Yes @KT53, that was my thought as well but as far as I know Kemble is our nearest small airport and people learning to fly shouldn't be doing it over a city! It could be somebody taking aerial photos I suppose but it happens quite regularly.
I don't know what the rules are about flying over a city, but they certianly fly around us in all directions and we are only a couple of miles from the city centre as the plane flies.
Two under aged kids going by on the pavement on the Same electric scooter,the old man said by the distance covered,it's modified and doing 40 MPH,we have a lot of dog walkers, elderly folk walking with sticks, mobility scooters. The only way he would be able to report them, would be if he could follow them in his car,which has cameras, record of them, their speed and where they went.By the time he got outside they're gone
That's interesting @raisingirl, I never thought of Bristol Airport! From memory, I think that's about 27 miles from us. We see the occaisonal small plane heading in that direction as well as all the charter jets but it's been noticeably quieter since Covid struck.
Someone at work said they're really popular in town but mostly among the drug dealers. I mentioned a guy who used to work there who had a scooter good to about 37mph or more. The guy said Well that proves it, he deals too. Ho hum! I guess I'm just an innocent in a complicated world!
I was on the platform about to get on the train with my bike. There were two guards to check tickets and one told me I couldn't get on because it's busy. I told her it's a Brompton folding bike, it's classed as luggage in your company's regulations. So I folded it and walked off to get on. The other guard said week is just like luggage so you get on the other carriage there's more room. I got on and had to stand next to two suitcases bigger than my folded bike and a guy with an electric scooter unfolded taking me room than me and my bike. Plus people taking up a four place table seat with all their shopping bags, primary every one of them. Yet my folding bike is not allowed. A joke situation and they'd have to call BTP to stop me being on the train.
Yesterday I saw a family group cycling on a NCN route that's very popular near me. Adults on the road and two or three kids on the pavement. I have no issue with kids riding on the pavement if they're young, but if they're looking like they're 16 or so and I one case bigger than one of the adults I think they should be in the road. My view is at soon as they're sensible enough kids should be encouraged to get used to the road. Our son is 8,5 years old and has been cycling on the road for a few years now. 4.5 years on a cycle tour in Netherlands and yes there were some places without cycle paths in Holland.Â
I feel broken this evening. I've been putting off a job that needs doing up in the loft for longer than I'll admit and today I finally ran out of excuses. Both bathroom extractor fans needed disassembling for cleaning and the old furred-up hoses needed replacing. The worst part was this meant having to sort out the 5 rolls of insulation that I hadn't got around to laying and were kind of in the way. Both jobs were full PPE efforts in a hot loft and I think I got a bit too warm. It's taken me all day to replace the lost fluids and try and cool back down. I'm still itching though and aching all over from trying to manoeuvre insulation into the tight end of the roof.Â
The worst part is that the one extractor fan is now ratting without the layer of claggy dust coating the insides which must have been balancing the fan out. Do I put up with the noise until it breaks or bite the bullet and order a new one?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
"I have no issue with kids riding on the pavement if they're young, but if they're looking like they're 16 or so and I one case bigger than one of the adults I think they should be in the road. "
Totally agree. Anyone over the age of about 10 to 12 should be able to go on the road. The number of adults riding on pavements and footpaths, when they should be on the road, is becoming a problem round here. I experienced one a while ago who crossed the road I was walking along [I thought he was going to go round the corner into the side road] and then came up onto the pavement and rode straight towards me. I had to jump onto the road to avoid him. But it's drivers who are the scum of the universe apparently...Â
I'd be the same @Allotment Boy. Noise of that would be infuriating. That's often the problem when you decide to 'fix' something isn't it? It's the dirt that's holding it togetherÂ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Having said that I do believe that cyclists should have the legal right to escape onto the pavement for n short sections for safety reasons. I have two good examples why!
First was when they were building a motorway link road near the city I work in. Cycling home 7 miles meant running the gauntlet off rat running HGVs. One time a bogey ţtrailered truck carrying large concrete beams overtook me at 20mph on undulating roads. That was my fast cruising speed and I had nothing much more to give. Once it but up to me it pulled out, but enough the draft was felt on the hairs of my arm! The it started to pull in with me between front and rear wheels of the bogey trailer! It basically treated me like a stationery object and not moving at close to traffic speed. I ended up having to speed up to nearly 30mph or get squished! I saw a dropped kerb and swoosh into it and braked hard as the pavement was not even as wide as my handlebars so I was practically in the hedge.
Another stretch of road nearer the city was parked cars and only just enough room for vehicles going both ways. They still tried to overtake me despite there not being enough room at all! On busier morning commutes I rode on the Pavement as I'd happily pay a fine over getting hit.
All I can say is that if every motorist was made to ride a bike in rush hour and on popul cycling routes on busy weekends you'd have safer roads for cycling. Or perhaps not as I've seen really lethal drivers overtaking cyclists very dangerously with bikes on the top of the car. There is a city in south America who released a video of a bus driver training session. They put the trainees on bikes attached to a bike turbo right next to a road going down an underpass. Then they got experienced drivers to drive through as close as possible, bus after bus after bus. One female trainee got off and shrunk away she was so scared! I bet they learnt that lesson well!!!
I appreciate there are certain situations where it might be necessary @NorthernJoe, but that wasn't what I was talking about. I see shocking behaviour by cyclists on a regular basis here. That, and by the lycra clad runners who also think they have more right to be on the pavement than folk who are walking and practically mow you over. On a short stretch of narrow pavement, one actually forced me onto the road doing that. He couldn't be bothered looking to see what was ahead of him, and he could have waited 2 seconds on the wider, grassy bit - but he didn't  Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I don't know what the rules are about flying over a city, but they certianly fly around us in all directions and we are only a couple of miles from the city centre as the plane flies.
I was on the platform about to get on the train with my bike. There were two guards to check tickets and one told me I couldn't get on because it's busy. I told her it's a Brompton folding bike, it's classed as luggage in your company's regulations. So I folded it and walked off to get on. The other guard said week is just like luggage so you get on the other carriage there's more room. I got on and had to stand next to two suitcases bigger than my folded bike and a guy with an electric scooter unfolded taking me room than me and my bike. Plus people taking up a four place table seat with all their shopping bags, primary every one of them. Yet my folding bike is not allowed. A joke situation and they'd have to call BTP to stop me being on the train.
Totally agree. Anyone over the age of about 10 to 12 should be able to go on the road. The number of adults riding on pavements and footpaths, when they should be on the road, is becoming a problem round here. I experienced one a while ago who crossed the road I was walking along [I thought he was going to go round the corner into the side road] and then came up onto the pavement and rode straight towards me. I had to jump onto the road to avoid him.
But it's drivers who are the scum of the universe apparently...Â
I'd be the same @Allotment Boy. Noise of that would be infuriating. That's often the problem when you decide to 'fix' something isn't it? It's the dirt that's holding it togetherÂ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
First was when they were building a motorway link road near the city I work in. Cycling home 7 miles meant running the gauntlet off rat running HGVs. One time a bogey ţtrailered truck carrying large concrete beams overtook me at 20mph on undulating roads. That was my fast cruising speed and I had nothing much more to give. Once it but up to me it pulled out, but enough the draft was felt on the hairs of my arm! The it started to pull in with me between front and rear wheels of the bogey trailer! It basically treated me like a stationery object and not moving at close to traffic speed. I ended up having to speed up to nearly 30mph or get squished! I saw a dropped kerb and swoosh into it and braked hard as the pavement was not even as wide as my handlebars so I was practically in the hedge.
Another stretch of road nearer the city was parked cars and only just enough room for vehicles going both ways. They still tried to overtake me despite there not being enough room at all! On busier morning commutes I rode on the Pavement as I'd happily pay a fine over getting hit.
All I can say is that if every motorist was made to ride a bike in rush hour and on popul cycling routes on busy weekends you'd have safer roads for cycling. Or perhaps not as I've seen really lethal drivers overtaking cyclists very dangerously with bikes on the top of the car. There is a city in south America who released a video of a bus driver training session. They put the trainees on bikes attached to a bike turbo right next to a road going down an underpass. Then they got experienced drivers to drive through as close as possible, bus after bus after bus. One female trainee got off and shrunk away she was so scared! I bet they learnt that lesson well!!!
That, and by the lycra clad runners who also think they have more right to be on the pavement than folk who are walking and practically mow you over. On a short stretch of narrow pavement, one actually forced me onto the road doing that. He couldn't be bothered looking to see what was ahead of him, and he could have waited 2 seconds on the wider, grassy bit - but he didn't Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...