#Exeter #CityCentre #greenes' in #Britain, #UniversityOfSheffield researchers find - BBC News
Technically this is not local news, rather it is news about my locality.
#citycentre
It was sunny enough today to merit wearing #sunglasses while #cycling. This time of year, the sun never gets too high in the sky and there are bound to be stretches where it shines directly into one's eyes and so they have utility rather than just for the poseur effect. Also, through a combination of having to stop frequently and general traffic, I find it's quite easy to beat #buses on the leg of the journey from the #CityCentre to my home. No big deal but it's a good way of gauging journey time against other modes of transport.
Part of one of my #CycleRoutes is through the #CityCentre which has a road for use only by #cyclists and #buses. Some pedestrians tend to be very inattentive, particularly if they don't hear an engine and are apt to step into the road without looking. That's what my bell is usually for. Today, however, took the biscuit; some man stepped into the road, not just without looking, but with is head in a novel! There was no time to use the bell and so I shouted very loudly, "Watch it!" and he stopped just as I passed him. I heard him say something like "Alright mate, don't get angry." The truth is, I wasn't angry, I was trying to get his attention off the book and on the road. At the next traffic light, I turned to the cyclist behind me who had witnessed the event and agreed that I hadn't overreacted. Oh well...