glad you sorted them Steve :handclap:
Sorry to say but the cycle track is plagued with feral kids, it has got a bad reputation there for that kind of thing. Some people won't use the loop line for that reason.
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glad you sorted them Steve :handclap:
Sorry to say but the cycle track is plagued with feral kids, it has got a bad reputation there for that kind of thing. Some people won't use the loop line for that reason.
the clc is swarming with yobs. it all out of the way perfect place for trouble there should be cctv along it
Summer's the time to use it. There were times last summer when more police passed me and the kids on mountain bikes than ordinary cyclists. It's not too bad now between Gateacre and The Broadway bridge, anywhere past either of those and I've always got my angry head on which deters any would be scallys.:angry:
I did the Aintree to Halewood and back run last week and am regretting it as I was still not fully recovered from the flu.
I bet we're all passing each other on the loop line thinking 'scally' :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stan
We should all wear yoliverpool.com stickers on our face!!
One day I'd love to actually walk from Childwall to Halewood - it's a tad far though I did most of it one time when getting a cracking puncture.
Picture is one of my fav places - the view from the track up to Childwall Church.
The Childwall valley road bridge.
When I got back to Sainsburys on east Prescot road there was police there looking for two Alsation puppies that had escaped.First time I've ever seen a police prescence on the loop.
They do police it from around spring to the beginning of autumn. As I said further up, sometimes they outnumber ordinary cyclists. You might not have recognised them as police as they're casually dressed with white t-shirts on and white cycle helmets, the only real give-a-way is the radio clipped on the back of their kecks.
I wonder if you cracked them on the back of the head as you rode past, they'd chase you aka Police Camera Action style - Smug Alistar Stewart would pop out of no-where in a suit and give a smug commentary: 'the bandit bike is now approaching Thomas Lane Tunnel in hot pursuit by two of the police's best cycling cops. This tunnel is notorious for being dark, and today is no exception'. :badgrin: :lol: :cha (5):Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkA
Most of them look healthy enough to give a good chase. One though, you'd have to have been towing a pastie on a piece of string for him to even try. Even his mates were taking the p!$$ out of him. :)
As I've said before,I only use the Loop line first thing in the morning.So there is probably no need to police it that early in the morning as the ratboys are usually still in their manky pits.
Many years ago I did walk it from Halewood to Walton,in two separate trips. I was looking to see if anything was left of the old railway [apart from the stations] but the only things I saw were what may have been a trackside gradient marker and a "Do not trespass on the Railway" sign both around Childwall. Good walk though. I did also see a rabbit or two. :) The walk from Maghull to Formby is just as good...well slightly better scenery. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jona76
Dave.