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Sorting out Beighton

Pleased to report that the section of track shown in the 3rd picture below is due to be re-surfaced starting August 10th. This is the report I sent in to council officers in May.

We cycled in from Lincoln to Sheffield on Monday. On arrival at Sheffield this is what we found:

Widespread litter on Tye Rd

Graffiti and vandalisation at the access point to "Linleybank meadows"

The steep bank at the access to the bridge over the A57 is heavily deteriorated. 

This is now a serious hazard and someone is going to do themselves a serious injury soon if it is not remedied. 

I know I've had difficulty persuading officers of this in the past but the original route took a curved trajectory so that the gradient was not so steep. I now have a witness to this (the gentleman in the picture.) 

Obviously I will keep this notification on file so that if an accident does take place I can advise the victim that this issue was notified to the council. 

I have to say that having spent the weekend cycling round Lincolnshire and NE Derbyshire on cycle routes that were either excellent or good it was quite depressing to get back to get back to Sheffield and be greeted by this. 

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Out and About on NCN6

On Saturday, 11th July, we removed diversion signs around Blonk St, no longer needed now that the work on the Cobweb Bridge is complete, got some graffiti off the bridge itself, and had a look at what signing was needed around Broomhall now that the new lighting is in place (they took some of our signs away with the old lamp-posts)

Also this week, had the pleasure of visiting the ParcelForce depot in Rotherham, so had to use the diversion around the Halfpenny Bridge. Pleased to report that this more or less works now - the area has been cleaned up a bit, kerbs have been dropped and the intrusive vegetation removed. It took a while but the benefits will outlast the Bus Rapid Transit works for local residents.

On the Five Weirs Walk, the budleia that was threatening to being down the retaining wall between Newhall Rd and Bold St has finally been removed.

We detected needle use between Blonk St and the Cobweb Bridge on the 5WW - don't get a sharp in your tyre or your foot!