On my bike…
Author: 24th May 2020
Like your other reporter, I was intimidated by the heavy traffic and horrible fumes on the roads in Oxford, and my bike was rusting in the garage, unused for 30 years. However, when I didn’t want to use the bus, and cat food and litter (!) was running out, I had to wobble off down Botley Road. I came back through North Hinksey and discovered a whole new world. I have enjoyed many cycle rides through green fields and along waterside paths in the last couple of months, and would use the bike in town for shopping too IF proper cycle routes can be implemented and maintained (and publicised). At present, the edges of many ‘cycle paths’ on roads are seriously eroded/overgrown. Cyclists shouldn’t be second-class road users!