@@johnhankinson3010 yes. I have my eye on those.

Thanks, Paul, no doubt the tickets will not be cheap.

@@paulwaite2219 Thanks Paul. Sorry to hear you are unwell. Plans on hold just postponed.

Glad you enjoyed thanks.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks

@@fishandchipdiaries bargain all round

@@Billtheguitarist my pleasure Bill.

@@janemoss2937 thanks Jane. Great party atmosphere.

Thanks for your comment

🙏 thanks much appreciated

@@Drobium77 thanks for your kind comments

@@cjmillsnun thanks for that

@@Sprasonator my pleasure. Thanks for your support

Great details. Thanks for your input.

@@2010craggy Old Arley, New Arley, Ansley. Just reading what’s on the map. Otherwise where did I get it wrong?

@@Dreadtower thanks for the feedback.

That’s Dave Cooper. As far as I know he never taught at any school in Hartshill.

Glad you enjoyed it

Many many many thanks. 😂

@@johnhankinson3010 Rannock Drive

I’ve done Daw Mill. Thanks

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for the comment.

Sorry not for the first time do I get the date wrong. Close though.

You'll need to tell us.

@@user-pg6jz6qh7q Thanks Steve. I trust you are well.

@@paulwaite2219 Hi Paul, thanks for your comment. Sorry to hear about your bad neck and it’s a pity you couldn’t make the trip. I’ll get the welcoming brass band to stand down.

@@JRLNeal 🤣🤣

That’s quite fascinating. Welcome aboard. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks Martin. I’ll be in touch.

Thanks for the comment Jane.

Not quite sure what you mean. We lived at the bottom of the wood in Charnwood drive for ten years and watched it transfer from Forestry Commission to WCC. In what way has it been decimated?

Ive seen those roads. I know what you mean.

The helmet situation is not so clear cut. There is evidence to suggest that drivers afford helmeted cyclists less passing space than those without, making a collision more likely - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/5334208.stm Then there's also a decline in cycle participation noted in Australia between 2011-2019 which some have suggested has been contributed to by the mandatory helmet law: www.cyclinguk.org/sites/default/files/document/2020/01/helmets-evidence_cuk_brf_0.pdf People should absolutely wear helmets if they want to, but making them mandatory is not a replacement for measures that make a real difference to safety (both real and perceived). Enforcing personal protective equipment implies that cycling is dangerous when its benefits outweigh the risks; it adds a barrier to being able to quickly and easily use the bike for local journeys; it's a barrier to urban cycle hire schemes. The passing distance rule is sensible though, and we have that now in the UK with the latest revision to our Highway Code. That sets a distance of 1.5m for passing at speeds of up to 30mph/48kph, more space at higher speeds.

Thanks for that Paul. In European cities, such as Amsterdam in Holland, the city cyclists have excellent, separated, cycleways, and virtually nobody wears a cycle helmet. Here in the UK, where we don’t have the same standard of cycleways, it is highly advisable to wear a helmet but not everybody does, and it might be quite difficult to enforce the law to make everybody wear one. Our laws that well behind the progress made in the production of electric bikes, electric motorbikes and electric scooters, and it would almost be impossible to enforce laws, or even catch illegal use of these machines. Recent laws, making motorists past cycles with 1.5 m clearance have been established and there have been police checks to make sure this happens and prosecutions when motorists have failed to do so. Recent details in the laws also allow cycles to occupying the whole lane if necessary, but I haven’t heard of any cases coming to court where this has been an issue. It is interesting to note that many cyclists like myself, are also motorists, but of course the reverse is not true. So it is not just a matter of cyclist versus motorist, which tends to polarised the issue.

Actually I have spoken to various WCC councillors.

Oh dear. Careful as you go.

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@JRLNeal thank you John, that's them ordered. Can see there being a problem getting the existing ones off, how did you manage it? Did you cut them off?