Comments on: The Scenic Route http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/ From the edge of Zone 1 to the middle of nowhere... Fri, 24 May 2013 21:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gym Trainer http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17251 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:58:49 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17251 To be fair they live on a road that’s “no vehicles – except for access” and “access to the other end of it” must count :)

]]> By: Autumn Colour Redux « Town Mouse http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17233 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:12:55 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17233 [...] it turns out that it’s not my carefully crafted prose you’re after, but pictures of our roads so you can dream about cycling along in a bidirectional headwind completely unhindered by other [...]

]]> By: disgruntled http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17229 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:51:07 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17229 John – thanks
Bob – my parents live in a road like that which is technically no through route, doesn’t stop anyone driving down it though… obviously the Dutch are better behaved

]]> By: Bob http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17222 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:46:17 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17222 When we had first set foot in the Netherlands, and I was out and about in the car just checking things out, I took a “short cut” at one point, and then proceeded to mention it to either the relocation lady and the real estate lady. They were slightly aghast, and told me I was lucky I didn’t get caught, as it was for residents only. Ah! So that explained why there were very few cars and mostly bike traffic. Silly foreigner. Turns out, that was a fairly common practise to prevent knobs like me from “rat running” through otherwise peaceful neighbourhoods. (although, I was going at a snails pace)
I stepped up my efforts at reading Dutch signage in fairly short order.

]]> By: John Gibson http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17210 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:30:09 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17210 I am just glad to see your pictures, it must to nice to come across a road like this. There must be many of them around the country that do not get much use from cars anymore and are only known about by people in the local area.
John

]]> By: disgruntled http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17209 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:06:01 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17209 cheers. I do sort of forget how lovely some of the roads I ride are… must do better to record it!

Those Menorcan cyclepaths sound good. The Dutch ones are like that

]]> By: Ragged Thread Cartographer http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17205 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:10:42 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17205 Duh. Completely forgot to say – if that’s the road less travelled, then a few more journeys on it, plus photos, will be much appreciated. Looks idyllic.

]]> By: Ragged Thread Cartographer http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-scenic-route/#comment-17202 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:02:34 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4046#comment-17202 Remember when I was banging on about Menorcan cyclepaths? The best one I saw, alongside a dual carriageway and separated by a lovely wide verge, was illuminated every 5 yards and had TWO LANES, with a dashed white line down the middle! I was impressed, anyway. Or maybe that’s normal? I wouldn’t know!

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