31 December 2010

Get those potholes fixed




Please report any potholes you come across. You never know but it might save a cyclist's life. Please use this link FillThatHole  to report the pothole. The article below was copied form the CTC (Cyclist Touring Club)

 

Bob

 

Potholes mean prizes

With the snow and ice mostly gone for now, potholes are back with a vengeance. A prize will be awarded at CTC's AGM in May for the best reporter of potholes during January, February and March 2011 using CTC's FillThatHole website and iPhone app. CTC hopes the prize will attract new users to the campaign, which helps to make the roads more cycle-friendly. In a new feature for 2011, users will also be able to rate how well their local authority responds to pothole reports by awarding them up to five stars. The ratings data will allow CTC to see which authorities are responding well to your pothole reports and which aren't. CTC Members will hear more about the 'RateThatFix' facility during the New Year.










27 December 2010

Test

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21 December 2010

Seasons Greetings

Wishing all Sustrans Tyne Area Rangers a very merry Christmas and a Happy 2011 - more good rangering to come next season...
stay warm
Phil

19 December 2010

£1000

a butcher made a bet with a customer of £1000 that he couldn't get some meat from the ceiling....'nah', says the customer...'the stakes are too high'. Boom boom.
 




courtesy of Nigel 'boom boom' Glasper

18 December 2010

Going Going Bike - Blog

Going Going Bike - Blog

venison

my butcher is selling 8 legs of venison for £20

is this just too dear........

16 December 2010

Icy pavements?

 Living Streets 
 by Recyketraining
Have you got an icy pavements story to share? Can you spare a few minutes to fill in our survey?

03 December 2010

Newcastle College ranger workdays

Click the link to access the workday list for 2011 - dates to be confirmed -venues not yet finalised


Newcastle college ranger workdays

02 December 2010

make shift cycle snow chains

Snow White-Out

The snow in Ashington is causing major havoc not just on major roads (such as the A189 and Morpeth Road) but the minor roads, suchh as the one I live on (Cheviot View) are choc-o-bloc with snow, drifting across the road over a layer of ice and, I suppose, this is a similar situation elsewhere for oother Rangers trying to get out on the Cycle Paths. As these are far less frequented by traffic, I presume that these are deeper in snow oover ice that has formed as a base layer and pprov iding hiddden dangers of skidding and sliding where there is an incline (as in NCR1 approach to Lynemouth). If yoou can manage to get out and about on your bike, take care and not get caught out in a blizzard as we did on the Kirkston Pass coming home from a holliday from Glenridding, Ullswater, Cumbria. The phootos were wonderful but the weather was as expected in Cumbria - wet! Cheers! linuxfanatik/Hugo