Rugby Road from the Hub restaurant, Hinckley.
Watery Gate destination for lots of fun when we were children.
Watery Gate destination for lots of fun when we were children.
Racks restored in the roadworks in Hinckley.
Originally noticed 11 years ago in 2013, see #51369
Cycle racks at Station View surgery.
The pothole in the distance (which I reported) has been repaired, but all these were ignored. This can't be an efficient way of working.
Two-week closure of some cycle spaces at Addenbrooke's
The cycle (and car) park is being demolished but at least there's a warning sign.
Road being destroyed by buses
Road being destroyed by buses.
[Image taken 21.3.24] Wigginton Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] This driver saw me but didn’t avoid the surface water. Other drivers did move out to avoid going through the puddling and splashing people using th
[Image taken 21.3.24] Cocoa Gardens, Wigginton Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] This is why it is not safe to cycle, scoot, mobility scoot, walk, wheelchair through surface water. If you traversed this damage you�
[Image taken 21.3.24] Cocoa Gardens, Wigginton Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] There is no alternative way across: the ‘pavements’ are damaged, just stop and have no dropped kerbs. Context and links: #202392.
[Image taken 21.3.24] Cocoa Gardens, Wigginton Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] The dropped kerb northbound is under water. The road surface is puddled and very rough. Context and links: #202392.
[Image taken 21.3.24] Looking south towards the junction with Crichton Avenue, Cocoa Gardens, Wigginton Road, York. Anyone using the off road path or cycle route is at risk from being doused in the filthy standing water by drivers who are n
[Image taken 21.3.24] Cocoa Gardens, Wigginton Road, York. The dropped kerbs are under water. The surface of the tarmac below cannot be seen. This makes the route impassable for many people, hazardous for those who try, and damaging to all
[Image taken 20.3.24] Clifton Backies, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] After months of rain, even a shower causes the route to puddle. Note the tarmac cracking. This is exacerbated by the wet weather and by freezing-tha
[Image taken 19.3.24] Tower Gardens, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Other image today: #202389. One of several trees for which the months of waterlogging proved too much. Image taken for blog about flooding for the Yor
[Image taken 19.3.24] Tower Place, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Image taken for blog about flooding for the York Cycle Campaign (https://yorkcyclecampaign.bike/). Other related image today: #202390.
[Image taken 23.3.24] The Stonebow, York. Taxi driver on a dropped kerb, entry to/exit from named cycle route, filtered permeability... He said, “The customer wanted to get out at the Hiscox building”, and, “I didn’t see you [I used
This section of NCN route 33 will be opening in May 2024 [this may not be the exact location of this sign) - The Owl in the Oak café (Mendip View Farm, Yeo Bank Lane, Kingston Seymour BS21 6XH) has been in suspended animation waiting for t
The car on the left has been parked in a stupid place for quite a while. The driver of the car on the right has stopped to chat - and looking at the number plate, I don't think it's a coincidence that I'm in a restaurant called Tayyabs..
Cycle hoops outside a branch of (bizarrely) Glasgow Caledonian University in the East End of London
Cycle contraflow and big bike-sharing station just off Brick Lane
Cycle contraflow towards Liverpool Street station
In addition to the proper, slightly fiddly, cycle spaces on the newish Class 720 trains to Liverpool St, the wheelchair spaces are usually available.
This making-good strip has been breaking up for a while, but there's a proper pothole now.
Cargo bike at the Cambridge Imaginarium
Camcycle stall bike at the Cambridge Imaginarium
Naturally the anti-terrorism barrier is opened when the university wants to hold a procession.
Cycle parking outside an Art Gallery in Nuneaton
Bollards along the footway - presumably to prevent motor vehicle storage for this residential area.
Prince's Street, Nuneaton
Path connecting Fitton and Frank Streets, Nuneaton
This was the martketplace manager's bike.
Retained in 2024 redevelopment see: #202406.
Millennium Milepost Pensarn West
This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T4/3
This milepost has got one arm meant for Pensarn East (just to the east of this one), the mileages should be:
1) Bae Colwyn/Colwyn Bay 5.75
2) Rhyl 4.75
Millennium Milepost Kinmel Bay
This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T4/6 disk.
1) Towyn 1.25
2) Rhyl 1.5
3) Bae Cinmel/Kinmel Bay
I stopped to clear this fallen branch.
Millennium Milepost Gateley
This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T3/5 disk.
The mileages on this milepost are:
1) Norwich 24
2) Thetford 38, Dereham 11
3) King's Lynn 56, Fakenham 6
Millennium Milepost Whitlingham Park
This milepost is a McColl type and has a T6 disk.
The mileages on this milepost are:
1) Loddon 14.5, Beccles 25.5
2) Norwich 1.5
My comment: This route has been substantially unusable for most of December 2023 including over the Christmas/New Year/school holidays to end March 2024 (see: #202392) including over the Easter holidays.
[UPDATE: 6.2.24. The route over
Millennium Milepost Mevagissey
This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T3/7 disk.
The mileages on this milepost are:
1) Truro 18.5, Mevagissey harbor 0.5
2) Heligan gardens 1, St Austell 5.5
Cheverel Street, Nuneaton