The fens have just started getting snow and sadly, our councils are not as cool as Copenhagen's snow-clearing yet: http://player.vimeo.com/video/17954162 Riding through fresh snow is surprisingly grippy but it often doesn't last long before some of it gets compacted into ice by other road users. It can also hide debris - one of my best ...
Day Ride New Year’s Day Friday 1st January 10.00am Lynnsport A round trip taking in a sandwich stop at Raynham Park followed by a pub stop at The Crown, East Rudham. About 20 miles to sandwich stop, then between 5 and 10 miles to the pub, and 17 miles home. Be sure to have lights. ...
Previously on KLWNBUG... we criticised the initial plans for the new Lynnsport-Edward Benefer Way road that would have replaced part of the Sandringham Railway cycle path and added dangerous crossings; and then our volunteers (Pete, Rob, myself and many others - including friends at our national body Cyclenation and the charities Sustrans and CTC) helped ...
With winds gusting at 50 mph plus, Pete's "Secret Ways of King's Lynn" ride has been cancelled. We'll reschedule in due course.
I've put in an objection to yet another set of plans where a developer has thoughtlessly put a cycle track across a T junction in a way that has contributed to many injuries and even a few deaths across the country. West Norfolk is littered with this failed layout, so I want to explain how ...
Responding to proposed plans for new buildings and changes is one of the few ways that we can tell developers what local cyclists want. Sadly, many developers either come from far away places where few people cycle or they seem simply not to understand what local cycling policies mean or something. Council officers spot some ...
Fawkes in the Walks is on Friday 6th November, with the bonfire being lit at half six and fireworks from 8pm. More details are on the borough council website. Why not freewheel into town and avoid getting stuck in traffic? This year, there's a new 60-space cycle park with lockers on the ground floor of ...
Day Ride Sunday 8th November 10.00am Lynnsport A ride to The Jenyns Arms, Denver Sluice and lunch stop to be decided on the day. About 33 miles. Evening Ride Thursday 12th November 7.00pm by the South Quay floating pontoon An evening ride from the South Quay pontoon at 7.00pm followed by optional drinks. Audax ...
Hi Bugsters, Time for a new rides list is here again together with the season of mists (and mellow fruitfulness if we’re lucky). We were certainly fortunate this weekend with fantastic weather for Andrew’s maintenance seminar, Pete’s congratulatory retirement get-together and for an impromptu ride with Helen, Angela and Ray on Sunday. Many thanks to ...
Day 2 +3 As programme one large climb then finished with small steep climb to give 75k and very good cycling. Day 3 National Park spectacular started fast decent then good climb to Greek temple for coffee at 11. (Similar to castle rising??). Spetacular ride along coast. Plenty of good cycling. The Mistrall is blowing at approx ...