Entrance to Titanic quarter train station before and after...
An hours work .
I can do it, why can't those who get paid to maintain the City do it and who holds them accountable ?
That's a wrap 2.4km scraped and brushed by hand
I started this on the 24th September and finished it today
Met a lot of people along the way, thank you all for your support
#AdoptACycleLane
I've talked to maybe 50 odd people on my little adventure , the walkers and wheeler's all say the same thing as do the cyclists
To make the greenway a better place for all
If you're a walker and wheeler - Please keep your dogs on leads, keep left and please don't walk the
A pity I wasn't on the tall bike. One day when I get a bigger workshop I'll build one of these
The owner is a cheese maker and delivers his cheese's in the Velomobile, how awesome is that
That's a wrap for this path, it took me five hours in total. I had to gather the leaves from some sections or they would just have blown back over the path. Eighteen of the bags you see in the photo filled and strategically relocated nearby 🙃.
Be the change you want to see.
Cycling year in review
1. Built two bicycles and a trike , restored my touring bike
2. Cycled 5.5k miles
3.Scraped back 2.4km of verges on the
#combergreenway
by hand
4. Cleared 12 fallen trees/shrubs from the
#combergreenway
5. Brushed up ten broken bottles on the
My fault ..the mini roundabout was obviously restricting their view of me signalling to turn right, my hi viz wasn't hi viz enough and my front light wasn't bright enough.. probably some other factors my fault too.
Today in clown world
Third Angler fish lamp I made, I started painting them with heat and highlighting some features with brass.
Love fabricating these- except for the teeth. I think there's 48 teeth made from 12mm re-bar. Each one has to be ground to a point by hand. It takes a day to make them
That's me done for a week or so now, another 100 yds or so scraped this morning.
#reclaimthepath
#combergreenway
#AdoptACycleLane
Gratuitous bike photo because I get asked about it all the time. It's a home made cargo bike, ideal for work like this, steers like a boat and even
Swept Middlepath St cycle lane and the underpass..
Spent an hour on the entrance to the Titanic train station .. there's another post about that
Litter picked the greenway from Comber to Middlepath st ...
Might go for a spin on the tallbike after lunch
Arrived on site this morning to discover some kind soul had given me a head start and scraped about 30yds down the right side. Many thanks to whoever did that.
I got quite a bit done because of this and I'm well on track to get this finished next week.
Once this is done I'll
Really pissed off with the behavior of SOME cyclists on the greenway this morning , barrelling past walkers and wheelers at speed, no bell absolute fucking idiots. No wonder cyclists get such a bad name on this SHARED use path.
I do my best to improve relationships with
Northern Ireland's class leading cycling infrastructure brought to you by the Department for hating cyclists.
Sydenham bypass country bound. A real jewel in our crown, on a sunny day if you get the light in the right direction the whole cycle lane sparkles like diamonds with the
Front mudguard kept rubbing so took it off, I'll sort it out when I get home .. people faces as you pass them are absolutely hilarious. You'd think they hadn't seen a man riding a six foot tall bright yellow bicycle before.
Bike Stolen yesterday from outside Queens BT9
" Please help me find my bike. It was stolen outside Queen's student union (BT9) by three young boys around 12 who cut the lock right after I left it yesterday (22/03/24). It was the only good thing in my life, please help me find
Stuff got cancelled this morning so I took the opportunity and put in a few hours on the
#combergreenway
. Got about 70 yds scraped. Thanks to all that offered words of encouragement.
#reclaimthepath
#AdoptACycleLane
Judge - 'Hell hath no fury like a cyclist with a GoPro'
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A JUDGE told Ards Magistrates' Court: "Hell hath no fury like a cyclist with a GoPro".
District Judge Mark Hamill was speaking at on Wednesday when Joy Shannon (61), of Inishargy Road, Kircubbin, admitted driving
#ProjectCargoLite
Test ride part 3 .... Furniture moving
This chair has been on the greenway for years, it's absolutely saturated and weighs about 30- 35 kg
Been reported to BCC many times - never been collected
It no longer resides on the greenway 🙃
With that weight
Went for a bit of a tour on the greenway flyer - Comber to Mossley Mill and back. 42 miles in cold but sunny weather, that cycle path through Duncrue Industrial estate is a disgrace.
What the absolute fck are these yellow gates for every few hundred yards on the coastal path ?
My
My " Greenway flyer". Yes that is another Brooks saddle . YES I do have a problem - NO I will not seek help
An 80's Raleigh Record Sprint which was a 5x2 converted to a 1x9. Running on 700 x 28c Marathon plus. I just have to find a bell that fits those wider diameter bars.
Global IT outages don't effect work the greenway, it runs on Linux 🐧
100 yds scraped back on the Patch Dog training to Billy Neil section - I think two more sessions will finish this.
Then a litter pick to Belfast, somebody sat on the bench at Billy Neil and ate a full packet of
This mornings goal was to get to the bridge. A lot of blackberry runners made it tough going but the freshly sharpened mk3 scraper and three weetabix powered on through - a few hours later I made it .
Measuring it on open maps its 600m from bridge to bridge , so multiply that
This is how far I've got in my efforts to
#ReclaimThePath
Approx 1.5km or 1 mile ish
#AdoptACycleLane
I have a question, when the extension to the greenway is built will
@deptinfra
and
@ANDborough
carry out any maintenance on it, or will they just abandon it like they have
Slightly different location this morning, a bit closer to home . This is a shared use path in Comber
#reclaimthepath
#AdoptACycleLane
Once again neglected by the utterly useless AND Borough Council. Got about half of it done in the time I had.
Tomorrow is the start of bike week. On the ninth floor of the Ewart building there's a Beers with Gears exhibition between 6 and 8pm.
Not quite sure who else is going to be there, I do know its free and there will be beer and pizza. I'm exhibiting
Cleared the fallen tree on the Comber rd to Eastlink section and brushed the
#combergreenway
from footbridge at Billy Neil park to the next bridge along ..I had intended to start scraping the next section but when I saw the amount of fallen leaves I decided to clear them first.
Brought the big guns out this morning
Warned the tree responsible if it drops any more leaves I'll load my drone up with agent orange
#AdoptACycleLane
#combergreenway
When I talk about "scraping back" this is what I mean
The scraper has a profiled edge and is heavy, hard work but very effective and a lot easier on the back than a spade or shovel.
Woo hoo- made it to the second bridge today. That's 1.9 Km or 1.2miles scraped and brushed by hand .
Thank you to everyone for your words of encouragement .
Saw the
@ANDborough
street sweeper at the same spot again this morning must be a lot of leaves at that location or that
#Progress
#ProjectCargoLite
Sickbed build .... When you're ill with a chest infection build a bike 🙃
All the welding is done, just waiting on parts - Handlebars and a chain ring, everything else is here ready to go
It will have drop bars and brifters the ones in the pictures
Got another 100 yds done this morning, far to warm went for a cycle/litter pick to cool down.
Litter picked from Comber to Beersbridge rd and back - very little litter.
Found a TV at the North rd bridge 🙄 left is beside the council bin on the Beersbridge rd
Scraped back the
Started the big scrape, been putting this off until after the greenway was ̶h̶a̶c̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶i̶t̶s̶ cut by the Dfi . Only a years worth of leaf debris to scrape back this time 🙄.
Then onto one of the shared use paths in Comber which was badly in need of a haircut. More
Only half a bag of litter this time from Middlepath Street cycle lane, I was last here on Thursday when I filled a bag between it and the Sydenham bypass footbridge.
First photo .. Greenway at Ballybeen swept regularly all year round by
@lisburnccc
Second photo .. Greenway at Tullycarnett swept regularly in summer time and occasionally rest of the year by
@belfastcc
my trainer is 12"
Third photo .. Greenway just past the footbridge at
When I finished the path yesterday I cycled on round to the underpass. It didn't look that bad ..ahh twenty minutes will do that I thought. Until I started work on it this morning, I doubt this has ever been swept by the council, that path was worse then the greenway and that's
Operation
#reclaimthepath
got off to a good start this morning but with the wind picking up and gusting to 40 knots and the weather closing in I called it a day by 12:00. The homemade scraper did the job OK but I need more mass for chopping with so I'll be making a heavier blade
@roadcc
“Despite my dislike for cyclists, that’s shocking. If I employed him he’d be looking for another job.”
Yeah bloody cyclists holding up traffic on country roads. won't even pull over and let anyone past 🚜
#Progress
100 yds reclaimed this morning. When I started this back at the footbridge I remember looking up the path and thinking it would be awesome to get up as far as those trees. 12 hours later and I'm there 🙂. Thanks to everyone who passed for your words of encouragement.