This press release from Sustrans announcing the tarmacing of a section of the Colliers Way cycle route from Radstock, Somerset is welcome news: No more bone-shaking for Colliers Way riders
As one of the ride leaders for the Somer Valley Wheels scheme, this is particularly welcome to me. As the press release states, many of the SVW clients are people of past retirement age and before joining the scheme hadn't sat on a bike since they were teenagers. The section of path in question - basically compacted railway ballast and mud - was particularly hazardous and somewhat off-putting to them. It wasn't unknown for us to push the bikes for the first quarter mile before the 5 miles of tarmac starts - not easy and not very encouraging for an unfit 70 year old.
I look forward to my post-Xmas run on Saturday 27th, followed by our "Turkey Burnoff" ride on Tuesday 30th. My local blog-reader(s) (if you exist at all) most welcome to join in!
I'd like to see the narrow 1.8 metre wide sections of this route doubled in width, nearer to mainland European standards, for safer 2-way traffic and to make life easier for sharing with walkers. But this welcome upgrade will do for a start.
As one of the ride leaders for the Somer Valley Wheels scheme, this is particularly welcome to me. As the press release states, many of the SVW clients are people of past retirement age and before joining the scheme hadn't sat on a bike since they were teenagers. The section of path in question - basically compacted railway ballast and mud - was particularly hazardous and somewhat off-putting to them. It wasn't unknown for us to push the bikes for the first quarter mile before the 5 miles of tarmac starts - not easy and not very encouraging for an unfit 70 year old.
I look forward to my post-Xmas run on Saturday 27th, followed by our "Turkey Burnoff" ride on Tuesday 30th. My local blog-reader(s) (if you exist at all) most welcome to join in!
I'd like to see the narrow 1.8 metre wide sections of this route doubled in width, nearer to mainland European standards, for safer 2-way traffic and to make life easier for sharing with walkers. But this welcome upgrade will do for a start.
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