happybuddha
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What he said about the steep hills on the coast!upsidedown said:Cycled all around Jersey in about 2 days. There's a shared cycle path from St Helier all the way West then it's mainly quietish lanes. There are some surprisingly steep but short hills around the coast.
It's true thoughout northern continental Europe, the British drivers come uncomfortably close to cyclists, but then they can, as they are sitting on the 'wrong' side of the car and can see the exact distance between car and bike. It may not be nice, but it's not dangerous.happybuddha said:Couple of comments on driving, last year a mate and I went from Kent (where he lives, I an American living in Hong Kong) to France and Belgium touring the Western Front of WWI. As you leave the ferry at Dunkirk there is a longish (~3K) straight road from the ferry. My mate reckoned he could tell the nationalities of the drivers passing us by how close they came to running us down, close were Brits and those giving plenty of room Euros.
Cheers,
Drew
It seemed to me, when we were riding in the UK, the drivers also tended to come closer to us than the Euros did on the Continent. That's not from driving on the "wrong" side of the road.Brains said:It's true thoughout northern continental Europe, the British drivers come uncomfortably close to cyclists, but then they can, as they are sitting on the 'wrong' side of the car and can see the exact distance between car and bike. It may not be nice, but it's not dangerous.
When you get back from there you can tell us about both of themGuernsey for us this summer, really looking forward to a few days there. Does anyone have some favorite sights we should maybe HAVE to see whilst there...?
There's only so many candle shops and jewelry shops you can visit before Guernsey gets monotonous.
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