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Thursday, 6 November 2014
Autonomous Cars
Here's some of the detail surrounding the exciting new development of self-driving cars.
Setting the bar that the autonomous car has to acheive needs to be seen in context, and clearly by many of the comments on the article it's not.
Many people seem to think that unless it can perform perfectly it shouldn't be allowed. This leaves us stuck with a less safe system, killing and maiming more.
I like to think that the bar that should be set is that it is just better than us humans, that killed 1700 people on the roads in the past year in the UK alone. At the moment it exceeds that massively!
It runs alongside the constant removal of responsibility we seem to deem acceptable by people driving. Both by insisting that more vulnerable road users should behave in a way that enables people driving to stop paying attention and by the way we constantly mollycoddle people inside cars away from their actions.
It would seem the best thing to do is completely remove responsibility and hand it over to a machine capable of making many more decisions, much quicker and without anger, impatience, or belligerence we experience when behind the wheel.
Posted by Rad Wagon at 12:15 1 comment:
Labels: Autonomous, Driving, Google, Responsibility
Friday, 31 October 2014
Nidderdale Greenway
- October Trip and Map
- Ripley to Knaresborough on the Old Railway
- Descent of Water Bag Bank, Knaresborough
- Return using Beryl Burton Cycleway
- Encouraging Cycling
I have the fortune of regularly visiting Nidderdale in North Yorkshire and have posted a number of blogs about it to date, including multiple cycle route videos and an attempt at a fuller guide. There are lots of photos of the stunning scenery along the way as well as the videos and mapping.
This October I revisted with the aim of getting a much higher quality video of a variety of routes I'd not yet tried. I've put up a lot of clips centred on Pateley Bridge separately to this post about the new Nidderdale Greenway starting near the castle in Ripley and trying the routes to Knaresborough and riding in the town itself.
I was a tad misty when we tried the route from Ripley down to Knaresborough along the Nidderdale Greenway. Note that riding in wet weather is far from unpleasant. If your only experience of wet weather is from the inside of a car or house, you lack any knowledge of how easy and fun it is to be out in it. When riding, walking, or just being out in it, your activity becomes your central heating (without the quarterly bill), and the endorphins created ensure you remain happy (without the presciption costs). If you take outdoors activity as something to be moped about, you'll do the same indoors. Also, after being outdoors you CAN eat cake.
View Nidderdale Oct 2014, Ripley Cycle Route in a larger map
Ripley to Knaresborough on the Old Railway (blue).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
This clip starts near the castle in Ripley and is a extension of a previous trip from Summerbridge, the connecting clip of which is here.
Ripley Castle from Hedgehog Cycling
The new Nidderdale Greenway proper starts in the car park just round the corner. Sadly for a new route it starts with a gate. Hmm, slightly worrying. However, at the next field boundary a cattle grid appears. Hooray! Why not in the first boundary? The first section is pleasantly away from the the Harrogate road.
Ripley Stone Sculpture from Hedgehog Cycling
At 1:17, the railway route begins in earnest. This is along the remnants of the railway that went up Nidderdale to Pateley Bridge and beyond. The first part of it wiggles more than the railway would have done, but soon there's a steady straight incline across a depression that reeks of trains.
Nidderdale Greenway from Hedgehog Cycling
Given the success of the current cycleways, there's some suggestion that the entire route up to Pateley Bridge (and further) could get the same treatment. It would make a fabulous tourist draw for the locale, encouraging families to spend a week riding the valley, exploring, and visiting attractions, without the need to get the car busy, much like the Camel Trail in Cornwall. And, yes, this is aimed at families rather than the experienced road rider.
At 2:20 there's a reminder that this is not for cycles only, which does detract a little from it's shine. There are several more reminders of this along the way, although no horses.
Sculpture and bench from Yorkshire Trails
At 2:34 there's a concrete slab crossing for farm vehicles. This is a clever way to get round the often objections from some places that the size of vehicles would damage any cycle infrastructure put in. Nice views as the trees fall away, although it's not quite the same as the upper Nidd valley. It doesn't have the same inclines either!
At 4:05, after a pleasant and straight route, there appears some "roadworks". Bizarrely, the sign asks horse and bike riders to dismount. The route is at least 3 metres wide even through the "roadworks". Why on earth do bike riders need to get off? I understand that you might not want horses to be ridden here (although I'll confess ignorance, horse riders?), but to lump the two together seems like a anachronistic mess. Luckily, the viaduct over the river Nidd directly after is impressive and takes thoughts away from prior stupidness.
Nidd Viaduct View from Hedgehog Cycling
At 4:31 I decided to give the path a speed check. Notice the riders behind disappearing! Nice smooth surface at speed. Tick, successful test. Note that I did this then slowed when other people appeared. Riding at speed is something that needs to be done with good awareness of all that is around, including side entrances. Note that this doesn't get anywhere near the same risk posed with driving at speed.
At 5:15 the road to Bilton Park crosses. This is also where the route that connects the the Beryl Burton Cycleway (below) goes to the left. Just after this the cycleway splits in two with the right fork going right into central Harrogate (great access for shopping) and the left fork going to Starbeck between Harrogate and Knaresborough. We follow this route.
Immediately the route is downgraded with a hardcore surface rather than tarmac. This doesn't bother me much, but I understand those who don't like this. Then, at 5:53, the real trouble with this route throws up it's ugly head: highly restrictive width barriers. The idea is it should stop someone riding a motorbike down here. However, it also stops many types of bike coming down here. No cargo bikes, no box bikes, no trikes or other wider ability-modified bikes. Indeed, it's quite difficult for a standard bike to get through here, as is obvious here. It'd be quite a struggle to get through here with minimal shopping. I'd much rather have he odd motorbike than limit who can ride their cycles down here. At least the tarmac has returned.
At 6:47 there's a link up to the roads. This, in hindsight, would have been a better route as it's a quiet road that gets round a slightly less pleasant part for riding near the centre of Starbeck. And finally another awkward wobble to get into a town estate. Hmm. No signposts, no idea where the route goes from here. Is there a route? Straight on down the road would seem sensible, but then at 7:54, yet again no signposts. Have we accidentally strayed off the cycle route?
Heading up the main road, it's not clear if either pavement is a shared-use route. This seems a bit of a sudden end to a reasonable route, being dumped on a main busy urban road with no signs saying where to go. Eventually we decide that the other side is shared-use, cross to it and proceed. The little signage up doesn't tell us much.
At 9:05 we get some confirmation that we are indeed on a shared-use path, with some odd segregation painted on the road. The implication is that the cycle part is one way despite there being no definition of this in law. Then at 9:13, bizarrely a sign declares that this isn't shared-use, it's cycling only, no pedestrians! I frankly don't believe it, especially when passing the bus stop!
Finally at 9:39, there's a clue why we've had arrows painted against us on this cycle route, it drops the route straight into the road without any drop kerb opposite. We carefully cross and continue down past Mother Shipton's Cave into Waterside, Knaresborough.
So, all in all, this part has been poorly signed, has no encouragement for those who are only just comfortable using the off-road cycleroute and end up being dumped in town. Ironically, the much earlier Beryl Burton Cycleway would have been a much better option. I'm not saying it isn't a welcome addition to the local infrastructure, but it could be done an awful lot better without spending much more money. Certainly, the other branches of the new Nidderdale Greenway are very helpful, just a little disappointed by the end of this one.
Waterside from M Hillier on Flickr
The challenge of Knaresborough by bike is it's steep river side. Obviously the town is here precisely because of the defensive qualities of this nook in the river, but it means getting up into town is a bit awkward. Rolling along Waterside is very pleasant, but there's always an eye on the left side climb up to town.
At 10:27, the first sign of access looks utterly soul destroying. Water Bag Bank goes appears like a wall and is, yes, cobbled. Round cobbles covered in a thin layer of slightly damp moss. There's just no way I'll get a bike up there.
Water Bag Bank from NuttyJo
So keep going along Waterside, under the railway bridge. It is a great way to come into the area by train. It's all flat plain from York and you com into Knaresborough through a short tunnel, stop at the stationand know nothing of the bridge ahead. When you do pull out a stunning drop suddenly appears all around with great views along this valley gorge.
Anyway, back to cycling. Waterside is very pleasant but there's still no way up, even into the castle. Then, at 11:00, just before the busy Briggate, Castle Ings turns back round with the contours, rising gently. Once round the corner, it becomes obvious why it was hidden. The incline ramps up and up. Down through almost all the gears. Eventually after several corners and false hope, the top appears. And the market square isn't far away.
Blind Jack in the Market Square from Wikimedia
Descent of Water Bag Bank, Knaresborough (yellow).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
This was really just a bit of fun, to see if I could negotiate a steep incline on damp, mossy round cobbles.
The first part from Market Square and down Kirkgate is pretty easy. Nice gently sloping tarmac with enough visibility even if a bit narrow. Then, at 0:38, the railway acts as a blockage. I believe the crossing gates where locked so we had to go underneath. Note that it's not easy to get even a light bike through here, let alone if you had shopping as well.
At 0:59 it's great to see houses still decked out with Tour de France bikes and bunting from the summer. However, this is the beginning of Water Bag Bank and cobbles. Just to the right of the yellow car is a walkway that is a route for riding as well I believe. That's the sensible way down. But I didn't want "sensible" right now. Also looking at the houses gives some idea of the incline here.
Water Bag Bank from Geograph
I was on the brakes all the way down here. There's no way I'd let go as I'd never get it back after a millisecond of acceleration. I finally let go when I've got a few yards of cobble left, see how quickly I gain speed!
Finally back along Waterside to the bridge next to Mother Shipton's Cave.
Return using Beryl Burton Cycleway (red).
Sadly the camera had (surprisingly) run out of battery by now. The Beryl Burton Cycleway starts along the riverbank from the bridge next to Mother Shipton's Cave then swiftly turns up and out of the gorge. This is a little steep but isn't for that long. This is followed by a steady slight climb across a field and along a track until reaching Bilton Hall Drive.
Beryl Burton Cycleway from Geograph
From here there's about a mile of track steadily improving to a good road surface passing Bilton Park until the Nidderdale Greenway crosses, as seen at 5:15 on the Ripley to Knaresborough on the Old Railway (blue) clip.
Hedgehog Cycling have a good write up of the Beryl Burton Cycleway.
Encouraging Cycling
The people riding with me are newly returned to cycling. They were excited when this trail was opened and asked me to come up and ride it with them. Our experiences of it were positive with some low points.
- Width restrictions are a very big negative on rides like this. I understand why some people think there's a need, but when it makes it as difficult at it did at points, it rather belies the original purpose.
- A lack of signage at the end of routes is also not great. There may have been routes onwards into that part of town or not, we had no idea.
- Also, just ending a route at a busy road is another big negative. Joined up routes are a nice add-on, they're a requirement.
On the postive side, it's a great off-road route away from traffic. The other route into town offers a genuine alternative to queueing in cars on the way into Harrogate, queueing to get into the car park, paying for it, then queueing on the way out again. I say this as that's exactly what my friends plan on doing, using it as an alternative way to go shopping in town. Well done, Harrogate, you've made your town centre a more attractive destination to shoppers.
Next post: A look at experiences of people taking up cycling this year.
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Nidderdale in Autumn
- October Trip and Map
- Pateley Bridge to Wath Circuit
- Pateley Bridge to Coldstone Cuts via Peat Lane
- Coldstone Cuts to Pateley Bridge via Eagle Hall
- Pateley Bridge to Ramsgill via Silver Hill
- Ramsgill to Pateley Bridge via Heathfield
I have the fortune of regularly visiting Nidderdale in North Yorkshire and have posted a number of blogs about it to date, including multiple cycle route videos and an attempt at a fuller guide. There are lots of photos of the stunning scenery along the way as well as the videos and mapping.
This October I revisted with the aim of getting a much higher quality video of a variety of routes I'd not yet tried. I've also included the new Nidderdale Greenway starting in Ripley and trying the routes to Knaresborough and riding in the town itself. This I've written up separately.
I was rewarded the day I arrived with glorious sunshine. Sadly, I didn't have time to get much riding in and just did a short Pateley Bridge to Wath circuit, passing The Sportsman at the most northerly point (yellow on the map). After that, with more inclement weather, it was a trip up to Coldstone Cuts beating a couple of 20% inclines and some rough downhilling (red and purple on the map). And a final trip up to Ramsgill, home of The Yorke Arms, to show even travelling along the valley can have some challenges (blue and orange on the map).
Note that riding in wet weather is far from unpleasant. If your only experience of wet weather is from the inside of a car or house, you lack any knowledge of how easy and fun it is to be out in it. When riding, walking, or just being out in it, your activity becomes your central heating (without the quarterly bill), and the endorphins created ensure you remain happy (without the presciption costs). If you take outdoors activity as something to be moped about, you'll do the same indoors. Also, after being outdoors you CAN eat cake.
View Nidderdale Oct 2014 in a larger map
A Quick Guide to the Icons on the Map.
- Pateley Bridge High Street: A thriving small town with many independent shops supplying great locally sourced food and including the oldest sweet shop!
- Toft Gate Café: on Trip Advisor with reviews including "service has been excellent", "food was excellent", and "scenery is breathtaking"
- The Yorke Arms: it's website describes it as "Michelin starred Yorke Arms is one of the UK's leading Restaurant with Rooms."
- The Sportsman: It's website has quoted "The continuing popularity of The Sportsman's Arms is proof that a personal recommendation is worth any number of stars or rosettes in a guide book."
- Coldstone Cuts: it's website has quoted "Stimulate your senses and explore your wilder self at Yorkshires biggest and highest public artwork."
The Cycle Routes.The videos are all now HD and most have rear windows as well. A combination of a new GoPro 3+ and my old Canon Ixus 105 using Adobe Premiere Elements to combine (although if anyone knows of a more intuitive piece of software, please let me know!). If you don't like the soundtrack (I like upbeat & energetic!), turn it down and switch on the radio/internet/media player track of your choice. Skip forward if you want, there are some good bits and some less good. It is worth making these clips fullscreen to get all the detail they show.
Pateley Bridge to Wath Circuit (yellow).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
This starts down Pateley Bridge High Street showing this small town is just so vibrant. Whether this is due to the lack of any big chain supermarkets anywhere nearby is up to your imagination. Crossing the Nidd at the bottom end and you move into Bridgehouse Gate in the Beweley parish (from Low and High Bishopside parish) and the showground and the recreation ground. Turning up the valley starts to show some of the Autumn colours in the leaves. Passing the school and we're getting out of town.
At 1:22, The Bridge Inn appears on the left next to the bridge over Foster Beck (Or Ashfold Side Beck). Just after this the turn up to Heathfield appears on the left which I come down on the "Ramsgill to Pateley Bridge via Heathfield" clip below.
As a side note, see what road position I'm using here. This is a narrow two-lane road where there is no space to overtake me if there is oncoming traffic. I take Control (or Primary) position as a result. This means I'm helping people driving to understand there isn't space to squeeze through, they need all of the other side of the road. Note that at 1:33 a Landrover appears behind me, waits for a space and then passes when it's clear. I help by indicating I'm slowing down and pulling a bit over as the road becomes clear with full visibility. You don't have to do this, but being pragmatic, it's always good to be polite to others!
After a few bends and dropping back down to the river, at 2:19 it's a right turn up and over the Nidd again. Almost immediately the village of Wath, with The Sportsman, appears ahead. The road has become a narrow single lane road, cosily nestling between two stone walls. Houses and cottages are clothed in the same stone, juxaposing the yellow, red, and green of the nearby oaks and lush grass.
Wath in warmer times
At 3:00 the first real hill challenge of Pie Gill Green Hill starts. It's not very far but does get me down to my lowest gears. At the top there's a left which heads up to High Bishopside Moor which has some very challenging water drain crossings, even for a car. Still, got to get the water off the road somehow!
Wath Lane View in warmer times
The leavy lane flattens out giving majestic views across the valley, sadly not visible from my camera position even with the reverse view taken out. After a speedy slight drop at 3:58 the bottom of the bottom half of Silver Hill comes into view. This is registered on Ordnance Survey maps as being over 14% and does really challenge. Again not for too long and at the top there's a left to the top part of Silver Hill. This is much more challenging going up to nearly 20% for quite some time! Missing it this time and slowly descending, again through yet more stunning views, the start of north east Pateley Bridge looms into view.
Just in town, at 4:55, Bishops Garth goes to the left allowing a route through the estates to get to the bottom of Old Church Lane Hill and allow a full run back through the High Street.
At 5:08 I go along a path connecting estates. Please note that it's illegal to ride along footways (as per the 1835 Highways Act). A footway is what we call pavements nowadays. Paths between roads are not included in this law. It's perfectly possible that this path is covered in local bylaws but it needs signing if so. Whatever, if riding please always take great care around people walking and when emerging back onto roadways. (Also note that almost certainly all the cars parked on the pavement just after here have broken the 1835 Highways Act.)
At 5:16 turning right onto the bottom of Old Church Lane Hill will allow a full run back through the High Street. Just after there's the left turn into the estate opposite with access to the path up to Panorama Walk.
And finally back into town with the thoughts turning to the variety of outlets to get restoration of the calorific burn just made, cafés and pubs to mind.
Pateley Bridge to Coldstone Cuts via Peat Lane (red).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
This starts down Pateley Bridge High Street showing this small town is just so vibrant. Hmm, again, lack of any big chain supermarkets? Crossing the Nidd at the bottom end and you move into Bridgehouse Gate in the Bewerley parish (from Low and High Bishopside parish) and the showground and the recreation ground. Keeping on going up the road and the bottom of Greenhow Hill looms.
Greenhow Hill consists of 2.5 miles of narrow winding B-road climbing just short of 300 metres with 4 sections over 14%. This sounds like a great challenge until the mix of a good smattering of medium to heavy lorries, fast cars, tractors are thrown in. Then it's just somewhere to avoid to me. Both up and down.
Turning left towards the centre of Bewerley village makes for a much more pleasant ride. Well, a lot less traffic at least, there's still 300 metres to climb!
Although the climbing is essentially always there, it begins in earnest at 0:40 just before the centre of Bewerley. Slightly depressingly, there's a short drop through the village and just after before the main climb of Peat Lane begins at 1:16. Great views up to Two Stoops up the Fosse Gill valley to the left. This is where you offer thanks that you are not going up Two Stoops (or Yorke's Folly), mainly as that's walking for me. And then there's that, again slightly dispiriting, drop down to false teeth bridge (there's some buried in the road surface!).
Peat Lane
Now is when your metal is tested. If you look at the houses on the right, you can get some idea how steep the road is right here. Then a couple of corners with crunchy acorn shells underneath to really take your grip away. And it's getting steeper. Finally, at 2:27, there's the sweet relief of just 12%. The corners section has been challenging you up to 20% so this seems easy in comparison, even if your lungs are still bursting.
Trying to catch all of your breath back, you meander along for a short while, turn a slight corner and a wall confronts you. Again, it's pedal to the metal with an all out push up to the top of the visible route, again up to 20%. Unfortunately as you get to that corner, there's more road stretched out before you in a more vertical manner than appreciated. If you can't see the incline, look at the gate to the left at 3:29.
Finally, at 3:55, the route relents. Looking back you realise the last 400 metres have been at 17.5% average and has taken you up 25% of the total climb in just 7% of the total journey. Of course you would think you'd think that, but no, you are thinking "must ..... keep ..... breathing ..... heart ..... about ..... to ..... burst". After a little while the 10% incline gets nearer 5% and other brain functions kick in.
The first section of the top includes a series of shorter trees interspersed with farm buildings balanced next to upper gills running with peaty moor water. Then these give way to the true moor. Views across to Coldstone Cuts start to appear and, at over a mile away it seems small but slowly it registered that it must be enormous. To the right is the building that must be the Toft Gate Café with it's obvious great views all the way down Nidderdale.
Coldstone Cuts Skyline
There is a last push to get to the Coldstone Cuts entrance but by now it's seems like riding up anything is possible.
Coldstone Cuts
Coldstone Cuts to Pateley Bridge via Eagle Hall (purple).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
Leaving Coldstone Cuts and heading up towards Greenhow seems a little foolish given earler statements. However, once on the main road, it's clear that the road is now wide, straight and with plenty of visibility. Even with lorries and cars passing they have enough space to give a wide berth.
After doing the final 30 metre climb, turning right at 1:12 in the Coldstone Fold valley is a small relief. The road drops away sharply and a strong stop is required not to miss the bridleway turn to the right. I suspect this is gated not just to stop wandering livestock but as a disincentive to use this route back into Pateley Bridge. I note that the route is rough for a little while, then gets back to good ole tarmac.
There's plenty of great view from here, good in this weather and stunning in sunshine. A few rainwater drain culverts need special attention. Avoiding going over the highest part of these very important on a bike! By the time the tarmac runs out again at 1:58, a descent of 100 metres has already happened since the top turn.
View down Foster Beck valley
The track gets pretty thin here, more resembling a path and giving a reason to not come up this way. A final gate leads to a more substantial track and back onto tarmac. With the tarmac returns the bigger drain culverts as rainwater cannot penetrate it to leave and runs down it much more than the previous track.
Whilst meandering around at 2:43 it becomes clear that it's not so much a hill but a fairly flat area on the top of a ridge. This rises slightly before descending all the way through Ladies Riggs. Strangely there seem to be a lot of added speed bumps. There isn't anything but local farms here, so it's purely local traffic. A bit odd that neighbours need to tell each other to slow down in this way. The last part of this ridge descent goes through the woods near Eagle Hall.
Finally at 4:09, the left turn back onto the B-road just above Bridgehouse Gate appears. As it's quite twisty still but not far into town, I stick to the road but again use Control (or Primary) position. A car does appear behind me, but soon can't keep up with a much more manoeuvrable and smaller bike in the roadspaces available.
Coming back into town at 4:25, turn left up King Street leading past yet more businesses and up past the police station and the offices of Nidderdale Plus and towards the back lane to Wath. This route can be used as an alternative start to the Pateley Bridge to Ramsgill via Silver Hill (blue) below.
Pateley Bridge to Ramsgill via Silver Hill (blue).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
This starts going up Pateley Bridge High Street, looking busy, even in the rain. The High Street is steep but not too bad. Then Old Church Lane Hill does make it a mite tougher (coming down is fun, though). Turning into Springfield Way gives a route through to the back road to Wath.
At 1:06 I go along a path connecting estates. Please note that it's illegal to ride along footways (as per the 1835 Highways Act). A footway is what we call pavements nowadays. Paths between roads are not included in this law. It's perfectly possible that this path is covered in local bylaws but it needs signing if so. Whatever, if riding please always take great care around people walking and when emerging back onto roadways. (Also note that almost certainly all the cars parked on the pavement just after here have broken the 1835 Highways Act.)
At 1:17 turn right out of Bishops Garth onto the back road to Wath. As an alternative start to this route use the last 55 seconds of the Coldstone Cuts to Pateley Bridge via Eagle Hall (purple) clip which joins up with this part of the this video.
The first 3:29 of this clip is the reverse of the last 3:26 of the Pateley Bridge to Wath Circuit (yellow) which makes an interesting comparison for direction and weather, leading to a very similar journey time. So all those ups and downs seem to even out. I'd guess I ride a bit more slowly in the wet, but how much is difficult to say. If I just don't push the peak speeds quite as much it may not make much difference over a longer distance. Whatever the case, even in the grey there are some great views from this lane.
At 2:14 a right turn up the top half of Silver Hill appears, which heads up to High Bishopside Moor with a very challenging nearly 20% for quite some time! Missing it this time and descending the bottom half of Silver Hill seems quite appealing.
Wath Lane View in warmer times
At 3:09 the descent of Pie Gill Green Hill into the little village of Wath eases the legs towards the The Sportsman and the crossing of the Nidd. Once crossed the road ascends to get to the height of the water behind Gouthewaite Reservoir dam. This piece of water has some fame as it appeared in the opening credits of Emmerdale. From 4:08 the views across the water are fantastic.
The road alongside the reservoir is quite twisty and narrow. In my experience people do drive at a reasonable speed along here. Not to fast and don't try to pass on bends. I'd suggest anyone who regularly uses this road knows that oncoming traffic appears out of nowhere so don't behave riskily as a result. Again, I adopt Control (or Primary) position at times and try to help people pass of they get stuck behind me.
Gouthwaite in warmer times
The road itself is quite rough and feels like going uphill either way along the waterside. Of course the clue is that the water is flat and the road follows that, so the road isn't gaining height either way!
Ramsgill Church
Finally at 6:39, the church at the top of the water appears signalling the beginning of Ramsgill with The Yorke Arms. I stop and look at the Ramsgill brook which is one of the main tributaries of the upper Nidd. Again, stunning scenery throughout.
Ramsgill Stream
Ramsgill Stream
The Yorke Arms in warmer times
Ramsgill to Pateley Bridge via Heathfield (orange).
Click on the square box bottom right to get full screen, well worth it!
Starting at the Ramsgill brook, which is one of the main tributaries of the upper Nidd, and almost immediately passing The Yorke Arms on the left.
The Yorke Arms
After the village at 0:35, Gouthewaite Reservoir appears on the left. This piece of water has some fame as it appeared in the opening credits of Emmerdale. The views across the water are fantastic.
The road alongside the reservoir is quite twisty and narrow. In my experience people do drive at a reasonable speed along here. Not to fast and don't try to pass on bends. I'd suggest anyone who regularly uses this road knows that oncoming traffic appears out of nowhere so don't behave riskily as a result. Again, I adopt Control (or Primary) position at times and try to help people pass of they get stuck behind me.
A Lonely Tree at the Top of Gouthwaite
The road itself is quite rough and feels like going uphill either way along the waterside. Of course the clue is that the water is flat and the road follows that, so the road isn't gaining height either way!
Gouthwaite in warmer times
At 2:32, turning right is an unclassified track. It's not obvious on the Ordnance Survey and heads up to a small hamlet of Heathfield, which also lends it's name to the caravan park at the other side of the hill. It's interesting that the county sees fit to fix this track and I approve! This is a challenging incline that exceeds 15% at times (around 3:05). It seems quite different going the other direction! However the more height, the more the views across the water gets better and better!
Gouthwaite from West Wood House
Gouthwaite from West Wood House in warmer times
At 3:35 entering the woods and the incline relents a little bit. And this is certainly over half way up the hill vertically with a bit more than half distance still to cover.
At 4:22 there's a slightly strange cut through the wall between fields and a long line of pines. It feels very remote up here and pleasantly airy. And not long after glorious views all the way down Nidderdale appear.
Just after the top at 5:05, the descent starts by going through the few houses and farm that makes up Heathfield. Despite appearances, I descend really carefully covering the brakes all the way. It's wet, narrow, and every chance of oncoming tractors! Again, this seemed very different from the other direction.
Heathfield in warmer times
At 5:43 turning right back onto the valley road just before crossing Foster Beck (Or Ashfold Side Beck) and passing the Bridge Inn. Then I drop my hat! A quick retreival, whilst signalling my intentions all the way.
At 6:26 the first signs of Pateley Bridge whilst passing the school. At 6:53 the bandstand is the centre of the recreation ground.
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Labels: ColdStone Cuts, Control, Gouthwaite, Heathfield, Nidd, Nidderdale, Pateley Bridge, Peat Lane, Primary, Ramsgill, Wath, Yorke Arms
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Cherry Hinton Useless Cyclelane
I filmed the cyclelane on Cherry Hinton Road from a drivers perspective whilst viewing other people's treatment and driving around it. It becomes apparent that people driving can't cope with it and regularly fail to respond to it correctly.
I'd argue that the cyclelane itself is thus useless and that it could be considered dangerous to use by people riding.
I believe the cyclelane is relatively new as not on the Google satellite image but do appear on the Google Streetview here. Note that looking through the Google Streetview photos, I'm not alone in finding issue with the cyclelane!
Looking in detail we have several issues.
- Evidence shows that if a cyclelane is painted on the side of a road, people driving tend to place their vehicles closer to riders as they pass. So to include one on a road you have to be fairly sure that it will help people driving stay well clear. In most cases this simply doesn't work.
- Essentially, people driving tend to view the cyclelane as another lane on the road where simply being inside the lines either side is good enough.
- People riding need space on the road bigger than the cyclelane. This is recognised in BikeAbility cycle training and the Highway Code (Rules 163 and 213). This is for wobble room (a gust of wind, a large pothole), just in case they fall over (same reasons), and to avoid airwash from passing vehicles.
- This road is only just wide enough to include an on-road cyclelane and the two lanes going either way. (Note that there is plenty of space a lot of the way down the road outside of the roadspace.) A non-mandatory (dashed lines) cyclelane means cars can use it when necessary. Obviously this is open to interpretation.
- However, if when necessary includes simply when is a straighter line along the road than if not, the whole concept of having a cyclelane in the first place is pointless. It adds no safety to anyone riding. If a painted lane can't train people driving to avoid space for cycling then what's the point in having it?
- On a section towards the end, the cyclelane passes some off-road space where cars are parked. Again, BikeAbility cycle training (PDF page 20) tells anyone riding to not use the cyclelane space. If a door opens, anyone riding in the cyclelane will have their safety seriously compromised.
- Training says move out to being in a space that'd be just outside the cyclelane (where the left handlebar would have plenty of space from an opened door).
- On several occasions, the cyclelane passes a side road. Again, BikeAbility cycle training (PDF page 21) tells anyone riding to not use the cyclelane space. If someone drives from the side road but fails to stop accurately at the Give Way line (which happens a lot), anyone riding in the cyclelane will have their safety seriously compromised.
- Training says move out to being in a space that'd be just outside the cyclelane.
Quite why, in the leading city for cycling in the UK, we are still getting such awful infrastructure diminishing any budget for proper, safe build is laughable if it wasn't so serious.
Here's a few more pictures from Google Streetview showing the failure of people to deal with this cyclelane along with the satellite view showing no cyclelane up until recently.
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Friday, 5 September 2014
Halesworth to Wenhaston
Halesworth has recently put in a new cycle route and converted some of the riverside fields into a recreational area. This seems to be very popular for all kinds of outdoor activities, as well as giving a great way to avoid a rather unpleasant A-Road route.
Here's the map with the journey on to Wenhaston.
View Wenhaston to Halesworth in a larger map
The red line represents the old way of getting to and from town. It's a distinctly unpleasant road environment.Busy, often speeding cars. I've been doing the 30mph speed limit and had cars flash pass me far too close. Used by lorries too.
Additionally, it's a small hill with a bit of a slope. Not enormous but still not ideal for commuter-style cycling, especially with kids for school or a full shopping load. I've clipped this route before in blogger (Halesworth to Mells Lane) as part of a bigger route so just how unpleasant it is can be seen.
And here are the clips showing just how the route has changed for the better. The cycleway is the yellow route on the map, with the single track road onto Wenhaston as the blue route.
From Halesworth to Wenhaston
Open in YouTube at the start or at the start of the single lane track
From Wenhaston to Halesworth
Open in YouTube at the start or at the start of the cycleway
A Few Photos along the Cycleway.
A "Get off and walk" sign on NCN1. Sigh. I've put it on Cyclestreets. Surely, amongst a space that was once wide enough to have a road along it, there is space to put a 3m wide cyclelane down the middle.
Blossom in mid April
Woven Wheels
Woven Wheels
Note the segregated space for people walking (probably just missing a gate) and riding. Also the cattle grid approach for bikes. This looks wide enough for most cargo bikes and chikd carriers. All in all a really good example of properly built active field separation. I've put it on Cyclestreets
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Twisted Insurrection - Public Beta 5, it has been a very long time in the making, but it is Finally been released to the public! After lots of hard work, there has been an incredible amount of work done to Twisted Insurrection since the release of Public Beta 4 back in late 2012, the mod is almost unrecognizable from all of it's previous releases and feels much more complete and polished than ever before.
The Twisted Insurrection download file (Twisted-Insurrection-PB5.ZIP) contains the complete Twisted Insurrection installation so all you need to do is extract and play. Alternatively, those of you whom have Public Beta 4 installed can simply run the launcher to update your current build to Public Beta 5 (PB5.000). If the download above isn't working here are other links available:
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Twisted Insurrection is a stand alone modification of Tiberian Sun, meaning you don't need to own Tiberian Sun to play. The mod features a completely new in-depth story-line which puts you in an alternate timeline where the Brotherhood of Nod were victorious during the first Tiberian War rather than GDI; After the Brotherhood used the Ion Cannon to destroy an irreplaceable monumental structure, the Global Defense initiative lost all UN support leaving them in total disarray. This is where our story begins.
Along with the complete overhaul and replacing of the original games graphics and having it's own all new soundtrack, Twisted Insurrection brings you all new units, infantry and naval forces to command as either The Brotherhood of Nod or the Global Defense Initiative in both singleplayer and multiplayer missions along with all new structures and base defenses to build as well! The mod also introduces the GloboTech corporation and contains all new campaigns for both GDI and Nod, plus some additional bonus challenge missions and several hidden maps so there is always plenty more to play. TI also features all new game-modes such as Survival, Twisted Dawn and Checkpoint Mode and has over 100 multiplayer maps to play either online or in skirmish mode.
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Heyy this Mod is Really Great..but i have a big Problem! you see i wanna play online but i cant. I have been tryen to play on Hamchi for years and never had any luck on confuguring Hamchi to play i have installed it many many times looked on forums and tried to get help..but i just dont get it! now just 5 mins ago i tried installing it again and now hamchi is unable to start probally from installing it too much and trying to get it to work..problaly the regesrty crap..soo my last options where CnCnet, and XWIS but on XWIS i noticed most people have just normal TS therefore is uncompatible versions error! soo then i tried CnCNet and i cant seem to find anyone who wants to play i wait hours and hours for someone to PLAY! and nothing :( i really like to play this online. Thanks for reading i hope someone can help me with my problem! thanks alot.
I going to play 3 vs 3 nod with my friends. How do you place Teams? Press A in game?
Omg you can ally people!!!!!!!!
ofc, even original tiberian sun allowed that. Just bad that you can't ally with AI :(
Awesome mod! :3
Can't wait for the new version.
But I've found a bug or something. When I finish the second nod mission and its loading the next I get an "internal error" :<. Is it just me who have this problem?
(I'm sorry for my bad english.)
I am unfamiliar with this issue, please explain further or Upload the except.txt from your TI directory to the PPM "Your Input" forum.
Uhm the bug doesn't appears when I start the game with CnCnet oO.
Anyway, I reinstalled the game and the bug isn't any longer existing.
Thx for the answer :).
I am aware of this issue, it is listed on PPM's TI Known bugs and erros topic. I am working on fixing it for the next patch / beta.
thx for the reply,
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By Samantha Melamed, Inquirer Staff Writer
On May 2, John Miles began the evening swathed in blue plastic, belting out Velvet Underground lyrics, and quoting Andy Warhol ("Oh wow! Oh gee!") at a pop-up performance with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At intermission, he left - and sped toward the Academy of Music in Friday evening traffic, to lend his baritone to the chorus in Opera Philadelphia's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni . That's the type of creative conflict that was bound to arise when Opera Philadelphia partnered with the scrappy 4-year-old collaborative-theater Bearded Ladies Cabaret.
'Rage': Another Nic Cage revenge opera
July 12, 2014
By David Hiltbrand, Inquirer Staff Writer
A Nic Cage revenge opera. That tells you pretty much everything you need to know about Rage . It means that at several intimidating points, Cage will bark out his lines at the top of his lungs. He is, after all, the big screen's Big Screamer. His roar is so forceful, it flattens the ears of whoever is the recipient. It means there will be more blood than at a Red Cross drive. And it means there will be moments of anguish as Cage silently contemplates his sins. Or maybe he's thinking about his career.
New Hersch opera a journey toward death
June 29, 2014
By David Patrick Stearns, Inquirer Music Critic
BROOKLYN - Among the half-dozen Philadelphia composers currently working on operas, the ultra-expressionistic Michael Hersch is the first to see his produced. On the Threshold of Winter was premiered Wednesday in a small-scale production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music by soprano Ah Young Hong and the Nunc contemporary music group - and emerged as something so uncompromising that any future presentation in a traditional opera house is unlikely. Based on Marin Sorescu's 1996 poems written in the weeks before his death from liver cancer, On the Threshold of Winter is a journey into fatal illness that, in Hersch's hands, acknowledges no distance, safe or otherwise, between a listener and the suffering protagonist.
Opera Philadelphia names 4th composer in residence, David T. Little
May 18, 2014
By David Patrick Stearns, Inquirer Music Critic
In what seems like a monthly new-opera announcement, Opera Philadelphia appointed its fourth composer in residence, this time one with a considerable operatic track record already: David T. Little. Based in Weehawken, N.J., and Winchester, Va. (where he teaches at Shenandoah University), Little is best known for the opera Dog Days that made several critics' best-of-the-year lists in 2012, and is currently working on JFK for a premiere by the Forth Worth Opera. "I came to opera indirectly and what I learned, I learned by doing.
Philly Orchestra's 'Salome' goes beyond restraint
May 11, 2014
By David Patrick Stearns, Inquirer Music Critic
When it's all that it can be, the 100-minute musical volcano known as Richard Strauss' Salome goes to a place of barely contained frenzy in its story of a princess who desires John the Baptist right down to his severed head. The Philadelphia Orchestra's season-ending, mostly staged version Thursday went a step beyond, often seeming without restraint. That usual space between the music and its listener often vanished - as with Herbert von Karajan's live performances and, more recently, those of Gustavo Dudamel and Yannick Nézet-Séguin on good days.
Opera Philadelphia announces new Warhol opera
April 27, 2014
By David Patrick Stearns, Inquirer Music Critic
Having recently announced a new opera on the unlikely subject of Charlie Parker, Opera Philadelphia goes a step further with a new work about a cultural icon who was a remote, chilly presence, and famously predicted that everyone would have 15 minutes of fame: Andy Warhol. Andy: A Popera was announced Friday in anticipation of a 2015 premiere, in a collaboration between Opera Philadelphia and the cabaret group the Bearded Ladies. It's not a joke. "Do we make people famous, or does their work make them famous?
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Benny is known as the front-man of alternative-rock group, The Kings Royal featuring Dave Krusen, the original drummer for Pearl Jam. In 2009, after a run including a tour with Candlebox, Benny split from the band, settling in Los Angeles and focusing on his solo career. His song "A Better Way" was featured in the 2011 feature film, Soul Surfer. Most recently, "A Better Way" and "Conversations Missed" are featured in the MTV series, Teen Mom 2.
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