Boris in Lincoln - on hire bikes and tourism

I'm just heading home from a city break in Lincoln. I whisked @rachaelprince off for the weekend with no clue if it was a good idea or grounds for divorce. The news was good, Lincoln has spent its civic money wisely and it's a great place to wander round. The steep hill up to the cathedral which is called Steep Hill, is full of chaotic medieval buildings which are now cafés and high end boutiques or are still pubs. The cathedral...

Electricity comes to Harrogate - Corcoach Bikes

So when someone got in-touch with me and said would I like to work with them to get more people cycling in Harrogate. As you can imagine I was interested. Cor Coach bikes have been selling electric bikes down on Waterloo St near the fire station for a year now. On monday I went over for a chat, a coffee and a play on the merchandise. Two local brothers  Andy and Richard Crawley, who are both keen cyclists and keen on cycling as transport,...

Rejoice - A new overcoat for Beryl Burton

I'm halfway through painting my utility room this afternoon when my phone starts pinging up twitter messages. It's Rossett Conservatives @RossetCons letting me know the delightful and very welcome news that the Harrogate Knaresborough Beryl Burton Cycleway will be resurfaced in full as we all originally wanted. Here is a post from Andrew Jones MP's blog with a bit of background to what happened. What he doesn't mention is the input...

Some sense being talked by Politicians

Parliament debated cycling last night. As ever there were many warm words. Trouble is the overall road budget is 15 billion quid per year and cycling is getting 159 million over two years. I wonder why cycling only makes up 2% of all journey's? However this speech from Angela Eagle shadow transport secretary contains some specific proposals something that despite the government's  support of cycling has not been matched by funding. If...