Cycleway admits to being narrow.
Cycleway admits to being narrow.
Street cycle parking, York.
Cobbled street and York’s Minster.
Chapter House Street, from Ogleforth.
The horrors of footway cycleways.
The horrors of footway cycleways.
Foss Islands way on York’s Orbital cycle route.
Foss Islands way on York’s Orbital cycle route.
Foss Islands way on York’s Orbital cycle route.
Foss Islands way on York’s Orbital cycle route.
Foss Islands Way is a former railway route, now a decent cycleway, but with limited access to nearby streets.
Footway cycle route crosses here onto the Foss Islands Cycle Route on York's Orbital Cycle route.
Pavement cycleway rejected by this shopper!
On the orbital cycle route around York.
Double back onto the lower path.
Signs tell cyclists to ride on the right here, which at the moment is very muddy.
A sign near here #97861 instructs cyclists to be on this section, which due to flooding has become really muddy.
Steps at both ends of the footbridge next to the Scarborough rail bridge.
Path from York Station meets river route.
I didn’t find this map at all helpful, but it did occur to me that such maps could be designed to be photo friendly allowing user to zoom in.
Context #97856.
Switchback ramp out of York Station.
The map-board at the end of the ramp is shown in #97857.
Double decker cycle parking round the side of York station.
This is where pavements were invented.
Racks for Clifford’s Tower.
Good well-spaced Sheffield stands installed by York City Council after nagging by local campaigners.
Good well-spaced Sheffield stands installed by York City Council after nagging by local campaigners.
Good well-spaced Sheffield stands installed by York City Council after nagging by local campaigners.
Good well-spaced Sheffield stands installed by York City Council after nagging by local campaigners.
My transport to York station - out comes my baggage, in goes the folding bike, and he's off!
York Minster (and an ASL with left turn cycle lane)
Cyclists returning from a ride at the York Rally
Access to car and cycle parking for contractors on the Terry's site, York
Left turn then an unsigned right turn across the road approaching York on NCN route 65
Barriers and signs (Danger! Road crossing, cyclists dismount) where a cyclist was killed on NCN route 65.
These signs where a cyclist was killed on NCN route 65 (Danger! Road crossing, cyclists dismount) make no sense in this direction.
Awkward barriers (but these tandem riders ay the York Rally can get through ok) where a cyclist was killed by a motor vehicle - obviously it's impossible to calm the traffic, so let's make life hard for the cyclists instead...
NCN route 65 around York racecourse
Good new path from NCN route 65 south of York
Junction of new path with NCN route 65 south of York (apparently this was gated until recently)
Popular cut-through from NCN route 65, York - should this be paved for cycling?
Awkward layout on NCN route 65 at Copmanthorpe Lane
This turned out (from his tabard) to be the Bicycling Bishop of Selby, on his way home after speaking at the York Rally
Why on earth is there an End of Route sign so far from the road on NCN route 65?
Cycle parking at the excellent Brunswick Centre, York
Sign to more cycle parking at the excellent Brunswick Centre, York
Sustrans recruiter on NCN route 65
NCN route 65 passing beneath Appleton Rd
NCN route 65 at Copmanthorpe Lane
NCN route 65 passing through new housing on the former York to Selby railway line
The Sun at the start of the Planets, NCN route 65
Narrow section of NCN route 65 beside the York bypass
Junction of new path with NCN route 65 south of York (apparently this was gated until recently)
NCN route 65 past York racecourse
NCN route 65 past York racecourse
NCN route 65 past York racecourse
Cyclists and pedestrians have to duck under this barrier to get off York racecourse here
Warning sign at York racecourse
Historic bikes on display at the York Rally
E-bikes on display at the York Rally
Executive cycle parking, presumably, at York racecourse - why does it need to be fenced off?
Sheltered cycle parking at York racecourse
Separate path and cyclists at the York Rally
Barrier and blind corner on NCN route 65, York
The only visible cycle parking at the former Terry's chocolate factory, York - now a typically car-dominated residential development
The former Terry's chocolate factory, York - now a typically car-dominated residential development
Link to the riverside path on NCN route 65, York
It's not totally clear, but there's a short section of shared-use here on NCN route 65
Lots of parking (and lots of cyclists) at the excellent Brunswick Centre, York
reCycle stand at the York rally
Sustrans and York Greenways looking for support at the York Rally
Jim McGurn's bikes on show at the York Rally
Cycle parking at York Rally HQ
Bikes for sale at the York Rally
People used to cycle or take trains to the York Rally, it seems - now it's largely bikes on cars.
Barriers and left turn on NCN route 65, York
Right turn on NCN route 65, York
Rides from the York Rally start from a line of these markers.
Arriving at the York Rally
No Motor Vehicles Except Permits sign at the entry to York Racecourse - in fact the York Rally campsite was full of cars.
Route sign with local activist showing that it's been turned back the correct position.
Route signs and three bikes on one lamp column, York
Many drivers ignore this ASL in York.
The car stopped in the ASL. The cyclist pulled up alongside but didn't go into the ASL. The car waited till he was clear. Just as well.
Weird - this traffic light has an advanced cyclist phase Monday to Friday only. Why turn it off at weekends and cause confusion? (With a stylish trike and rider attending the York rally.)
Well-spaced Sheffield stands at the National Railway Museum, thanks to dogged work by a local campaigner.
Well-spaced Sheffield stands at the National Railway Museum, thanks to dogged work by a local campaigner.
Sheffield stands replacing wheelbenders at the National Railway Museum, thanks to tireless effort from one local campaigner.
Precentor's Court, York - there's no ban on cycling here, it seems.
Narrow overgrown path leading via steps to York's orbital cycle route
Link from the Foss Islands Way to Wigginton Road
Link from the Foss Islands Way to Wigginton Road
Stepped link from the Foss Islands Way to Wigginton Road, and notice saying that this gate is closed overnight.
Link to and across the Foss Islands Way (this gate is closed overnight)
Short link: https://cycle.st/area/page3.html