Cycle lanes

That was my photo. :)

It filled up quickly, the point is that there's loads of cyclists using that route now, not that they can't use the road; which they did, Dansky. ;)

It's not the worst cycle lane in the world and it's for sure not the best but if I'm on it I know I'm going to be just rolling slowly behind somebody and sometimes I'm happy to do that. I'm not always wanting to negotiate the shit junctions on those sections of road either so happy to be in the lane and sacrifice some speed for a lazy ride.

Yep. All of the above