Strathclyde Cycle Campaign
For our March ride, we will take a trip around the East End of Glasgow, passing Port Dundas, Hogganfield Park, Provan Hall, Blairtummock House and the Necropolis.
Along the way we will see some upgraded cycle routes, and we should arrive back in the city centre around lunchtime.
20 miles, mostly on quieter roads and park paths.
Meet at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, at the SEC at 10:00 hrs.
Yes, we will be out cycling on Sunday and here’s where Andy will be taking us:
This ride will take us around the South Side, extending as far as Eastwood and Clarkston. The ride will take in Queens Park, Linn Park and Kings Park, and will include a brand new railway bridge. We will end up on the most recently completed section of the South City Way at Victoria Bridge in time for lunch.
15 miles, with a short section on an unsurfaced path.
Quite a regal ride.
Meet on the north bank of the Clyde, just to the east of Bell’s Bridge at 10am.
See here for further details of our rides.
Almost the end of the year but don’t forget to start the New Year with the GoBike infrastructure ride, 10:00 at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, see here for details.
Greetings for Christmas and the New Year and, for those of you who don’t over-celebrate on Hogmanay or who just wish to get out for a breath of fresh air. See Andy’s intro to his ride for New Year’s Day:
Continue reading “Start the New Year with GoBike!”
Our last ride of the year will be a tour of the South West of the city, visiting the new bridge construction from the back of the Riverside
Continue reading “Sunday 04 December, join us for the last GoBike ride of 2022”
As I write this post, COP27 in Egypt is well into its second week. Last weekend members of GoBike joined with friends from Pedal on Parliament and other organisations to wave banners emblazoned with the ‘This Machine Fights Climate Change’ slogan during a march through the streets of Edinburgh. We were there with thousands of others to take part in the Day of Global Action for Climate Justice.
Continue reading “Consultation Digest (National) Issue 15, 18 November 2022: The one during COP27.”
Major changes are proposed for Cowcaddens Rd/Dobbie’s Loan (visual of Port Dundas Rd, above). Another Avenues project on Pitt St has a Traffic Regulation Order, as does the East City Way on London Rd. It’s last call for St George’s Rd but more from Connecting Woodside in Glasgow’s TROs.
East Renfrewshire’s Local Action Plans close soon but Balgray Connections is open a bit longer. East Dunbartonshire have extended one consultation and started a major one about the Springburn Rd/Kirkintilloch Rd ‘corridor’. Also, good news from Inverclyde.
Continue reading “Consultation Digest (Local) Issue 123, 10 November 2022”
A relatively short ride, 18 miles with next to no hills, and travelling over an award-winning bridge!
To celebrate the opening of the new Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal in Maryhill, which was due to open in September, we will have a tour of the areas around the canal, including the Claypits Nature Reserve and Ruchill, before using the bridge. We will then head to Clydebank along the towpath, to view the Titan Crane, then return into Glasgow along the Loch Lomond cycle path, ending up at Kelvingrove.
18 miles, largely on the flat – so what’s not to like?
We meet at 10:00 hours at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, at the SEC in Glasgow
It’s worth noting that :
The Stockingfield Bridge project has won the 2022 ICE People’s Choice Award.
The annual award, from the Institution of Civil Engineers, recognises civil engineering projects that have made a positive impact on their local communities.
The £14m two-way spanning, cable-stayed pedestrian and cycling bridge at Stockingfield project took 21 months to complete.
It connects communities on either side of the Forth & Clyde Canal for the first time since 1790.
Baldernock Loop
Join us on Sunday and find out just where it is, and think back to the days of campaigning for the Bears Way!
This ride will head out into the countryside to the north of Glasgow, heading out via Woodside, Possilpark and Bishopbriggs to reach the canal at Cadder, before crossing the River Kelvin to Balmore. From Baldernock, we will continue to Milngavie, and ride the Bears Way path to Hillfoot. After that, we will continue on a mix of major and minor roads to reach the Garscube Estate and Forth & Clyde Canal around lunchtime.
20 miles, one unsealed path, some climbing in the Baldernock area, mostly on road, including Milngavie Road at the end of the Bears Way.
Meet 10am at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, Congress Road, Glasgow. See here for more information on our rides.
Yes, it will be September tomorrow, but let’s hope this good weather lasts until the weekend.
We’ll be doing a tour through some very varied parts of the south of the city and its outskirts, with a wee bit of climbing, but back in the city after 20 miles in time for lunch.
Meet at the north end of Bell’s Bridge for 10:00 on Sunday 03 September and see further details of this and forthcoming rides here.