Panniers, baskets and rucksacks!

I started off with just having a rucksack but the sweaty back got to me. I then bought a canvas detachable basket which I used to put my rucksack in. After a term of constant use, it broke! After much thought, I decided to buy a rack and panniers, and mainly due to reading this review: link

I have to agree with the person who wrote it, this bag is brilliantly designed. Its not particularly cheap (I got mine for £44) but it is a tough, durable bag.

: 11 Mar 2005 17:29 |  Tags: Carrying Stuff |  Comments (10) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Cycling from Leamington

Here's my standard route into Campus from Leamington:

Starting from Radford Road where it meets Willes Road. Head up Willes Road, go up the hill and over the traffic lights, and take a right at the crossroads with Warwick Street. At the next crossroads, take a left and take the second right on this street (you should be on Kenilworth Road).

On Kenilworth road, keep going straight, past the various traffic lights and pedestrian crossings. At the roundabout, turn right onto Stoneleigh road, and keep going straight. Go over the roundabout, past Stoneleigh Park. After you go down a big hill, follow the road round onto a small bridge and take the first left. Keep going straight, and go straight over the crossroads. Go over the A46 bridge/junction and at the roundabout take a right. Go over the two hill and go straight over the crossroads (Take first hill easy, as the second one does tire you out!) Take the third right onto Gibbet Hill campus and use the cycle path to get back to main campus.

There are other routes I use to get home, but these are more like "detours" than cycling to and from Warwick.

: 10 Mar 2005 12:28 |  Tags: Routes From Leamington |  Comments (9) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Speaking of the Claycroft entrance…

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How do people approach the supposed cycle path that is usally occupied by pedestrians? Ignore it and use the road, which tends to have more pedestrians but is at least wide enough to cycle around them? Is there any point in asking for the signage of this path to be improved?

Steve Rumsby : 07 Mar 2005 17:14 |  Tags: Cycling On Campus |  Comments (5) |  Close comments |  Report a problem