Cycleblog

Adrian Greenwood writes:

A silly cycle lane.

Location - A258 out of Dover rising past Dover Castle. Rises from sea-level to 100 m in about a mile. Appearance - expensive green chip carpet with usual white overlay markings.

Silly because very few Dover residents could cycle up this without risk of hospitalisation � although I accept some visting masochists could.

Silly because road width near the castle is insufficient to cater for both the cycle lane and the traffic lane � so cycle lane continually encroached upon and being worn away (will they repaint it I wonder). Don't worry about the cyclists � I am still waiting to see one mounted at this stage � so to speak...

Silly because 6 feet from the road there is a little used path. And No � cyclists would not put the odd pedestrian on this path at risk � the gradient is such that, aside from Kings of the Mountain types � few cyclist could proceed faster than walking pace.

We have above-inflation Council Tax hikes here � there has to be a joke here somewhere...