mytbc

On Commuting

So, I started working recently. Real exciting stuff, too. I am a JOB TITLE for COMPANY NAME, hells yeah! OK, so working for a company that does ACTIVITY would be awesome if I were the kind of person who does CRIME RELATED TO ACTIVITY or whatnot, but that’s just not my bag, dawg.

One of the nice things about the job is that it’s about a couple of miles from my house, which takes me about 12 minutes to cycle. And I cycle it every day, sun or rain, along the wonderful facility that is the Clyde Walkway. This is part of the Sustrans National Cycle Route 75, and it goes from just outside my house to just outside my work.

Thing is though, recently they’ve been doing a lot of construction work down by the river. To give them (whoever THEY are) their credit, they (always with the mysterious THEY) have made sure the cycle path never closes. At one section, they’ve rebuilt the cycle route about 3 or 4 times in the past year or so, probably, just to make sure it’s always open.

However, they’ve started working at a bit now where that’s not an option. A temporary solution has been granted though, they have closed off a lane of the road beside the river with cones so that it becomes the cycle lane. As this was previously used for parking, it makes not much difference to the road users, who get as much room as before, but it does mean us cyclists can continue to cycle safely off road.

HAHAHAHAHAHA, had you fooled, right? Like car drivers would ever consent to letting cyclists do so safely.

Their gall makes me mad every morning. Their selfish behaviour, parking in an obviously closed lane, causes me to either cycle on the road and potentially get crushed between the van and a lorry or something, or I have to cycle on the pavement, which is illegal, and is dangerous for the pedestrians who are not necessarily looking (or listening) out for cyclists.

I think I’m going to start leaving notes under their wipers.