slightly longer route. Made a big difference to how much I enjoyed the ride! Anyone else get bored of riding the same route every day?
Yep. Ridden to work 122 times so far this year and the route is mostly the same, and rather repetitive. S10GTA said:
crxdave said:
Couldn't face riding my usual route in this morning, so took a slightly longer route. Made a big difference to how much I enjoyed the ride! Anyone else get bored of riding the same route every day?
Yep. Ridden to work 122 times so far this year and the route is mostly the same, and rather repetitive. Always tend to mix up the way home, depending on time I have and how much my legs are shouting at me.
In my last job it was vice versa! Used to ride different ways in, but always the same way home!
crxdave said:
Couldn't face riding my usual route in this morning, so took a slightly longer route. Made a big difference to how much I enjoyed the ride! Anyone else get bored of riding the same route every day?
I try to vary mine every day, luckily being in Surrey/Greater London there is plenty of choice. Coincidentally, today I made a Strava heatmap which covers the different routes I have taken, to see how far off the "crow flies" route I was. Enjoy:
Rocksteadyeddie said:
Oh, and the schools are back I hear. Would never have noticed from the 150% increase in bloody traffic this morning. Grrrrr.
Gilet morning. Didn't need it though.About a 500% increase in traffic on my route. It'd be funny if any of them could actually drive. But oh no: little Emily and Jack must go in the X5 to school, I wouldn't want them to walk, the traffic is terrible.
Loads more trucks too, annoyingly.
KernowSid said:
...National Cycle to work day and I didn't see another cyclist (usually see at least one!). More publicity required.
This morning's BBC Breakfast news story was the first either me of my wife had heard of 'Cycle to Work Day' this year. Usually her employer is pretty good at publicising it, and participants get a free bacon roll, or some other dangled carrot, if they arrive by bike. This year, not a peep from them. I wonder that the wheels are falling off this particular bandwagon, whereby employers are seeing little increase in regular cycling and so are unwilling to invest time and resources into supporting such campaigns. The shocking thing for me is that so few of her colleagues participate, yet there are constant complaints over the cost of staff parking permits, and lack of space in the staff car parks leading to staff having to park in the public car parks with the Trust (local NHS hospital) refusing to refund charges incurred. I berated the wife this morning for not cycling in. She normally rides in to work, but I've been driving her in just this last couple of weeks because, to be fair, she's not been too well. yellowjack said:
KernowSid said:
...National Cycle to work day and I didn't see another cyclist (usually see at least one!). More publicity required.
This morning's BBC Breakfast news story was the first either me of my wife had heard of 'Cycle to Work Day' this year. Usually her employer is pretty good at publicising it, and participants get a free bacon roll, or some other dangled carrot, if they arrive by bike. This year, not a peep from them. I wonder that the wheels are falling off this particular bandwagon, whereby employers are seeing little increase in regular cycling and so are unwilling to invest time and resources into supporting such campaigns. The shocking thing for me is that so few of her colleagues participate, yet there are constant complaints over the cost of staff parking permits, and lack of space in the staff car parks leading to staff having to park in the public car parks with the Trust (local NHS hospital) refusing to refund charges incurred. I berated the wife this morning for not cycling in. She normally rides in to work, but I've been driving her in just this last couple of weeks because, to be fair, she's not been too well. Rocksteadyeddie said:
yellowjack said:
KernowSid said:
...National Cycle to work day and I didn't see another cyclist (usually see at least one!). More publicity required.
This morning's BBC Breakfast news story was the first either me of my wife had heard of 'Cycle to Work Day' this year. Usually her employer is pretty good at publicising it, and participants get a free bacon roll, or some other dangled carrot, if they arrive by bike. This year, not a peep from them. I wonder that the wheels are falling off this particular bandwagon, whereby employers are seeing little increase in regular cycling and so are unwilling to invest time and resources into supporting such campaigns. The shocking thing for me is that so few of her colleagues participate, yet there are constant complaints over the cost of staff parking permits, and lack of space in the staff car parks leading to staff having to park in the public car parks with the Trust (local NHS hospital) refusing to refund charges incurred. I berated the wife this morning for not cycling in. She normally rides in to work, but I've been driving her in just this last couple of weeks because, to be fair, she's not been too well. 
I'm supposed to be resting as I've got a long ride coming up on Saturday but I feel obliged to ride now. Besides, there's no wind and that just doesn't happen in the fens Misses is still holding onto the little one, so sneaked another commute in as its national cycle to work day, even though she tells me "you ride in every bloody day"
Very misty, great morning, love it when the seasons change out in the sticks
Did a bit of strava whoring last night but felt fresh today, no amazing times, but nice enough pace in
Weetbix ,chocolate shreddies & 2 x double espressos
Very misty, great morning, love it when the seasons change out in the sticks
Did a bit of strava whoring last night but felt fresh today, no amazing times, but nice enough pace in
Weetbix ,chocolate shreddies & 2 x double espressos
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