I have personally found that almost all cyclists are considerate to walkers and other canal users. I haven't had any problems when walking the towpath. I myself occassionally use my folding bike, to connect my boat and car "Shuffle" movements and found fisherment and walkers helpful and accomodating. I don't see any great problem, here.
I do admit that there is a small minority that "Buzz" around on the towpath with illegal motorised bikes and the occassional cyclist who has no regard to others but how are you going to stop these isolated incidents? No amount of rules will do this. These people don't take any notice of them. I personally think that BW has quite a good mix, which allows all sorts of people to enjoy the canals. ~Allan~ PS What I do object to is the beauocracy that is "Storming" the canals from all sorts of areas! Canals & countryside used to be places to get away from it all! --- In [email protected], Bob Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, tiamiboat > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Many of us in BW really want to provide an excellent level of customer > >service even if it means trying to balance the needs of groups with very > >different aspirations (eg anglers vs boaters). > > You can now add walkers vs cyclists to that list. The current BW policy > of turning towpaths into bicycle race tracks has created a problem that > never existed previously. So well done BW. > > -- > Bob Adams - email: bob55 at ntlworld dot com >
