Happy 16th, Harding's Way!

SOUTH LYNN, 12th Oct 2019 -- A group of local residents, cyclists and walkers today celebrated 16 years of Harding's Way with music, cake and sweets. The tarmac Sustrans route was originally built in 2003, part-funded by a Safe Route to School grant. MJ Ray of KLWNBUG said: "It's amazing that South Lynn's great greenway ...

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KL Transport Study Stage Two: Good, Bad and Bizarre

Following discussion at this month's meeting, KLWNBUG broadly welcomes the proposed inclusion of the following cycling measures in the King's Lynn Transport Strategy: Tennyson Avenue pedestrian & cycle improvements (but see below about dismissing the bridge idea) Historic quayside cycle route Way-finding & signage provision (we call on the councils to adopt the local route ...

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Extra Option for St Ives Ride 15 Sep

As well as the group having options of riding to Ely or King's Lynn after St Ives, a subgroup will be riding to watch the Handlebards perform Much Ado About Nothing and then back to Cambridge North for an evening train home. 34 miles. Tickets for the show are £16 in advance, £12 concessions £18 ...

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GB Cycling Festival Comes to West Norfolk: 25-30 Jun

Next Thursday 27 June, the Great Britain Cycling Festival comes to West Norfolk with the National Road Racing Time Trial Championships taking place at Sandringham... and KLWNBUG will be there! Not competing in the championships, silly - but you're all champions to me - but taking a "bike train" from Lynn station to go watch ...

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Yellow Wellie Ride: Sat 15 June

Thank you to everyone who donated to the lifeboats through our welly riders on their way from King's Lynn to Hunstanton. We raised over £230 for the RNLI. Here we are handing it over: Apparently we were given another £30 for them on the way home! Our RNLI fundraiser this year was rescheduled for Saturday ...

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Another 2m of Cycle Track Built!

Two years ago, we reported that cyclists crossing the new bridge over the River Nar from Central Park (known locally as balls-up park after the sculptural balls dotted around it) were expected to cross two metres of grass and jump off a high kerb if they wanted to join Sandpiper Way (in the development opposite ...

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Bawsey Bumps and the Lynn-Fakenham Railway Path

As mentioned in the previous post about the Bawsey Bumps, "we would really really like" an alternative to the B1145 Bawsey Bumps which is currently the most-used route for cycling east. It's horrible but the alternatives are even worse, involving a very long detour such as 35 miles south to Brandon or mixing it with ...

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