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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
So you should have your polling cards for the vote for your borough council (or district council if outside West Norfolk) elections. Please, I'm asking you to consider cycling when deciding who to vote for. Borough/district councils aren't responsible for the headline-grabbing things of building or maintaining major cycle routes or roads, but they are ...
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 ...
Please note that the Hillington ride on Saturday 2 February 2019 has been cancelled/postponed due to snow and ice. Regards and apologies from MJ
Norfolk County Council is holding a series of consultation events on their plans for Rail Trails including the former railway routes from Lynn to Hunstanton and Fakenham. These are critical for cycling in West Norfolk and offer chances to improve the connections to the north and create a first good connection to the east. Events ...
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 ...
A few local cyclists who went on the Cambridge Bike Party Christmas Lights Ride yesterday are doing a similar ride in King's Lynn on Thursday evening. Setting off from Lynnsport at 18:30 for a 5 mile ride round King's Lynn ending at the Ouse Booze on Ferry Lane for about 20:00 to coincide with the ...