What am I meant to do ?

[fossyant]

Don't worry. Just use the road.

 

[snorri]

When I complained to the "engineer" responsible for the design and construction of a particularly crap cycle route he said I should get a mountain bike.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Local council have advised the broken line is to warn cyclists about the edge of the path, black/smooth vs green/bumpy

That comment by the council has got to win the prize of the biggest load of tosh said in this whole forum.