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…smooth steep incline, the bumping corduroy by-ways, the canal towpaths, the lakeside drives and the stubborn stiff hill to be climbed.” Women on bicycles broadened their horizons beyond the neighbourhoods…
Continue Reading…smooth steep incline, the bumping corduroy by-ways, the canal towpaths, the lakeside drives and the stubborn stiff hill to be climbed.” Women on bicycles broadened their horizons beyond the neighbourhoods…
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Continue Reading…part of a route that 19th Century cyclists described as the “best cycling highway in the world.” For 30 years, the Ripley Road was the go-to destination for the smart…
Continue Reading…£4000) I found out there was demand for the information. If you haven’t already signed up for the book notification email, please do so. Your details won’t be sold or…
Continue Reading…were the first vehicle operators in a generation to go on long journeys, town to town. Cyclists helped save many roads from being grubbed up. Rural roads were unsurfaced and…
Continue Reading…in Roads Were Not Built For Cars explores this topic in depth. The full text of the chapter – WHO OWNS ROADS? – can be found on this clicky-flicky embed.…
Continue Reading…to die in one,” said H. G. Wells in 1901.[1] When the use of stagecoaches tailed off thanks to competition from railways, Britain’s expensive turnpikes went through a period of…
Continue Reading…want more roads to travel by, you may be sure that they will get them, for in the last analysis nothing can stop the development of the road.” R.M.C. Anderson,…
Continue Reading…cycleways which duplicate the main arteries and feed both the housing and the industrial areas. Mr Claxton was a keen cyclist and was well aware of the need to cater…
Continue Reading…been updated and is due to be updated again – it will always have the most up-to-date info. It’s not as easy to nudge Amazon into notifying Kindle-version buyers of…
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