Places you can no longer go

[Ming the Merciless]

Yorkshire is now off limits,due to the hoards of tv crews there filming endless documentaries about Yorkshire this,Yorkshire that....

Yorkshire, the third world …

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Can’t go walking round Buckingham palace gardens now ever since the Queen took out that injunction

 

[captain nemo1701]

Clifton Suspension Bridge. Bloody daleks.....

Some 'Kipper pubs :

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Croydon

 

[Milzy]

Ex girlfriends place.

 

[Edwardoka]

Most of the route of the North Coast 500 is now a no go zone for me, ruined by vast numbers of motorists .
We were holidaying in Lochinver a few years ago, in October, and even at that time of the year the mile long walk along the single track road into the village felt like a game of Russian roulette. We only ventured out on bikes the once and we were constantly being forced off the road to give way to ‘might is right’ motorists.

Correct answer. I've ridden a fair part of it, some before the NC500 designation and some after, and the difference was unbelievable.

What used to be quiet roads where you could ride for miles without encountering another human being became more akin to riding on the A82.

 

[nickyboy]

Correct answer. I've ridden a fair part of it, some before the NC500 designation and some after, and the difference was unbelievable.

What used to be quiet roads where you could ride for miles without encountering another human being became more akin to riding on the A82.

The flip side of this is when we were talking to people in the hospitality industry (hotel owners, cafes, restaurants, pubs etc) in Sutherland and Caithness on our recent LEJOG, they were all delighted about the NC500 as it brought a lot of business to the area. It looks a tough place to scrape a living, I certainly wouldn't begrudge them the additional traffic

 

[Dec66]

I can't go to either of the pubs in Downe, Kent, in case I run into Nigel Farage.

I'd tear him more than a new one if I did.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Croydon

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Bloody aliens, coming over here, enslaving people, probing people up the rear...should go back to their own universe

 

[matticus]

Bloody aliens, coming over here, enslaving people, probing people up the rear...should go back to their own universe

So you've been to Croydon then?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

The flip side of this is when we were talking to people in the hospitality industry (hotel owners, cafes, restaurants, pubs etc) in Sutherland and Caithness on our recent LEJOG, they were all delighted about the NC500 as it brought a lot of business to the area. It looks a tough place to scrape a living, I certainly wouldn't begrudge them the additional traffic

Sure there’s lots of businesses fairly raking it in following the designation but the damage being done to everyone and everything else is colossal.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The flip side of this is when we were talking to people in the hospitality industry (hotel owners, cafes, restaurants, pubs etc) in Sutherland and Caithness on our recent LEJOG, they were all delighted about the NC500 as it brought a lot of business to the area. It looks a tough place to scrape a living, I certainly wouldn't begrudge them the additional traffic

Yes and no as a lot of the camper vans are self contained with them loaded up with beer and food. They’d get far more money from cyclists stopping at bed and breakfasts or camping and eating in the cafes and pubs. But all that trade will be lost if the roads are now hostile if you’re on a bike.

 

[slowmotion]

So you've been to Croydon then?

My first glimpse of IKEA on Purley Way was a semi-spiritual experience. Almost like seeing the Taj Mahal.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

My first glimpse of IKEA on Purley Way was a semi-spiritual experience. Almost like seeing the Taj Mahal.

No wonder, it's one of the best curry houses around here.