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Leicester Cycle City Workshop disappointment 1

4 Comments Posted by on September 22, 2011

Sadly this might turn out to be one of a series. This evening I went to my first Leicester Cycle City Workshop. It appears to be a semi open meeting (there is something about needing to attend as a representative of a recognised group for full participation) every 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Town Hall [...]

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Gaining freedom of the City

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 28, 2011

In the last few weeks our middle son has suddenly realised how much more freedom he gets from his bike. There is no doubt that having a girlfriend who loves to cycle and it part of a cycling family has been a significant encouragement So now he rides off to the other side of Leicester [...]

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Caught out

1 Comment Posted by on July 8, 2011

Today Jane and I got caught out in really heavy rain on the way into Leicester. The only real irritation is standing in very heavy rain waiting for a green traffic light. There are 3 sets where you always seem to have to wait as you approach the city from Abbey Park, the set to [...]

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Son time

1 Comment Posted by on June 25, 2011

On Saturday I took advantage of one son choosing to go and watch cricket with our exchange student (traveling by train & foot) and Jane being at work to sort out some time with our youngest son. So we rode into Leicester for lunch & some errands. So much is said about the need to spend [...]

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Funding bike facilities

Leave a Comment Posted by on May 29, 2011

In a comment on Leicester on a Saturday evening JPR said: what do the authorities say, is there no way to privatise a project that will build and maintain such schemes… cos the council ain’t gonna do it are they Funding anything is very difficult when the costs and benefits are not aligned. There are plenty of [...]

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Leicester on a Saturday evening

10 Comments Posted by on May 28, 2011

 If the whole route into Leicester was like this bit (just passing Birstall) then maybe other families would also cycle into Leicester for a meal on a Saturday evening (especially when approaching a deadline for using up Tesco vouchers). For us it is just over 7 miles from Syston to the Pizza Express in St [...]

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Shrinking your neighbourhood

2 Comments Posted by on May 5, 2011

In my last post I commented on the short distances everyone in Syston lives from the town centre. Today as I rode back from Loughborough I realised how in my mind the neighbourhood has shrunk as I have ridden everywhere and got somewhat fitter. I have been to Loughborough (crematorium yesterday, hospital today) and Birstall [...]

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Trek to Screwfix

2 Comments Posted by on May 2, 2011

I needed 60 or so round head screws (and some new screwdriver bits) for the new bike store. Screwfix is an obvious choice but turns out to be on the opposite side of Leicester. Still a round trip of 15 miles (in exactly 1 hour of cycling) was very pleasant. Nice that on a Bank Holiday [...]

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Leicesters Golden Mile is in crisis.

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 26, 2011

The city’s Golden Mile is in crisis as a combination of pressures mean shoppers are staying away. It is a pity that nobody recognises that one reason that people will choose to stay away from the Golden Mile is that the traffic makes it so unpleasant. The road is always packed with cars, vans, lorries [...]

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Why pedestrians walk on the cycle paths

2 Comments Posted by on April 1, 2011

IMAG0436, a photo by Dave 42 on Flickr. When HGV’s choose to park on the pavement is it any wonder that one of the few separated cycle paths in Leicester gets used by the pedestrians (despite the appalling trip hazard the edges of the concrete slabs make). This is alongside the Melton Road in Leicester.

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