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Users of the Mickleover Greenway (NCN 54/68 from Mickleover to Etwall) will know well the totally pointless six gates that stop progress along the route. At three points there were 2 sets of gates labelled with “please shut the gate”. At each of these points there were also private gates to the fields on each… Continue reading At last! Mickleover Gates opened up

Active Travel England (the Government body responsible for building Active Travel capabilities across the country) have rated each Local Authority on their capabilities (with regard to active travel). The scoring was out of 4 and no Local Authority has achieved the maximum. Both Derby and Derbyshire achieved a score of 1 out of 4 which… Continue reading Derby and Derbyshire rating is 1/4 for Active Travel

Recently I listened to an episode of The War on Cars, podcast posted on 31 January 2023, surprised to hear Dr Ian Walker talking about his latest research paper Motonormativity: How social norms hide a major public health hazard. A search on the internet produced the paper and several articles commenting on this paper. The… Continue reading Motonormativity: How social norms hide a major public health hazard

Yet again a small group boarded a train heading for Sheffield, this time to attend the Active Travel Summit that had been arranged by Cycle Sheffield. With a full day ahead the first presenter on stage was Councillor Julie Grocutt, describing the projects underway and the plans for further work to encourage active travel in… Continue reading Active Travel Summit – Sheffield

The Spot The Spot (not to be mistaken with the function venue seen from Lara Croft way…or the fictional yellow dog) is the area of Derby City Centre where London Road, Osmaston Road and St Peter’s Street meet like the confluence of three mighty rivers (Ed. Yes James). It’s open to motorised traffic in one… Continue reading Spot the Difference

Pleased to report that the “kissing gate” on the National Cycle Network Route 54, 68 and 66 to access Onslow Road, Mickleover from Mickleover Meadows has now been replaced by a simple bollard. There have been grumbles from cyclists for many years and some situations where people have been totally unable to make use of… Continue reading Cycle “Kissing Gate” finally removed

The rising cost of living has eaten into everyone’s incomes over recent years, household food bills rising exponentially, heating and energy costs astronomically high and the monstrous cost of filling the family car. Household expenditure for just living a normal existence is now escalating at unprecedented rates. We can only respond by modifying our lifestyles… Continue reading Cycling and the Cost of Living

Jean, Martin, Oli & Patric from DCG *bravely* volunteered to establish the extent to which there was a commuter-friendly cycle route to the ‘East Midlands Gateway’, Segro Logistics Park opposite the M1 at Kegworth and just North of EMA, at the request of some of our friends from Sustrans. The idea was to investigate a… Continue reading (DCG) Safari to Segro