London, Torrington Street heading East is great....separate lane for cyclists, with kerbing to stop
cars infringing......shame they stuck roadworks at the start of the next section so we all have to
rejoin the traffic before we can get back into the cycleway
now just need to find a decent route from Park Lane to Torrington Street
ho hum, at least it's a start
"John Hearns" <
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> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:04:39 +0000, elyob wrote:
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> >>
> >> And I didn't even get a chip to eat
> >
> > I think we must all look like David Blaine ...
>
> Grin. Thanks for brightening things up.
>
> I cycled by Potters Fields the night David Blaine was going up in the box. Literally hunderds of
> people were gathered - dunno why. Today I cycled past again, and he is still there. Not actually
> suspended over the river - more 50 feet up above a dried out grassy area. He's the butt of taunts
> from London street kids. Hee hee.
>
> BTW, isn't it a shame in a city which is supposed to be promoting cycling that we are banned from
> cycling past City Hall, the Belfast and Hays Galleria? So I should say above that I DID obey the
> rules and wheeled the bike. Also, if anyone is interested, IMHO the bus lane and cycle provisionsl
> westbound on Tooley Street are a great improvement.
>
> Hmmm... maybe I'm wrong and London does 'get it' - give us decent on-road routes as well as
> 'leisure' routes along the river.
>