Isle of Wight this Sunday

May be, look out for a yellow kiddyback tandem and a huffing red head,
Thomas (7) on his Trek and Ros on a Dawes. I think it will be the
shortest route. Weather looks to be warm and dry. Ferry and bike, nice
day out...

Kind regards,
Daren
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Al C-F wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:28:24 +0100, Not Responding
wrote:

So who's going to be there?

Me.

0800 Southampton to Cowes.

Are we turning right or left?

Pass, anticlockwise if that helps. Make sure you check in at the
control by the ferry before going over the chain ferry.

Al C-F wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:28:24 +0100, Not Responding
wrote:


So who's going to be there?


Me.

0800 Southampton to Cowes.

Are we turning right or left?

Turn right. Bad luck, it's anticlockwise this year.

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:34:19 +0100, Not Responding
wrote:

Al C-F wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:28:24 +0100, Not Responding
wrote:


So who's going to be there?


Me.

0800 Southampton to Cowes.

Are we turning right or left?

Turn right. Bad luck, it's anticlockwise this year.

Just got back. 3:30 from Cowes.

Bit misty on the south side, but an excellent ride.

If any of you were delayed by a couple of ambulances parked on the
bridge at Yarbridge around lunchtime... that was because of us, I'm
afraid. My friend had an encounter with a traffic calming measure on the
bridge, flipped over the railing and ended up at the bottom of a 20-foot
embankment with a fractured femur. It took six of us (the three
paramedics and three cyclists) to lift him up the bank. Apart from the
fracture he was remarkably unharmed - unless you count more nettle
stings than you can shake a stick at. Once we'd seen him off to A&E and
sorted out storage of his bike, there wasn't much useful we could do,
and we had to get back to Yarmouth somehow, so we finished the route. In
other circumstances it would have been a beautiful afternoon's ride!

Did anyone else see the low-lying fog bank over the sea near Niton in
the morning? Fantastic - it was as if we were cycling above the clouds.

Andy Key wrote:
If any of you were delayed by a couple of ambulances parked on the
bridge at Yarbridge around lunchtime... that was because of us, I'm
afraid. My friend had an encounter with a traffic calming measure on
the bridge, flipped over the railing and ended up at the bottom of a
20-foot embankment with a fractured femur. It took six of us (the
three paramedics and three cyclists) to lift him up the bank. Apart
from the fracture he was remarkably unharmed - unless you count more
nettle stings than you can shake a stick at. Once we'd seen him off
to A&E and sorted out storage of his bike, there wasn't much useful
we could do, and we had to get back to Yarmouth somehow, so we
finished the route. In other circumstances it would have been a
beautiful afternoon's ride!

Did anyone else see the low-lying fog bank over the sea near Niton in
the morning? Fantastic - it was as if we were cycling above the
clouds.


Ouch!! Hope your friends recovery is swift.
I live on the corner by the traffic lights, if I'd have known of the
accident, I'd have gladly looked after the bike for you.
- we were watching the Tour of Romandie on TV so were oblivious of the world
outside.

Jan

Andy Key
. orthisco.orthisuktyped

My friend had an encounter with a traffic calming measure on the
bridge, flipped over the railing and ended up at the bottom of a 20-foot
embankment with a fractured femur.

What sort of traffic calming measure is this?
Sounds lethally dangerous to me!
I am apalled that you friend has suffered this fate, though I appreciate
his injuries might have been much worse.


It took six of us (the three
paramedics and three cyclists) to lift him up the bank. Apart from the
fracture he was remarkably unharmed - unless you count more nettle
stings than you can shake a stick at.

Wish your friend a rapid recovery from me, please.

Is there any chance of applying political pressure to remove this man
trap? I'd hate to hear of another similar accident!

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

My friend had an encounter with a traffic calming measure on the
bridge, flipped over the railing and ended up at the bottom of a
20-foot embankment with a fractured femur.

What sort of traffic calming measure is this?
Sounds lethally dangerous to me!
I am apalled that you friend has suffered this fate, though I
appreciate his injuries might have been much worse.

Wonder how fast he was going? Not that I'm suggesting the guy might have
been cycling 'furiously' or anything...

in message , Andy Key
.orthisco.orthisuk')
wrote:

If any of you were delayed by a couple of ambulances parked on the
bridge at Yarbridge around lunchtime... that was because of us, I'm
afraid. My friend had an encounter with a traffic calming measure on
the bridge, flipped over the railing and ended up at the bottom of a
20-foot
embankment with a fractured femur. It took six of us (the three
paramedics and three cyclists) to lift him up the bank.

Ow ow ow ow ow!

What happened? Was the crash a consequence of the design of the 'traffic
calming measure'? It seems to me that 'traffic calming' that leads to
crashes and serious injuries needs to be rethought!

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; "If I were a Microsoft Public Relations person, I would probably
;; be sobbing on a desk right now" -- Rob Miller, editor, /.

Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , Andy Key
.orthisco.orthisuk')
wrote:

If any of you were delayed by a couple of ambulances parked on the
bridge at Yarbridge around lunchtime... that was because of us, I'm
afraid. My friend had an encounter with a traffic calming measure on
the bridge, flipped over the railing and ended up at the bottom of a
20-foot
embankment with a fractured femur. It took six of us (the three
paramedics and three cyclists) to lift him up the bank.

Ow ow ow ow ow!

What happened? Was the crash a consequence of the design of the
'traffic calming measure'? It seems to me that 'traffic calming' that
leads to crashes and serious injuries needs to be rethought!

The road has a couple of narrow humpy bridges that can't take weight ,so
its single file over them. The council in their wisdom have placed black and
white striped pillar type bollards set each side of the road on a raised
area with a kerb. Right of way is given to traffic coming from Yarbridge
towards Yaverland.

I probably didn't explain that very well !!!

Jan