Beryl Burton - disappointing but the trend is upward

I got no further really on Beryl Burton re-surfacing and the loss of funding, when I dug deeper. Richard Cooper got involved and asked some questions and the Stray FM news team are to run a piece on me whinging about the whole sorry mess. NYCC's position as a response to questions, is that they pulled the funding for the totality of the Beryl Burton so they could spend the money fixing potholes on the roads.  Here is part of their response: Funding...

Vote For Me

This via Malcolm Margolis Vote for Sustrans’ Connect2 to win the best environment project in the National Lottery Awards 2013Voting closes at midnight on Wednesday 24th July 2013.You can vote online at www.sustrans.org.uk/vote, or by phone on 0844 836 9689.Please support us and ask your group (and your friends, family, colleagues etc) to support us tooHere in Yorkshire, we are very proud of the fantastic new Connect2 routes & structures that...

North Yorkshire County Council go back on their word over Beryl Burton

North Yorkshire County Council were going to resurface the Beryl Burton cycleway from Knaresborough to Forest lane a fine legacy to a great champion. They were supposed to do it in May. I have just received this from the Council Highways department: The works were delayed on the Beryl Burton Cycleway because of funding issues. The original scheme has had to be cut back so that we are now only able to lay surfacing on the first 500m or so...

Go Cav

I just watched Mark Cavendish wrap up his second stage win in this years Tour.  His team took it on with a 100 km to go. They rode their hearts out, in side winds to drop his main rivals Kittel and Greipel. This meant when it cam to a sprint there was only ever one likely outcome Cav easily besting Peter Sagan. If your being beaten for speed get smart, and Omega-Pharna Quick-Step did just that, really brave too. We might yet see Cav sprinting...