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Jacob’s Wells Road for me. Similar gradient, fewer witnesses.
I’m just glad that the cycle path towards the new Ashley Down station has re-opened as I was often going up Ashley Hill instead – guaranteed to have a car or two following you.
Bristol Park Street?That looks more like Gin Lane
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-bristol-road-cordoned-after-9876856
A road in the Fishponds area of Bristol is cordoned off this morning (Monday, January 20). Pictures show a section of Cassell Road taped off at the junction with Downend Road.
A car reportedly crashed into a wall at the junction opposite the Downend Tavern. The pictures show the damage caused to the wall with a number of fallen bricks on the pavement.
A witness said the collision took place at around 1.30pm yesterday (Sunday, January 19).
Now they just need to encourage shops on Park Street that aren’t artisan gin bars, barbers, or charity shops…
It’s what the people want, though
They’ve got some changes
They’ve got some changes planned for further along Queens Road too – that looks very different from the current roundabout. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/HbJ9b2SL2eHf1VXS6)
I think the changes are going
I think the changes are going to be of more benefit to pedestrians and the shops along Park St, but there’s usually a fair amount of two wheeled traffic up and down there. The hill won’t be so problematic for the e-bike/e-scooter riders.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/car-smashes-sports-direct-shop-9873279
A man was taken to hospital after a car crash involving multiple vehicles and a store in Bath city centre. Emergency services were called to Westgate Buildings at around 2.01pm today (Friday, January 17) after a car collided with a bus, two parked vehicles and Sports Direct.
bensynnock wrote:
They could send some protesting farmers with their tractors down there. They’d love that.Oi, St Werburgh’s City Farm is over there!
I hope it doesn’t sound too mean-spririted when I note that the face of opposition has publicly said that they live on Victoria Ave. That road had around 500 vehicle movements each day in the count before the scheme – compared to 4,000 for Beaufort Rd, 5,000 for Avonvale Rd, and 18,000 for Church Rd.I haven’t really looked at the specific changes for Victoria Ave, but that’s had traffic calming and a one way section at the school end for a while anyway. That’s a ridiculous amount of traffic that was using Beaufort Rd when it was not nearly wide enough at some points for two lanes.
Personally, I don’t have a strong opinion about Victoria Ave as it’s already got the speed bumps etc. but I’m surprised that residents along Avonvale Rd are happy with all the traffic.
brooksby wrote:
Maybe the council should put up signage to encourage motor traffic through those areas – after alll, that’s clearly what the residents want…
I wonder how quickly they’d all decide they wanted a LTN after all.
There’s plenty of traffic along Avonvale and Marsh Rd already without needing to encourage it.
Appears that the scheme
Appears that the scheme installation has now been paused:
Installation of a liveable neighbourhood trial in east Bristol has been paused after protesters repeatedly blocked contractors. While some of the measures have been installed, the majority of changes to the roads in the trial area have not yet been rolled out.The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial aims to prevent drivers from cutting through residential roads in St George, Redfield and Barton Hill. But Bristol City Council has faced strong opposition from some people living in the area, as their journeys would become longer.
Opponents of the trial appear to have won a battle against the council, as large parts of the area remain unchanged. The installation of the measures was due to end this month, but little can be seen of them so far, apart from temporary road signs saying “bus gates not operational”.
Yeah, you can’t seem to add a photo to a new post, only by replying. Looks like you’ve got a headset kit and a seatpost too that hopefully are a fit for this frame.You can, but it’s more involved than using the browse/upload functionality when replying.
First, host the photo somewhere on teh interwebs (e.g. Imgur.com), then get the address of the uploaded photo (e.g. https://i.imgur.com/HBKd5Ja.jpeg). Next, to make it into a BBCode/Forum link, you put “img” tags around it (the tags are enclosed in square brackets with the terminating tag being “/img”).
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belugabob wrote:
Did grey squirrels co-exist with the Romans (in mainland Europe)?
No – they’re a more recent American import. We (UK) got them in 1876 and Europe waited until 1948 to get them (more specifically, in Stupinigi, Italy).
Spoiler alert – I am Campagnolo’s lead tech in the UK, providing technical training for retailers, wholesalers and OEM, so the info here is from the factory …One of the challenges that all manufacturer’s face in instruction leaflets, is actually just how much into to give. Until around 2009/10, Campagnolo used to provide a deeper set of fitting instructions than they do now.
The challenges for all makers now are around paper (yes, really), how many languages it’s now appropriate to cover – and liability.
I’ve only ever snapped up Shimano components, so don’t have experience with Campagnolo stuff, but I think Shimano should do away with their paper-based installation instructions. They’re rarely useful as most of the time, it’s obvious how to install them and so the paper gets ignored. I think manufacturers should just provide a perma-link (i.e. not move the location once it’s published) to detailed instructions that can be easily read on a smartphone etc.
Joey Baptiste pleads guilty over Ferrari crash in NorwichBaptiste, 41, from Catkin Close, Cringleford, had previously denied driving without due care and attention, claiming the car had suffered a “mechanical failure”.
But he changed his plea to guilty yesterday, with his lawyer telling the court the Baptiste had “lost communication” with Mr Mendham (the vehicle’s owner who let JB drive as he was “unwell”) , so the vehicle could not be tested. She said that moments before the crash Baptiste had accidentally hit the accelerator when trying to break [sic].
She added that “witnesses think that he was speeding because the car has a loud engine,” before her client whispered it was a “4.7 V8 litre engine”.
Miss Buck said that Baptiste had received four points on his driving licence for an unrelated speeding incident which happened since the Ferrari crash. The magistrates in Yarmouth indicated they intended to issue him with at least another seven points for the Rose Lane smash.
Before they sentenced him, Miss Buck requested an “exceptional hardship application” be lodged, claiming that Baptiste required his full driving licence to do his job as a ground worker. She added that he has a son who lives in Fakenham and requires his driving licence to pick him up at the weekends.
As he left court after the hearing, Baptiste unleashed an expletive-filled tirade at our reporter, who asked if he wished to comment on the case.
Baptiste said he would throw him and his telephone into the nearby river if he took a photo of him. Court security guards came out of the building to soothe tempers and Baptiste was ushered back into the building by the guards and his solicitor.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24831593.joey-baptiste-pleads-guilty-ferrari-crash-norwich/
Sounds like a lovely bloke. I wonder why he didn’t want his photo taken, when it was already published when he was found not guilty of sexual assault and GBH back in July (https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/24474225.joey-baptiste-found-not-guilty-peterborough-crown-court/)
