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Westminster Bridge Security Barrier (CC licensed by David Holt via Flickr).jpgBritish Cycling removes advice telling members not to ride during funeral for Queen Elizabeth II
British Cycling has now removed a section of its guidance for the period of National Mourning that “strongly recommended” all cyclists around the UK avoid riding during the Queen’s funeral and procession. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police has also advised cyclists to avoid closed road areas in London.
In British Cycling’s original article on guidance for the Period of National Mourning, it stated: "As a mark of respect to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, British Cycling’s guidance is that no formal domestic activities should take place on the day of the State Funeral, Monday 19 September. This includes cycle sport events, club rides, coaching sessions and community programmes (such as Breeze rides).
"British Cycling strongly recommends that anybody out riding their bike on the day of the State Funeral does so outside of the timings of the funeral service and associated processions, which will be confirmed later this week. Once published, we will share the details of those timings on this page.
"As the day of the State Funeral has been designated as a national bank holiday, in line with many other employers British Cycling will close for the day."
...however, the whole section titled 'Events and activities on the day of the State Funeral' has now been amended, with the new paragraph stating: "The date and time of the State Funeral will be confirmed in due course. British Cycling will provide further information on the implications for events and activities due to take place on this day once those details have been published."
The exact reasoning for British Cycling's original advice for its members not to ride during the funeral service and processions nationwide is unclear, with some even speculating on social media that cyclists could be faced with hostility from other members of the public. road.cc has asked British Cycling for comment.
Arrangements in London: what does it mean for cyclists?
Parts of London are completely closed to motor vehicles as well as bicycles as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is taken from to Buckingham Palace and then to Westminster Hall where she will lie in state for four days.
People from all over the UK and beyond have been flocking to London to join the huge queue to see the late Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin, where she will lie in Westminster Hall.
This has meant that various roads around Westminster and Buckingham Palace will be/are closed to cars with a huge police presence throughout the capital as forces have been asked to send officers from all over the country.
Transport for London (TfL) advises people to follow the Metropolitan Police Event Twitter feed (@MetPoliceEvents) but specifically stated about cyclists saying:
“Avoid the roads that are closed to motor traffic and use alternatives if possible. Central London will be very busy. It may be too crowded to cycle in some areas.
“Follow the instructions of stewards and police - you may need to dismount and walk at times.
“Cycleway 3 is suspended between Duke of Wellington Place and Northumberland Avenue. Follow the signed diversion.
“Some Santander Cycle Hire docking stations around Green Park, St James's Park, Whitehall and Westminster will be closed. Check before you travel using the live Santander Cycle docking station map. Download the Santander Cycles app from the App Store or Google Play.”
The Met Police Events Twitter feed is sharing what roads and areas are closed to vehicles every day, with a map showing what areas are closed highlighted in purple.
Today’s closures (Tuesday September 13) are shown below.
ROAD CLOSURES: Tuesday 13:
The following road closures will be in place from around 7am, where there will be no access for vehicles and cycles.
There is pedestrian access only. Bicycles can be pushed but not ridden within the zone. pic.twitter.com/c2OX3Eqtzh
— Metropolitan Police Events (@MetPoliceEvents) September 13, 2022
You may walk your bike through if you absolutely need to go through these closed areas, but queues are expected to be multiple miles long with people having joined the queue as early as yesterday. Crowds will be large and it's expected that it will take a long time to walk through.
The late Queen will be lying in state in Westminster Hall for four days before being taken to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral that will take place on Monday September 19.
We will update further on this article and on our live blog as more information comes in, and we've asked British Cycling for further comment on its advice.
Tim is a freelance writer who has worked for publications such as Cycling Weekly, VeloNews, Rouleur and Eurosport during his career so far. He has also been the social media manager for UCI Continental Team, Global 6 Cycling, where he travelled Europe covering races. A graduate in journalism from Sheffield Hallam University, Tim is well trained in writing a whole manner of articles but has focussed almost entirely on the world of cycling. He loves to go for rides on his local roads in North Yorkshire as well as around the country.
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Not cycling in central London or driving into London during the time of the funeral makes sense. But otherwise...
If people want to worship the Royal family, they are perfectly entitled to do so, but there is no need to ram it down everybody elses throats.
I will be doing my best to avoid coverage of the funeral and that will either mean a bike ride or a hike up in the hills, with a pint along the way as some of the local pubs will be open.
I mourn my own family and close friends deaths but not anyone else and definately not any celebrities, they have their own family for that.
Quite right, I don't recall the Kastom of Yaohnanen and Yakel taking over the media for days after Phillip died.
When the Bank Holiday was announced, the first thing that occurred to me was that it would be a perfect day for a nice long run!
I had the ride of my life during Diana's funeral, so good luck.
I was alone on the roads.
I'm doing a hundred miler on Monday. It's what maj would've wanted.....
This was very stupid 'advice', and I certainly wouldn't have paid any attention to it- whether it's revised or not. The comment below about there being no advice to people not to drive summarises the foolishness of the idea.
'As a mark of respect to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, British Cycling’s guidance is that no formal domestic activities should take place on the day of the State Funeral, Monday 19 September. This includes cycle sport events, club rides, coaching sessions and community programmes (such as Breeze rides)'.. seems sound advice to me; how you could conflate formal cycling events with commuter cycling is beyond me.
Try reading the article and paying attention to the word 'removed'.
No one's conflated anything. The original (since revised) advice was for no one in the UK to ride a bike during the hours of the funeral. This includes someone popping out for a quick 10 mile loop or someone cycling to work.
I'm looking forward to the RAC's "guidance" telling motorists not to drive.
I'm pretty sure British Cycling are doing the old reverse psychology there
We truly have become a state in the mould of north korea, the main stream media have gone into ecstacy with their love fest for this firm. What of the masses of folk who don't think that way who don't subscribe to this soap opera. As has been said can u imagine the bill for this, this from a family who are rolling in it and yet again the tax payer ie working folk will be shafted for this. I'll be riding as I have most of this period avoiding any of this royalist propaganda
It couldn't get more Soviet. A privileged, unelected head of state. A fawning and ubiquitous media. Days and days of official 'mourning'. An unelected successor. I suppose at least in the Soviet Union the leaders, though unelected, weren't born into it. So they had to do some work and put a bit of effort into getting there.
Hardly. It's not as if people have to rely on food banks and get arrested for shouting their opinion in the street...
And assaulted by 'security' guards.
It's not as if people are getting arrested for intending to write on a blank piece of paper...
They aren't though.
Maybe not arrested, but being 'warned' by the police for holding up a blank sheet of paper isn't (I imagine) a fun experience either...
The warning was about what might be written.
Anyhow the left wing corbynista, anti EU, anti Tory mob correctly predicted the police would misuse their powers.
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Probably some echo chamber
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Don't tell whoever the Home Secretary is this week! They'll want to start banning pens, pencils, and paper. You know, just in case...
Having been the worst AG ever, I'm sure she has all the attributes to be the worst ever Home Secretary.
Of course exceeded in terms of "large numbers of deaths" by Baron Goldsmith but it seems lots of people had some real issues with her. Not informed enough myself to judge.
Oh, so it's her, is it? Suella Braverman, the definitely independent and unbiased former Attorney General.
Mind you, " worst ever Home Secretary" is a very low bar...
Be thankful they didnt declare the area under a Section 60, or are using a Section 27, though the alcohol part might be trickier to back up, or just strictly enforced a local PSPO as most towns/cities centres have those declared already.
Not convinced the general public quite appreciate the full range of powers the police have in these situations.
Agree about people not appreciating just how little "normal rights" (or even human rights) you may have if you're in the way. Police could also simply declare they're doing something undercover "in the national interest" - they can then "legally break the law" in some ways people might find startling.
Of course, the police were doing this before anyway (just one example) and it didn't stop them then or result in much accountability when this came to light.
Just for you brooksby
https://twitter.com/coldwarsteve/status/1569784476082765824
It's the height of nepotism, Charles just gets handed the kingship without any competition.
"Communism" surely? We could have had a competitive tendering process, leading to the role being awarded to the most attractive bid (Capita). Suppressing the free market is stifling innovation. We should adopt the American model (Megan).
"a bit of effort". Brown paper envelopes, promises of lucrative state contracts, and all that organising of people falling out of windows...
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