One of the best days out in Nottingham shire has to be Clumber park great walks and cycle routes café, plenty of kids events during summer .just love it great day out
Getting a bike on a train isn't that easy, especially with all your camping stuff. If you have cars it's hard to imagine. I do wish we had better trains as we're stuck with GWR and teeny bike cupboards.
I have not cycled in the UK in over 30 years. And while I'd like to go back now as a retiree, the biggest deterrent is that I like all other mainland European citizens would need to get a passport to do so. It's not just the cost, but the hassle of getting an appointment, collecting your documents, going there and the fact it is only needed for one country….. And my daughter who works at a specialist bike touring travel agency tells me the same thing – people lose their interest in a UK tour once they hear they need to get a passport.
I was looking at flying to Belfast next summer to do the Mallin Head to Mizen Head cycle, but apparently I need a passport for that too, although I could use my Swiss ID to fly to Dublin and then take the train up to Belfast, WTF? My method of transport defines the required documentation to enter a state?????
I don't want to get into BREXIT etc, as that is an internal UK matter. But the decision not to accept European IDs is a British Government administrative matter, they can accept them or not and it is a factor in deciding if one goes there.
Hi Andrew, Open Street Map (internet & app versions) would seem to be a good start for touring cycling enthusiasts to be able to stitch together the various cycle networks in order to plan journeys across different regional boundaries. It is an open source project that allows members to update route information such as cycle / pedestrian only, route accuracy, obsticles & road/ track surface.
Possibly not exactly what you were looking for, but a start to help people plan journeys and, as an open source project, will grow as more people use it.
Well said Andrew, the problem is that the powers that be who hold the purse strings actually don't give a toss about cyclists and cycle routes. Up in Scotland it is abominable and unless you're willing to be on road with the nutters, taking you're life in your hands, then keep your Brompton in the garage 😟
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One of the best days out in Nottingham shire has to be Clumber park great walks and cycle routes café, plenty of kids events during summer .just love it great day out
Getting a bike on a train isn't that easy, especially with all your camping stuff. If you have cars it's hard to imagine.
I do wish we had better trains as we're stuck with GWR and teeny bike cupboards.
I have not cycled in the UK in over 30 years. And while I'd like to go back now as a retiree, the biggest deterrent is that I like all other mainland European citizens would need to get a passport to do so. It's not just the cost, but the hassle of getting an appointment, collecting your documents, going there and the fact it is only needed for one country….. And my daughter who works at a specialist bike touring travel agency tells me the same thing – people lose their interest in a UK tour once they hear they need to get a passport.
I was looking at flying to Belfast next summer to do the Mallin Head to Mizen Head cycle, but apparently I need a passport for that too, although I could use my Swiss ID to fly to Dublin and then take the train up to Belfast, WTF? My method of transport defines the required documentation to enter a state?????
I don't want to get into BREXIT etc, as that is an internal UK matter. But the decision not to accept European IDs is a British Government administrative matter, they can accept them or not and it is a factor in deciding if one goes there.
Hi Andrew,
Open Street Map (internet & app versions) would seem to be a good start for touring cycling enthusiasts to be able to stitch together the various cycle networks in order to plan journeys across different regional boundaries. It is an open source project that allows members to update route information such as cycle / pedestrian only, route accuracy, obsticles & road/ track surface.
Possibly not exactly what you were looking for, but a start to help people plan journeys and, as an open source project, will grow as more people use it.
Well said Andrew, the problem is that the powers that be who hold the purse strings actually don't give a toss about cyclists and cycle routes. Up in Scotland it is abominable and unless you're willing to be on road with the nutters, taking you're life in your hands, then keep your Brompton in the garage 😟
Positive words and a great idea. Love it.