Visit to Leyland

[Caroline]

It's lovely you all had such a good time! Don't yet know when I'll be over, it's looking likely to be June-ish. Before the ferry fares get ludicrously expensive!

[Martin]

I think I'll have to plan a visit to Leyland sometime in the next few months. I'll be taking lots of photographs to use on the web sites.

[Thornley]

Hi all, sorry to have missed the meeting it would have been nice to have met. I was on holiday but ended up with a meeting on that day[] Lady G, I hope you are enjoying your stay. Did you pass through Whitestake by any chance?
Vanessa

[noel]

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Originally posted by Martin

I think I'll have to plan a visit to Leyland sometime in the next few months. I'll be taking lots of photographs to use on the web sites.

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The Tiger's gone now Martin, newly built apartments. houses opposite where Damps shop was replaced by a warehouse. Leyland and Birmingham of course site now clay, the largest road ramps you've ever seen on Wheelton Lane. The excitement of it all is making me want to .....fly[].

[Thornley]

Yes, Noel I have experienced the speed ramps on Wheelton Lane, slightly misjudged them my poor car [!] I don't understand the need to have them that big. Lord knows how it would feel to be travelling in the back of an ambulance!
Vanessa

[noel]

If you travel along the middle of the road Vanessa you don't need to slow down, it's those great big ones on each side of the white line that are the problem. Wonder how many exhausts have become a cropper on them?

[LDunlop76]

Speed bumps! GRRRRRRR! [!]
Round our way they've also taken to installing little islands in the middle of the road. On my route to the supermarket there is one right by a bus stop - effectively closing the lane when the bus stops at the stop as you can't get round the bus because of the island. [!][xx(]

But the council have excelled themselves on the route I need to use on Mondays. I travel through Garswood and the council have seen fit to put in "traffic calming measures" on the main road through the village, which consist of islands which block the entire lane, reducing the road to single track every 100 yards. The islands have steel bollards on top. Hmmmmm. The islands were built 2 weeks ago. I drove along there on Monday and already one of the islands has had its "keep left" sign demolished and two of its bollards scraped where some poor s*d hasn't realised his lane was blocked and has driven straight into the island! Why am I not surprised?[!]

[William R]

Wiganer, In Sheffield they have a magnificent Supertram system, for pssengers, but you can`t overtake a tram. When it stops, you wait. In the rain the tracks are deadly, cars skid on them, more bumps. If you want traffic calming measures, put some trams in, motorists just keep away. People come so far by car, park near the tram tracks, and finsh on trams, so you have a massive car park during the day on the outskirts. At finishing time, major traffic holdups on the outskirts of the city. The street where I live is full of parked cars at night (residents) and full of cars all day (Commuters). Road sweeping? thats a joke! Grid emptying? another joke! Dustbins? we take them to the end of the street!. The milkman comes at 3-30am, he says its the best time. I could go on, but South Yorks is notorious for traffic hold-ups. Just going to walk into town, Cheerio, Bill.

[noel]

Linda the council have got to spend their extra council taxes on something. Just be glad you've got a bit of landscaping to look at.

[LDunlop76]

Ah, but where we could do with a bit of traffic calming, we get nothing. The road I live on has no pavements for most of its length and is narrow. I live on a corner, an unmarked crossroads. Now in theory all vehicles should slow down and prepare to give way at unmarked crossroads, but on our road the crossroad is hard to spot and cars race up the street and fail to slow. You take your life in your hands sometimes to turn right, even though it's a very quiet road. The council put in rumble strips a few years back to herald the crossroads, but of course they've worn to almost nothing now. What we need is either a cross roads sign or give way road markings... or a mini roundabout at a push, but please, no speed bumps![B)]