29 January 2010
18:5839094Anything but the title actually! To avoid roadkill there's a plan to put in a cycle route from Buckland Mill into town. Details
from KCC here:-
http://www.kent.gov.uk/roads_and_transport/using_the_road/current_consultations/river_dour_cycle_route.aspx
Full maps therein + a form to reply. Meanwhile your comments here??
i.e. Keith will claim we should cycle on the left, Vic will be all over the road and Barry (posh - for dover) will send his driver down to have a look at it........
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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29 January 2010
19:0339095Bob have made your link LIVe there for you. Just to let you know...see the URL box amongst the smilies, you can make any link LIVE using that. Click on URL and type in between the two boxes.
I see the funding is already secured for that idea so we wont have to endure cutbacks anywhere else. Nice idea to have a path for cycling along the Dour...very good idea for holidaymakers or those wishing to spend a few days in Dover.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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29 January 2010
19:0539096interesting bob, i might even dust down my penny farthing to take advantage.
i thought we had enough cycle routes as it is though, we call them pavements locally.
Brian Dixon
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29 January 2010
21:053911329 January 2010
21:3339114brian YES! im a strong believer that men should be seen and not heard.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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29 January 2010
21:3439115Excellent idea,Dover Town Council asked me for my input,and as it goes down the back of my house and gets me off Buckland Ave/Barton Road/Frith Road where cars seem to forget it is not Brands Hatch,brilliant.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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29 January 2010
21:5239117Don`t forget the government grant towards the cost of a new bike.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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29 January 2010
22:0839120great,I need a new Red bike for the elections.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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30 January 2010
08:3639130melissa,i am a great believer of chaining woman to the kitchen equipment,ie cooking washing up and housework.
30 January 2010
13:5139143This sounds like the sort of stupid idea Canterbury CC are good at when it comes to being PC and they end up making traffic conditions worse for the majority users.
Maybe we should consider creating a dog walking lane so that all the poo can be contained in one narrow strip of road? In fact, while we're at it, why not remove some of the unused pavements of our town and turn those over to the invalid carts that folks zoom around in now?
What other great ideas can members come up with for creating traffic congestion in the name of beign PC for the minorities?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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30 January 2010
19:0239154could not agree less with you sid, sounds like everyone benefits, cyclists are safer, the less people use their car means that motorists that need them can get somewhere quicker and pedestrians are less likely to get run over on the pavements.
less pollution too.
where does the political correctness come in?
30 January 2010
19:0739155Brian so wrong us women are superiour to you men by far thats why you fear us.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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30 January 2010
19:0939156melissa dear,i have no fear of woman.might have to chain you to the sink.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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30 January 2010
19:1439158brian
be sensible, if you chained a woman to the sink, how could she reach a steam iron?
you have not thought of that, had you?
no doubt bern will be on later to give her viewpoint.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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30 January 2010
19:2239159howard,its ok its a long chain,but the remote controll to the tv is just out of reach.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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30 January 2010
19:3139160problem with woman nowadays is they can't multi-task like us men
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
30 January 2010
19:3839162Howard old fruit, the numbers switching from car to bike will be countable on one hand that's missing a number of digits.
The Park & Ride in Canterbury is an excellent service (always use it when goign there), but, there are at least two car parks in the cetnre of the city and bus lane in absolutely the wrong place. Despite thousands using the P&R though, the city is ioften gridlocked, proving folks won't easily switch from using their cars. But, why hasn't Dover attempted to introduce a P&R scheme? I suspect the answer is parking revenues.
The PC element is politicians and the media being anti-motorist; it now seems the UK has decided to attack and tax the driver now that smokers are getting less by the day either through giving up or snuffing it and alost anything which makes life harder for the vehicle user is welcomed.
Maybe one day the silent majoirty will speak up; I live in hope!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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30 January 2010
20:0639165make mine a multi coulord one.
30 January 2010
21:3039176Guys please. i am a modern young woman who can multi task, clean, study, raise a family, Brian my love lets keep any kinkyness away from here! lol. Also Brian being one up on you i would remove the batteries from said remote anyway. ( ps) please dont tell my mum im being cheeky she thinks im a gd girl. lmao.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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30 January 2010
22:4039181Maybe harder for the motorist Sid, but the lorry driver is doing okay, as freight on rail has still not recovered from those immigrant`s a few years back. WHY HAS THAT LOST RAIL FREIGHT NOT RETURNED TO RAIL?????????? Rail is so clean and efficient, but it just doesn`t make sense when you see operation stack, as to why you have expensive empty freight yards in this country, and lorry upon lorry clogging the road system. The only conclusion you can come to is corruption or incompetance, in high places!!!!!!!!! I will not vote for any of them!
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
