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
PRESS RELEASE BY JANET FINCH SAUNDERS AM Thursday, 2 January, 2020 Following almost two decades of campaigning for a cycle path linking Conwy and Glan Conwy via the RSPB, Janet Finch-Saunders, Assembly Member for Aberconwy, has secured “constructive … Read More
Large turnout in storm conditions. A meeting was held at Caban Brynrefail On Saturday 11th January 2020 to sound out support for campaigning for the use of the former rail line between Llanberis and Cernarfon as an Active Travel … Read More
The University of the Third Age (U3A). The University of the Third Age is an international movement whose aims are the education and stimulation of mainly retired and semi-retired members of the community. In other words, those in their third … Read More
The Active Travel Act design guidance for this situation reads: 6.28.1 Uncontrolled cycle track crossings at side roads should, wherever safe and practicable, give priority to cyclists crossing the side road. Crossings that give cyclists priority over vehicles on … Read More
South Wales primary school sets the pace on health and the environment. Huw Irranca-Davies AM Chair Wales Cross Party Group on the Active Travel Act As Assembly Member for Ogmore, I am always keen to encourage more walking and cycling … Read More
This article by the well known author and bicycle traveller Bernard Newman (1897-1968), appeared in the 1938 edition of the CTC Liverpool District Association’s year book. Tragically the lives of the gypsies with whom Newman became acquainted, was without doubt … Read More