NCN 48
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A shot in the dark this.
Anyone use/used the NCN 48 between Syston and Leicester? I work in Leicester town centre and my current commute is 10 miles of pretty ok roads to be fair.
For an extra 3 miles of fun I can go a longer way into work pretty much 90% of the way along a canal path (Grand Union Canal) and the River Soar. It also goes through Watermead Park. It won’t be a quick route but the scenery will be great and worth leaving the house earlier for.
Anyone familiar with it?
Anyone use/used the NCN 48 between Syston and Leicester? I work in Leicester town centre and my current commute is 10 miles of pretty ok roads to be fair.
For an extra 3 miles of fun I can go a longer way into work pretty much 90% of the way along a canal path (Grand Union Canal) and the River Soar. It also goes through Watermead Park. It won’t be a quick route but the scenery will be great and worth leaving the house earlier for.
Anyone familiar with it?
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Yes, I use the route from Thurmaston to Leicester almost daily, and from Thurmaston to Syston several times a month.
There's even a tiny bit of SCR on the route.
Fuzzy
I was just about to open my mouth but then I thought of the quite brilliant "Grey squirrel?" sketch from Trigger Happy TV and bottled it.
You were all in black with a purple kinda bike. Think it had purple overtones anyway.
So Mr Fuzzy, were you there?
https://youtu.be/pcADtaJev6o
I own both a GT Grade Which is kinda purplish, and a Scott Scale 960 which is most definitely not. I would have been on the Grade that day. I NEVER wear lycra because I'm too chunky. :evil:
I drop onto the river at the bottom of The Rally, and either go through Abbey Park, or go straight down the towpath, then right at the mammoth.
But you should always shout "are you Fuzzy Duck?" at fellow cyclists. What could possibly go wrong? :twisted: