tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928835.post5535513889737327003..comments2023-08-18T15:04:30.679+01:00Comments on Bike Darlington: Town Centre CyclingMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05308666493490068369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928835.post-8900439791962518552011-02-12T20:15:05.047+00:002011-02-12T20:15:05.047+00:00Absolutely Richard – and if you arrive by train re...Absolutely Richard – and if you arrive by train re-attaching your panniers once more and push your bike through the gates, you are left thinking where to now? We need signing to the town centre and out to NCN 14. <br />Every time I’ve returned to Darlo after a cycle trip away I feel embarrassment after having experienced other railway station signing.<br />I've been taking some pictures of possible routes, making notes etc. I'll pass a draft to you for your input.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928835.post-19975100323302926862011-02-12T09:04:55.479+00:002011-02-12T09:04:55.479+00:00It's interesting that there are all these sign...It's interesting that there are all these signed routes into the town centre, but no recognised point at which they all meet. The Market Square - right outside the Dolphin Centre/Tourist Information - would be an obvious location for what you suggest.inconvenient_truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888983434920764431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928835.post-90013195000793240072011-02-12T07:26:56.626+00:002011-02-12T07:26:56.626+00:00As cycling is now "officialy" permitted ...As cycling is now "officialy" permitted in the - poorly called – “Pedestrian Heart” - What also needs mention is if you visit Darlington on a cycle and decide to commence your wheel turning (as most visitors do in a strange town, I do) at the centre they will find NO INFORMATION at all as to where Darlo’s cycling infrastructure exists. <br />Park your bike in the Market Square / High Row, take in a coffee, look around, nothing, and yet we are on NCN 14. Can you see a few signs? No.<br />We need a simple straightforward large scale map of Darlo’s cycle routes inside a nice vandal proof frame where not just visitors, but non cycling residents can see our cycle routes, perhaps for the first time and think “I never knew that” and maybe get them on a bike. Information can also be placed inside this frame. Why not have two, or perhaps push the boat out and to hell with the expense and have three dotted about!<br />I’ve taken this issue up with the council and they tell me this has been looked at for some time and not acted upon, yet it is a simple, inexpensive task.<br />Darlington Sustrans Rangers will be looking at signing the town centre for NCN 14 & 52 in consultation with the council in the near future and will pursue this issue of no info at the same time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com