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| The Albert Village Lake Hub celebrates the Potteries. |
This year is proving to be quite a year for our local network. We are close to seeing a new off road link connecting Moira Furnace and Hicks Lodge, the Black to Green waymarking interpretation hubs are now in place and new leaflets are due to come out.
As mentioned in another blog article we will be attending a publicity event to launch the hubs and share our cycling knowledge. The Hubs have been well researched and beautifully designed and will bring back memories for those who can remember the former landscapes and industries so vital to the area.
A little further afield, work has started on the cycling hub at Calke Abbey.
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| The link to Hicks Lodge is on the right hand side of the picture. |
The hot summer has been mainly beneficial to the surface of the trails, particularly near Oakthorpe and Measham so work on these sections may not be required until winter. Meanwhile in Burton-on-Trent it was good to see that cycling access was kept open during the works on the Trent Bridge.
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| Cygnets near Burton College. |
The link to Hicks Lodge via the new housing estate off Measham Road is very close to completion and we will update when that is complete. There then needs to be a further section added through a field linking the estate with the current route on Newfields Road. Once these links are in place we aim to so some led rides around the hubs. We have some concern over the crossing of Measham Road and will work with the relevant authorities to ensure the safety of users.
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| A family of Coots near Conkers Canal Basin |
We intend to improve signage around the area once the new link is open and will be discussing this with other groups and authorities to ensure it is appropriate.
It has also been a good time to take photos of some of the wildlife around the routes. The canal in particular has seen the birth of cygnets, moorhens, ducklings and also seen a significant number of dragonflies.
