Todays Ride

Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of th
bridgewater canal, going southwest out of Manchester. The weather wa
nice, the toepath was much firmer than it has been in weeks. There wer
literally hundreds of fisherfolk out though. Just taking advantage o
the nice weather or some kind of event? Most were really nice and had n
problems getting out of the way and I had a little chat with one or two
A couple of others were moaning and whingeing about cyclists even thoug
I was taking great care to be courteous. I saw one lad on a mountai
bike though who was being anything but courteous, dangerously overtakin
people (ie not giving them any kind of warning and just squeezing past
and I think I saw him run over some fisherdudes rod, which led to
small argument. Had half a mind to push the ald in canal, but th
weather was too nice. It felt really good to get out of the city int
the countryside. It has been a while since the only noises have been th
trees and birdsong. Roll on next week


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davebee wrote:
Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal, going southwest out of Manchester. The weather was
nice, the toepath was much firmer than it has been in weeks. There were
literally hundreds of fisherfolk out though. Just taking advantage of
the nice weather or some kind of event? Most were really nice and had no
problems getting out of the way and I had a little chat with one or two.
A couple of others were moaning and whingeing about cyclists even though
I was taking great care to be courteous. I saw one lad on a mountain
bike though who was being anything but courteous, dangerously overtaking
people (ie not giving them any kind of warning and just squeezing past)
and I think I saw him run over some fisherdudes rod, which led to a
small argument. Had half a mind to push the ald in canal, but the
weather was too nice. It felt really good to get out of the city into
the countryside. It has been a while since the only noises have been the
trees and birdsong. Roll on next week!

I have a cold so I did 30 mins at 20mph on the turbo. Again :-(

davebee wrote:
Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal, going southwest out of Manchester. The weather was
nice, the toepath was much firmer than it has been in weeks. There were
literally hundreds of fisherfolk out though. Just taking advantage of
the nice weather or some kind of event? Most were really nice and had no
problems getting out of the way and I had a little chat with one or two.
A couple of others were moaning and whingeing about cyclists even though
I was taking great care to be courteous. I saw one lad on a mountain
bike though who was being anything but courteous, dangerously overtaking
people (ie not giving them any kind of warning and just squeezing past)
and I think I saw him run over some fisherdudes rod, which led to a
small argument. Had half a mind to push the ald in canal, but the
weather was too nice. It felt really good to get out of the city into
the countryside. It has been a while since the only noises have been the
trees and birdsong. Roll on next week!



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Went to Norwich today - 45 miles round trip, and a visit from the
P*n*t*r* F*i*y at East Tuddenham to boot; first ever trackside repair -
certainly not the last I'm sure!

Frequent showers - thank goodness for water-proofs; wearing shorts and
T-shirt underneath the waterproofs seemed a magic combination, I was
neither hot and sweaty, or cold (except when I stopped).

Still can't imagine doing a Century, but I'm working up to it.

--
Chris

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:07:12 GMT, davebee wrote:

Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal,
Snip

Out to Castleton today. Great ride but the walk back up the gorge was a
killer.

I thought cycling on the Bridgewater Canal was not allowed. Clarification
would be greatly appreciated.

--
Mad

Madasu wrote:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:07:12 GMT, davebee wrote:
Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal,
Snip
Out to Castleton today. Great ride but the walk back up the gorge
was a killer.
I thought cycling on the Bridgewater Canal was not allowed.
Clarification would be greatly appreciated.
--
Mad


Im not entirely sure it IS allowed. But I am nice to everyone and tak
care to only ride when it is dry, so I dont rip the toepath apart. migh
need to find a new haunt though :


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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:37:19 GMT, davebee wrote:

Madasu wrote:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:07:12 GMT, davebee wrote:
Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal,
Snip
Out to Castleton today. Great ride but the walk back up the gorge
was a killer.
I thought cycling on the Bridgewater Canal was not allowed.
Clarification would be greatly appreciated.
--
Mad

Im not entirely sure it IS allowed. But I am nice to everyone and take
care to only ride when it is dry, so I dont rip the toepath apart. might
need to find a new haunt though

If you don't get anyone reacting negatively then I guess you should just go
ahead and enjoy it. I love the canals. Macclesfield is my regular and a
run over to Liverpool Airport on the Trans-Pennine Trail took me on the St
Helen's Canal which was a wonderful ride.

--
Mad

"davebee" wrote in message
.. .
Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal, going southwest out of Manchester. The weather was
nice, the toepath was much firmer than it has been in weeks. There were
literally hundreds of fisherfolk out though. Just taking advantage of
the nice weather or some kind of event? Most were really nice and had no
problems getting out of the way and I had a little chat with one or two.
A couple of others were moaning and whingeing about cyclists even though
I was taking great care to be courteous. I saw one lad on a mountain
bike though who was being anything but courteous, dangerously overtaking
people (ie not giving them any kind of warning and just squeezing past)
and I think I saw him run over some fisherdudes rod, which led to a
small argument. Had half a mind to push the ald in canal, but the
weather was too nice. It felt really good to get out of the city into
the countryside. It has been a while since the only noises have been the
trees and birdsong. Roll on next week!




I'd have chased him down and made him apologise..

Or at least explained to the fisherman that good cyclists don't do
that......

davebee wrote:
Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the
bridgewater canal, going southwest out of Manchester. The weather was
nice, the toepath was much firmer than it has been in weeks. There
were literally hundreds of fisherfolk out though. Just taking
advantage of the nice weather or some kind of event? Most were really
nice and had no problems getting out of the way and I had a little
chat with one or two. A couple of others were moaning and whingeing
about cyclists even though I was taking great care to be courteous. I
saw one lad on a mountain bike though who was being anything but
courteous, dangerously overtaking people (ie not giving them any kind
of warning and just squeezing past) and I think I saw him run over
some fisherdudes rod, which led to a small argument. Had half a mind
to push the ald in canal, but the weather was too nice. It felt
really good to get out of the city into the countryside. It has been
a while since the only noises have been the trees and birdsong. Roll
on next week!

I went for pootle along the Spen Valley Greenway again. I actually say more
cyclists the usual today, was that Andy Morris in Hunsworth ? Who was the
cyclist near Whitely Garden Centre, Mirfield who laughed at me giving the
middle finger salute to the twunt in the white Rover who shouted at me as he
pass in the opposite direction. I had the fluo green jacket and the yellow &
blue helmet.

Elyob wrote:
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I'd have chased him down and made him apologise..
Or at least explained to the fisherman that good cyclists don't do
that......


Where one fisherman had left his rod across the bank and wandered of
(he didn't have one of those funky seat things) I ended up getting of
the bike, lifting it over his rod, stepping over the rod myself an
getting back on when I saw some bloke who I assumed to be the owne
running frantically towards me. He actually stopped me and thanked me i
a genuinley grateful way for being careful. I find that reall
rewarding. Much better to slow down and be friendly than to be selfish


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"davebee" wrote in message news:jERXb.49113
Im not entirely sure it IS allowed. But I am nice to everyone and take
care to only ride when it is dry, so I dont rip the toepath apart. might
need to find a new haunt though

There is a list at
http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/do...wpath_Uploaded
_24-11-03.pdf
which includes the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - so you should be okay.
Anglers have right of way, apparently

E