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Cracked surfacing to cycle path. Coton path bridge across the M11. West sound.
This path is a disgrace, it was closed for 2 years in order to re-surface the bridge approach ramps and this is the state of them less than a year later. Easily wide enough to catch a wheel in the dark, an accident waiting to happen.
#186096

Cracked surfacing to cycle path. Coton path bridge across the M11.
This path is a disgrace, it was closed for 2 years in order to re-surface the bridge approach ramps and this is the state of them less than a year later. Easily wide enough to catch a wheel in the dark, an accident waiting to happen.
#186097

Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge

Bootham Bar

Minster Yard

Not very cycle friendly barriers. Breathe in, pull your elbows in and don't ride with panniers if you want to get through these.

Overhanging brambles make half this path width unusable

Very poor, unimproved roadside footway re-badged as a shared use path. Dreadful concrete surface, too narrow, vegetation encroaching. The cyclist in the picture has wisely chosen not to use it but this is a nasty stretch of road with HGVs thundering along it to the docks.

Boston Manor Road cyclepath

Location: Northfield, Ealing (England, UK)

Unfortunately it is not all as nice as this. Some very "interesting" manouvres required at the station and discriminatory give way markings at bus stops. Brentford, London

The new "anti-terror" barriers on Kings Parade. I can't help thinking that they were really motivated by a rather cynical desire to make life more awkward for people cycling through the town.

The gap is far too narrow for two way cycling and frequently blocked by tour groups admiring the College architecture.

For any aspiring terrorists, the chain holding the gate shut doesn't look like it would put up much resistance to a pair of bolt croppers.

After the path has been "fixed"... still full of water filled potholes

After the path has been "fixed"... still full of water filled potholes

After the path has been "fixed" again... still a crater field

The cost of poorly maintained cycling infrastructure...
Frame snapped in two at the bottom bracket, from the battering it receives from Newnham's potholes.

Senate Passage

Location: Cambridge, Cambridge District (England, UK)

Cambridge

Fixie

Location: Cambridge, Cambridge District (England, UK)

outside Corpus Christi College

Blazing vine

Location: , Cambridge District (England, UK)

England can't compete with New England's autumn colours but all around Cambridge the vines are catching fire. Most of them are on venerable college buildings, but this beauty is on the wall of an early 20th century workshop building, now a dance studio. #FlikrFriday #WarmColours

Battered railings encroaching further into a narrow shared path. Why exactly are they needed? The next crossing does not have railings.

Burst water main, not being fixed. Grantchester High Street

This was already a very tight and awkward gap to negotiate. Knuckle crusher rails were installed last year to punish anybody who didn't get their alignment quite right. This bollard has now been added to make it even more difficult and make a tight gap even tighter.

This was already a very tight and awkward gap to negotiate. Knuckle crusher rails were installed last year to punish anybody who didn't get their alignment quite right. This bollard has now been added to make it even more difficult and make a tight gap even tighter.

The potholed and flooded route to Grantchester. It doesn't get better.

As if this gate wasn't awkward enough to negotiate before, somebody has bolted a post onto the narrow cattle grid.
Why is there so much resistance to making this busy, popular route to Granchester cycle friendly?

Sometimes you just have to give way to bigger traffic

Stourbridge Common

Riverside

Cambridge Museum of Technology

King's Parade

Which would you choose? Sheffield stand or two tier racks

It is a unanimous vote for Sheffield stands. Much more popular. Cycle parking in the basement of 50/60 Station Road.

Riding the flood bank

Norton Marsh, Brancaster

Elephant and Castle roundabout with segregated cycle lanes on the circulating carriageway and approach arms

London

Two's company

Trumpington Street, Cambridge

On the towpath

Location: , Fen Ditton (England, United Kingdom)

On the towpath

Location: , Fen Ditton (England, United Kingdom)

Concrete surfaced track through Coton Nature Reserve. It cuts off a section of fast and narrow road into Coton.

Top of Chapel Hill

Location: , South Cambridgeshire District (England, United Kingdom)

The Grantchester Meadows path just doesn't get any better. This is the condition after the County Council have allegedly "fixed" it. All it needs is a tarmac path between the end of the surfaced road to the start of the surfaced path. I am at a loss to see why that is so difficult to achieve. #103819

The Grantchester Meadows path just doesn't get any better. This is the condition after the County Council have allegedly "fixed" it. All it needs is a tarmac path between the end of the surfaced road to the start of the surfaced path. I am at a loss to see why that is so difficult to achieve. #103824

Riding the path from Grantchester to Haslingfield. Only a public footpath on this side of the M11, the motorway bridge is stepped and not suitable for cycling. There is a crying need for a decent route between these villages.

Location: , Grantchester (England, United Kingdom)

Grantchester, Cambridge

The ramped, stepped bridge between Grantchester and Haslingfield.

The lack of legitimate cycle routes connecting these two villages is a disgrace.

Location: England, United Kingdom

Grantchester, Cambridge

Cycling to the beach along the coastal path

Location: , Burnham Overy Staithe (England, United Kingdom)

Burnham Overy Staithe in Norfolk

Dead trees, ivy strewn, collapsing into the Love Lane path. Particularly hazardous at night.

Hedgerow saplings collapsing across the path at waist height, forming a soggy barrier in wet weather.

This path, like so many, needs better maintenance, particularly of summer growth.

Fall hazard. Steel borehole lining and cap left projecting over an inch above the path surface next to the busy A606 at the M11 intersection

Fall hazard. Steel borehole lining and cap left projecting over an inch above the path surface next to the busy A606 at the M11 intersection

Grantchester Meadows path. Thistles and nettles growing out of the fence by 1m. These will reach half way across the new narrow shared path, visible in the background.
Narrow paths, encroachment by vegetation, these are not new problems. Why are we still building shared paths like this?

[Update - this work was started without any consultation or public announcement, and especially without any reference to the Greenways project. Madness. It was stopped after local protests.]

Grantchester Meadows path. New 1.5m wide path under construction, tight to the fence. This will be just as unsatisfactory as the existing narrow path alongside Skater's Fen.
Why such a narrow path when there is so much space available? And whatwill be done to prevent people from parking on it?


[Update - this work was started without any consultation or public announcement, and especially without any reference to the Greenways project. Madness. It was stopped after local protests.]

Cambridge Rules 1848

Sculpture. Parker's Piece

The rules of football were first written down in Cambridge in 1848. This new sculpture was unveiled in May 2018 to commemorate the event. It is inscribed with the rules in many different languages

Parker's Piece and its lamp posts.

Nice path although too narrow.

Jesus Green

People path

The end!

Arriving at Southwold Pier

Cambridge to Southwold ride

Arriving in Bacton

Burrough Green (England, United Kingdom)

Along the Cam path

Midsummer Common

Sweetheart Abbey

Location: , New Abbey (Scotland, United Kingdom)

Sweetheart Abbey

Caerlaverock Castle

Location: , Caerlaverock Castle (Scotland, United Kingdom)
NCN7
Caerlaverock Castle

Tall ship

Location: , Glencaple (Scotland, United Kingdom)

Glencaple

Disused railway viaduct at the end of the railway path NCN 7 Dumfries

Solway Firth Panorama

Location: Scotland, United Kingdom

NCN 7

No cycling across the suspension bridge but you can walk across and avoid the busy road bridges.
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Dumfries Old Bridge

Stepped access so not suitable for cycling but does allow people to avoid the busy road crossing.

The Old Military Road

Location: , Drumsleet (Scotland, United Kingdom)

NCN 7

Christ's Pieces

Location: , Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

Cycling signed as not permitted on Christ's Pieces but restrictions are widely disregarded away from the main path, without causing any apparent problems.

Contraflow cycling

Norwich Street, Cambridge

Fantastic!
Such a small, simple, but incredibly important breakthrough. No entry, except cycles... in the UK! Thank you to whoever is responsible.

Senate House

Location: , Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

Senate House

Trinity Street

Location: , Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

Trinity Street

Parker's Piece

Location: , Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

Parker's Piece

Parkers Piece

Location: , Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

A very soggy commute

River gate

Looking through to the Coe fen path

Newnham

Sheep's Green bridge

Very narrow and busy but useful traffic free river crossing

Cambridge

Load em up

Bakfiets

Cambridge Market

Blades and buggies

Riverside shared path

Jesus Green

Something fishy

Cycle parking opposite the Old Cavendish Lab, Old School Lane

Triumphal Arch, Innsbruk

Location: Hotting, Innsbruck (Tyrol, Austria)

Triumphal Arch, Innsbruk

Along the Inn

Location: Hotting, Innsbruck (Tyrol, Austria)

Cycle path next to the River Inn, Innsbruk

Innsteg bridge

Location: Hotting, Innsbruck (Tyrol, Austria)

Innsbruck

Innsbruck underpass
Well lit, but still a bit gloomy
Location: Hotting, Innsbruck (Tyrol, Austria)

Innsbruck

Weiherburgsteg bridge
Covered bridge
Location: Hotting, Innsbruck (Tyrol, Austria)

Innsbruck

Wintry commute

Sheeps Green

Towpath

Location: , Fen Ditton (England, United Kingdom)

Jesus Lane

The County RoW officer says that local residents object to the surface of the Grantchester Meadows path here being repaired "because it would encourage parking". Well the state of it clearly doesn't deter parking, people park on the bits with fewest potholes and force anybody on foot or bike to splash through the puddles.

Exercising the dog

On the bridleway between Barton and Grantchester

High Viz

Trinity Street

For as long as I can remember the end of Red Cross Lane has been made awkward to negotiate by anybody trying to get through to Addenbrookes from the East by bike - gated, no dropped kerbs, rough surface, barriers to stop you accessing the road from the path. cambridge.cyclestreets.net/location/33236/

Last week I came down Red Cross Lane and found this. Wow, brilliant, just what was needed!

Thank you to whoever finally made this happen.

Newnham crater field

The start of the Grantchester Meadows path, destroyed by use as a casual car park

Not much respect for speed limits in evidence on "New Road" in Barton. The school is just around that bend, as is the post office, pub and village centre.

Garret Hostel Lane

Garret Hostel Bridge

A rare shared use path with enough width to cycle comfortably. If the Cambridge News is to be believed the County want to stop allowing people to cycle on it over fears that a tourist will get bumped into the river

Riverside bridge in the sunshine

Mums and toddlers at the Red Lion

Cargo bikes a plenty

Please do not leave bicycles here

Advanced green light for cyclists
At Hills Road / Gonville Place junction in Cambridge

Cambridge Castle Hill Junction

Cambridge Castle Hill Junction

St John's Street cycle parking

Cycle parking outside Guildhall

There is a nasty, blind dog-leg on the Tesco Fulbourn path. I was hit, head on, by another rider as I came round this bend earlier this summer.

The path continues straight on, to the left (see lady just emerging on a bike), but visibility is blocked by the hedge in front.

There is also a path emerging from the back of Tesco car park, where the lady on the right is about to disappear. Visibility approaching this path is poor from the west, due to vegetation, and is non-existent from the east.

Both of these issues can be easily addressed.

1. Cut back the hedge in front to give clear visibility.
2. Re-align the path to give a smooth dog-leg instead of the very abrupt realignment currently present.
3. Re-locate the path into Tesco so that it is away from the corner (to the west 50-100m), and cut back the hedge to improve visibility.

There is

Going fishing!

Much improved bollard arrangement where Carter Bridge ramp joins Devonshire Road.

Personally I would have liked to see a centerline marked for 5m up the ramp to help warn of the bollard, but this arrangement is as clear as anyone could expect.

Mind you, people still ride the "wrong" side of the post,, like this guy going home from a fishing trip.

Gate leading to Grantchester Meadows and the Newnham path

Coe Fen bridge

Location: Newnham, Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

Coe Fen bridge