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There is one part of NCN route 1 you cannot walk on (but can cycle on). But it's not in London
Jon Combe | Homepage | 22.04.21 - 7:08 a.m. | #
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A London map of 1806 shows East Ferry Road heading nortrh from Ferry House, perhaps winding through the marshes.
Other sources say ' In 1812, a new company took over the ferry and, as a condition of its enabling act, upgraded the island’s two main roads (now Westferry Road and East Ferry Road). '
- so perhaps they were just muddy tracks when the pub was built
peter | 22.04.21 - 7:32 a.m. | #
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I feel I've now had my exercise for the day, cobbles and all.
Waterhouse | 22.04.21 - 8:09 a.m. | #
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It is a shame that much of the London Cycle Super Highway network seems to have been designed without reference to the existing NCN. My commute to work used to involve negotiating the junction between NCN4 and CS6, at the south end of Blackfriars Bridge. Not only was the plethora of signage confusing, (as CS6 uses minutes and NCN uses miles), but the phasing of the traffic lights and toucan crossing made it impossible to legally make a left turn from NCN4 to CS8.
The four signs have since replaced with one, which makes no mention of NCN4 at all.
timbo | 22.04.21 - 8:25 a.m. | #
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This is more like it. More like this please.
daveid76 | 22.04.21 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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Hsving cycled many bits of Route 1 (albeit accidentally/coincidentally) I can confirm there are indeed many delights in Hull, Middlesbrough and Aberdeen...
cau1khead | 22.04.21 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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At the Cutty Sark there should be a waymark showing both NCN1 & NCN4 which is almost certainly the second longest, following a diverting route west past Southwark Cathedral then all the way to St David's in Pembrokeshire and eventually north to Fishguard for the ferry to Ireland, one potential arm of Cycling UK's new Cathedral cycle route.
JonF | 22.04.21 - 8:49 a.m. | #
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Sustrans favour low-trafficness over all else, so surface condition, physical barriers, flights of stairs, uncrossable mud bogs, places where cycling is banned are par for the course.
They also went absolutely chuffing nuts adding mileage to the "network" in the 1990s and early 2000s, so there are muddy footpaths up the side of mountains that are included.
Cyclists who are actually trying to get somewhere view NCN signs as a warning they've taken a wrong turn.
Unfortunately a lot of cycling route planner websites have sucked in their route data, which makes finding a *good* route even harder.
Graham | 22.04.21 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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and what is a bike ride if not a mildly exhilarating adventure?
This sums up the fundamental difference in bike culture between the UK and the NL. The bike is just a means of transport here, fully intergrated into the transport system.
24% of the Dutch population cycles every day. For under 50-year-olds it is 27%. The figure is raised by the many school children who cycle every day to school. The figure for the over 65-year-olds who cycle is lower but still impressive with 17% of that age category cycling every day.
The infrastructure the Dutch have at their disposal for all their cycling is phenomenal. The figures vary a little depending on the source, but there is currently at least 33,000km of dedicated cycling infrastructure. That does not include the road space where cycling takes place in the same space as private motor traffic. That is another 55,000km of streets and roads. Of all the Dutch urban streets 70% has a speed limit of 30 km/h. These streets are also traffic calmed. That makes “sharing” that road space very easy and safe.
Michael | 22.04.21 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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What Graham says. I've been on lots of Sustrans routes over the years and some of them are shockers. I've usually been weighed down by panniers too, for added fun.
Gap | 22.04.21 - 9:42 a.m. | #
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Look forward to you coming past my house in tomorrow's post (depending how far your 'beyond' extends).
Steve | 22.04.21 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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Cobbles or stone setts?
Kim | 22.04.21 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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There are of course a range of different cycling abilities. And a range of different reasons for cycling. But I think the cyclist who is capable of exploring a significant stretch of one of these long routes is unlikely to tolerate much of their obscure deviations.
Malcolm of Kent | 22.04.21 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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Love these types of posts. Looking forward to tomorrow's conclusion.
Cornish Cockney | 22.04.21 - 11:13 a.m. | #
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What's wrong with Aberdeen? It's actually pretty nice. Definitely nicer than Bow.
SM | 22.04.21 - 11:18 a.m. | #
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I never said anything was wrong with Aberdeen.
(or Middlesbrough)
(or Hull, where I lived for a year)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 22.04.21 - 11:27 a.m. | #
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I'd recommend cyclestreets.net for cycle journey planning.
Compare and contrast NCN1 with cyclestreets.net/journey/74028668
miker | 22.04.21 - 12:22 p.m. | #
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In 2018, Sustrans reviewed the network, which resulted in declassifying a fair percentage of the network which was on busy roads, and focusing more on quality of routes not total mileage.
The London action plan suggested that their London network would be complementary to the TfL strategic cycle network:
"A key difference is that the National Cycle Network will prioritise attractiveness over directness – a high quality off road route through interesting, iconic or beautiful places will be prioritised over a more direct alternative."
Source: (pdf)
Frankie Roberto | 22.04.21 - 1:21 p.m. | #
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The new building was stopped because JP Morgan was able to snap up one round the corner on the cheap - the one that used to be Lehman Brothers.
Sustrans routes are a decidedly poor way to actually get from A to B, so not really any good to those of us using a bicycle as a serious means of transport. There's certainly a place for leisure cycling, but it shouldn't be the only form of cycling that's supported. The superhighways are a huge improvement, both in general infrastructure quality and in following routes that you can actually use to commute or go to the shops.
Lmm | 22.04.21 - 2:48 p.m. | #
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NCN22 goes right past the end of my road. Before today I had no idea where it went from and to but this post gave me an excuse to find out. Apparently it goes from Woodmansterne to Carisbrooke which surprised me a little bit. I didn't think it went right onto the Isle of Wight.
X-Plaistow | 22.04.21 - 5:37 p.m. | #
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Wow - I've just looked at NCN22 on the Sustrans website. As well as having a banner picture of the notoriously invasive Himalyan Balsam, the route details show a well-established route from Ryde to Carisbrooke which I have ambled along several times.... though never (as hinted above) when I actually needed to get anywhere sharpish.
cau1khead | 22.04.21 - 6:20 p.m. | #
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OpenStreetMap handily shows the NCN routes on the "Cycle Layer" openstreetmap.org
It doesn't really show, however, whether it is rideable. Starting at the south end, NCN1 is infamously a set of steps up the White Cliffs.
Al__S | 22.04.21 - 7:30 p.m. | #
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Route direction signs on posts pointing in the wrong direction is a common problem. The incomplete job of re-numbering of the London network routes compounds navigation challenges. One almost needs a satnav, but no online route planner matches my preferences for combining as-the-crow-flies directness with avoiding busy roads. I always know best!
NickW | 22.04.21 - 11:03 p.m. | #
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Last Sunday I took the scenic route from Whitechapel and cycled round the Isle of Dogs on my way to Bow and found myself negotiating those yellow barriers. I'm not a confident cyclist - the very sight of a pair of bollards makes me wobble a bit. I had to get off my saddle and waddle through each of the barriers and there's a lot of 'em!
Colin | Homepage | 24.04.21 - 7:19 p.m. | #
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