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bikeboy76 wrote:Crosshouses

bikeboy76 wrote:

Crosshouses wrote:

Listening to Gardeners Question Time today – one questioner said that her garden backed onto the Ride London course and asked if the the peace and quiet she enjoyed while the road was closed could be reproduced by suitable planting.

No, was the short answer.

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Listening to Gardeners
Listening to Gardeners Question Time today – one questioner said that her garden backed onto the Ride London course and asked if the the peace and quiet she enjoyed while the road was closed could be reproduced by suitable planting.

No, was the short answer.

I can believe that! But I
I can believe that! But I think that just means the stewards we wrong, as that doesn’t seem to have been in the plan. To make it work properly, they should stress allowing crossing whenever possible.

Ok, for some reason I’ve felt
Ok, for some reason I’ve felt drawn into replying. I’m sure I’ll regret it.

You are right, as Byfleet is within a looped section, it was pretty cut-off. Not totally cut-off as there were diversions in place, even if it was the 10 miles you state.

Carers could get to patients no matter where they were. It specifically states that arrangements for carers will be made on request in the event information from Surrey County Council: http://www.gosurrey.info/assets/documents/prudential-ridelondon-leaflet

The same information also continues to talk about the route crossing points on foot/bicycle. So it is unfair to say the route is totally cut-off. It is merely made inconvenient for car drivers/motorised traffic.

Broadly, there are plenty of reasons roads can be shut, be they sporting (running, cycling), cultural (parades, fairs) or (the one that affects me the most as I live in central London) protest marches, and loads of other reasons too.

I didn’t participate in the ride, but I did watch it. I travelled out to Surrey from London by train, watched the race come by and had a nice day out, the local community had put on a small street fair and the pubs and cafes appeared to have done a roaring trade, so it can’t have been all bad for those on and around the route!

Have you thought of staying
Have you thought of staying over at a friend’s house? Or perhaps you could leave your motorbike at a friend’s house on the other side of the road closure and simply cycle there?

We’ve had noisy neighbours in the past. When they’ve informed us that they’ll have a party, we take our kids and stay over at friends. When the Olympics were on last year and all the road closures and Olympic lanes were in operation in the city, we left the car parked in the street and used public transport or cycled. The Olympics did cause disruption but Londoners just got on with things. And as others have pointed out, while the Wimbledon tennis event causes worse jams in an already congested area, the locals just get on with it. When I lived in Edinburgh the thousands flocking to the city every year for the festival caused some inconvenience to us locals by jamming up the available facilities. But the city’s inhabitants knew the value of the additional income the visitors brought, just as this cycle event can benefit the local economy of Surrey.

I take the point that other counties could perhaps run events and why not Kent or Sussex too? But I don’t see how you can’t come up with a simple way to work around this. You have had plenty of notice.