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Its clearly a warning to cyclists to watch out for families break dancing. |
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It's a path for men, children, and people wearing giant Groucho Marx glasses with a fake nose. |
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That's great news DG, I didnt know it was opening so soon, I shall be giving it a test out later today, thanks. |
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Excellent news....Mrs.Planarchy will be using it tomorrow for her Friday cycle to work! |
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Do you think that your east-side "utterly pointless set of stairs" might be to allow easy access for emergency services, if/when required?
That floating towpath looks a fantastic place for muggers: with a great on-site venue to dispose of the unconscious/dead mugged body. No signs and no CCTV either. |
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Yaaaaaaay!
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I presume the excessive pavement paintwork is a deliberate attempt to create awareness that should you be either a pedestrian or a cyclist you are quite likely to meet with one or other of the other type at that corner and you should take care.
In my experience people don't see or respond to small signs on the highway let alone on a shared pavement. |
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The Lea Valley Walk actually starts at Leagrave in Luton (the river rises under a roundabout). There is an even more dangerous stretch just this side of Welwyn Garden City where the path goes along a busy main road with no verge for the best part of half a mile. |
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Marvelous! That Bow Flyover diversion was dangerous and ugly.
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Excellent. I'm running the length of the Lea is stages. I've got to Ponders End so far and am looking forward to getting my first glimpses of the Olympic Park - it'll be nice not to have to risk death by lorry straight after. |
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Hmm - I wonder if the painted dogleg is the result of an odd right of way situation on a privately owned quayside, a bit like the small metal studs that mark the 'private' section of the pavement in front of many shopfronts. The painter may have known full well that everyone would follow the shortest route and carry straight on, but had to make the nominal effort to direct everyone down a 'public' bit? Or, failing that, the quay owner wouldn't allow a fence, and the sheer drop just wasn't allowable on a 'new' path due to H&S restrictions (even if it's a fairly standard situation for all existing towpaths...). |
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Whatever the reason for the dogleg path, there's been a public right of way here for years - part of the Lea Valley Walk - and no requirement for any markings at all.
I'm sure there's a H&S-based 'good reason', in somebody's head, but they could have made more of an effort to paint something less intrusive and more comprehensible. |
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