East Midlands Liason Rangers meeting

A meeting / ride was held earlier this month for Liason Rangers in the East Midlands. It was hosted by Alan Hudson in Newark. I have not seen any output from the meeting except to say that a good time was had by all and the sun shone! I did attend a previous meeting earlier in the year in Derby and this proved to be an excellent opportunity to meet up with other groups and to share experiences. Unfortunately I could not make the Newark meeting.

The next meeting is provisionally scheduled for 6th March 2009 to be hosted ny Mat Richardson in the Loughborough / Leicester area. I shall make every effort to attend this one.

Route 52 first impressions

I have now had all the paperwork from sustrans and loged in on the volunteers website. At the weekend I cycled the route up to Osgathorpe.
Most was well signed apart from temporary stick on signs in heather at the roundabout and the middle of coalville. I lost my way going in both directions through the middle of the town. looking at the maps on the sustrans website there is no definite route through coalville. So my queries are is there an agreed route through coalville and some signs have been lost or have there never been signs as there is no agreed route.

Tom Alun-Jones

1st Meeting

We got together for a first meeting of the group at The Belper Arms on 26th September. Alan, Eric, Keith and Joseph all made it and Tom sent his apologies, but is keen to join us next time. We had a few beers and a chat and in the afternoon cycled out to check out a couple of problem spots on route 52 and 63. We all agreed that we had the core of a solid group that could make a difference to cycling in West Leicestershire. We discussed the groups targets for the next year and made a start with identifying and assigning some actions. We cycled route 63 through Battram Wood where the signs Eric had lovingly erected had all been removed. It was pretty clear that the route cannot easily be followed without the signs. We tried out the alternative route on B roads and this was OK although admittedely it was a Saturday afternoon. We agreed that the preferred route is through the wood providing it can be signed, but the B roads are a viable alternative. We also looked at route 52 through Coalville and here Joesephs local knowledge was invaluable. It turns out to be quite a short stretch of the route that is not signed. We came up with a viable route which used some quite roads and some existing paths. There is also a main road near the town that needs to be crossed. We now need to discuss our findings and proposals with Patrick Davis. We plan to meet up again in January to finalise our plans for 2010