Today, another train strike compels me to bike it up to the Cathkin Braes again. It's a fine cycle uphill through many communities (that now look like car parks) and some wide car-less roads. All in all, there and back, takes less time than a shit movie (about 80 minutes). And on the way back coming down through Croftfoot I manage without even trying a 'double cruising bicycle overtake' with two cars that are at least 500m apart. This was due to the wind behind me and the fact that Castlemilk Drive is a long winding emphatically downhill traffic-calmed ski-slope. Possibly the best downhill you will ever have. And the fact that it's got speed bumps on it which the cyclist can obviously avoid (but which cars cannot, at least not at speed) means that any overtaking that is done is without consequences (car drivers do not like to get overtaken). So, for all the wild cyclists out there, who want to give car drivers some of their own nonsense back, you could do a lot worse than cycling down Castlemilk Drive.
No comments:
Post a Comment