St John's Wood Road
I've cycled down this road, which passes Lord's cricket ground, for five years now. Every year, about now, they've started digging up the section of road directly outside the Lord's entrance, closing one lane of traffic. I was beginning to wonder whether it was in fact an anti-terrorism tactic, givne Lord's entrance is quite exposed, but the New Zealand test was completed without any roadworks, so I abandoned that idea. Anyway yesterday I realised that they are back - EDF again, I think - with an absolutely enormous hole.
ps I should also add that when I did drive past there on the Sunday of the New Zealand test (I think) the crowd behaviour was pretty poor, with very drunk cricket fans delilberately blocking the road and abusing drivers etc.
Labels: Cycling
Cycling in London
I love cycling in London - I prefer it to any other means of transport, and I even prefer it to cycling in the countryside. This new
TFL advert (you can find it) is clever, though I am unsure whether the route it takes through Hyde Park is actually a cycle route.
I meant to blog about this
article from the Guardian's cycling correspondent, Matt Seaton [1]. He claims that revisions to the Highway Code could imply that a cyclist is at fault for not using cycle lanes and so on if they exist. This would be silly as often to use the cycle lanes is to risk your life.
[1] Yes, there is already a huge petition agains it so clearly I have become aware of the issue with my usual turn of speed.
Labels: Cycling
Useless cycle lanes
I remember somewhere there's a website dedicated to useless cycle lanes, and here's my entry. It's on the rather nice Hamilton Terrace in St John's Wood. The lane is actually in the middle of the road, and is about three feet long. There is no cycle lane before the bollard, so it's not as if the bollard has been plonked into the middle of the lane - what you can see is the entire thing.
Update:
Here it is on google maps satellite image. It's in the centre, pointing at 11 o'clock.
Labels: Cycling
