Lon Clwyd, Denbighshire – a sleeping vision waiting to be stirred? In 1999 there was a visionary proposal to convert the former Vale of Clwyd Rail Line into an eighteen mile country trail for walking and cycling between Rhyl and … Read More
Action – time is not on our side! Within days of the launch of Roger Rowett’s Denbighshire facebook cycling initiative, the number joining has rocketed to over 1500. The criteria for the page is that members should either reside in … Read More
Councils challenged to change Wales’ transport environment during coronavirus lockdown Lee Waters, the Welsh Government’s Deputy Transport Minister, has written to all local authorities inviting them to submit proposals for temporary measures that would improve the conditions for sustainable and … Read More
Joint call for more space for cycling&walking. CyclingUK has co-signed letters to the English and Welsh cycling ministers urging them to support the reallocation of road space to people walking and cycling during the coronavirus emergency. For Wales, In … Read More
Thomas Telford’s Holyhead- London trunk road (A5) Although the Holyhead – London A5 trunk road is now not the most pleasant road for cycling, in the days o’yore it was a popular route for cyclists seeking out the delights of … Read More
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Careless or intimidating driving. Many cyclists now use cameras on Britain’s busy roads due to careless, intolerant or deliberate intimidatory driving. There is a far greater hazard to a vulnerable cyclist than the possibility of injury to the driver of … Read More
Walter MacGregor Robinson captured the imagination of many off-road wheelers of his day – a tribute from 1937. If credit must be given to any one person for the cycling boom which followed the 1914-18 war it surely should be … Read More
Wirral Remembered by David Birchall, archivist of the Anfield Bicycle Club “A ride out, a meal, a ride home: what an easy and inoffensive hobby it is” This is an extract from an article ‘The House at the End of … Read More
Many cycle routes are not fit for purpose. For recumbent and specially adapted cycles, many cycle routes throughout the UK are substandard and unusable. . This clearly is not the deliberate intention of the planners or designers, but arises from … Read More