It’s a big problem here too, walkers getting squished by cyclists and cyclists getting killed by cars.
We have shared pathways with a yellow line down them, expecting everyone to keep right. As a walker, I don’t like cyclists creeping up behind me, so I walk on the wrong side as long as there’s room to step off the path onto grass when an oncoming cycle appears. Or even a walker or jogger keeping to the right, since I am the one ‘in the wrong’. It keeps me safe and doesn’t bother anyone as I always give way.
If there’s no room on the left to step aside (other than jumping in the canal) then I go with the traffic. But it’s blooming alarming as the cyclists go fast. I don’t blame them unless they behave like louts, after all, they’re keeping cars off the roads, but cyclists and pedestrians don’t mix well but nor do cyclists and motorists.
Time for a Venn diagram, Janie! How I long for yellow lines, but the routes we usually take are minimally maintained. Don’t want to diminish the enjoyment of others, but if my walking is spoiled by people on faster modes of transport I can become grumpy. Anyhoo - I should probably sort out the dinner.
And after visiting we went to the tearoom at the animal shelter for lunch and I had another crab sandwich (sorry Gus). With chips. I reckon they do the best chips ever.
