ThanksLike it says several times in this thread, the surface is smooth as silk and excellent for road bikes.
ThanksLike it says several times in this thread, the surface is smooth as silk and excellent for road bikes.
The only negative thing I have to say is that there is at least one place where you have to get off your bike and carry bike over a gate (right at the junction of Denhall Lane and the red flag). The gate looks new, so this looks like it's here to stay. It's a kissing style gate, so not possible to ride through.
I rode it this morning, contractors have left a couple of gates laying on floor, obviously to dissuade people from using the boardwalk, but it's perfectly passable with care. I rode it through to Deeside then took Dee path into Chester to pick up rail tickets. 45 mile return journey by bike, probably at least 35 of it completely traffic free! I don't think the part that links Church Lane with Flint Drive is particularly useful, it's busy with pedestrians and dog walkers. Better just to head for Marshlands Road and join by the Harp instead.
Nope, not me. I think the cattle grid is temporary, they removed a few strips of boardwalk to dissuade usage and I think the cattle grid is actually a piece of gate that someone has used to bridge the gap. Could be wrong though.Was that you in the red hat I saw going the other way - I asked if the path was open? I'm not too keen on that cattle grid at the end of the boardwalk section, otherwise it's a great job.
I cheated and got the train to Neston this morning then followed Dodgy's map on my gps.
Yeah its just a gate at the start of the boardwalk, you can see the planks to the side have nails in them from when they were taken up......excuse pic, its a still from my headcam
Looks like the whole road from the red flag is getting resurfaced as Dodgy said, they've done lots since I was there on Wednesday.
30 miles in under 2hours coming back to Wrexham and half of it without a car to be seen