Postby rolandp » Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:24 am
I take back my last comment. I rode through this area at around 6:30am. I first noticed additional diversion signs which were not there the previous night, and thought Say What.
Rode a little further, and there was a mass of diversion signs, so much so, I was passing 'Diversion Begins', 'Diversion Ends' every 10m.
Going home this evening, I stopped and thought, thought a little longer, and eventually worked it out. The diversion signs took you a journey through the estate, to avoid the road works. Only added an additional 1 Km to the journey.
I didn't notice it in the morning, as the critical part of the lovely diversion was missed off, as we have been on a diversion route for the last 7 months and I continued on the initial diversion which was also marked.
The ironical thing was that the second diversion took you through sections where there was sand and massive chunk of wood on the road. Disappointing that who ever put the diversion in place, didn't think to also arrange a street cleaner before sending us down that path.
Majority of riders, and all cars, ignored this signage.
Moo, I take it I was a little early for you. I thought you were heading off around 5:00am, so I timed it so that I was on the paths at when I thought you would also be. However, if you got into Perth around noon (ie 12), then I only missed you by around 4 hours. We had a lovely breakfast with 35-40 people riding in, picked up a tee-shirt thanks to Corporate Challenge and apart from Princeton Estate, had a fantastic ride in. It was nice to have extra people of the paths, as during Winter, it can be a little lonely.