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Coming back tonight was stopped by bike copper & told about 5mph speed limit. Walking pace? What's the frigging point in being on a bike? Meh.
Anyway, using the illegal bit, was stopped by some noddy police. They were very nice and handing out leaflets about a meeting on Sat with the council to sort out the crap signs and/or make it a cycle path. All the action is the result of a cyclist thumping a ped. F'ing idiot.
They agreed it was a stupid part of the common & were very apologetic about stopping everyone.
I take back my rude comments.
The best bit was that a guy on a mtb behind me said "but it's ok to ride on the grass, isn't it?" and the coppers said yes that's fine. I guess the common is for 'common' usage, just the paths that are ped specific? Makes the whole thing a bit ridiculous.