The Winnaway Is Now Open

I came across the path this morning so thought I’d post the video of the section so people could have a look. The surface is good (no flint in sight) and the path is a nice width at the top of the hill.

On the hill, the kerb drop to the road is quite high and the path is pretty narrow so I’d be tempted to use the road going downhill at busier periods. There is probably enough space for 2 bikes to pass carefully but pedestrians and dogs would be more of a challenge. The path appears to give way to side roads so if you’re going to wing down the hill then again the road is probably the better option.

On the flat part of the path at the top the mud at the sides is already over the height of the path. I can see it getting muddy on the top if they don’t reduce the height of the verge a bit. Still a big improvement on what was there before.

I take it the surface is not designed to puncture?

No problems from my perspective, I didn’t get a puncture (but I am using durano+ tyres). There certainly aren’t stone chippings everywhere and I saw no sign of any flint.

Sorry to break it to you guys, but this is what Puncture Alley looked like for about a month – it was left like this (really, very nice, smooth tarmac) for about 4 weeks before the surprise further visit from the contractors who then put flint all over it…