Council Reports After several attempts at all of this I really was off. I scooted down Boxted Rd towards the Fords Lane roundabout, into Nayland Rd past the Dog and Pheasant, the church and then into Mile End Road. The speed control took a bit of getting used to, and sometimes my speed would decrease on its own and then moments later speed up again. The traffic was fairly light, but I did encounter bin lorries and buses. The few cars who overtook me did so leaving ample room for me. No, I didn’t have the confidence to overtake when the buses and bin lorries stopped! On reaching the bottom of Mile End Road, where I live, I decided to park the scooter at what appears to be a well used parking lot for scooters – on the roundabout pavement between Mile End and Bergholt Roads. I then removed my phone from the sprung bracket and realised that it had run out of battery – probably as a result of all these photographs! I walked home, plugged my phone in a charger and only then realised that I had to “stop” my scooter ride. I also noticed that the TIER map showed that the scooter was at my home! I “stopped” the ride and then discovered that TIER had not been tracking the scooter, but was in fact tracking my phone. This journey which took about 17 minutes, including the walking bit, had cost me £3.55. My wife was not impressed. She said, “Why didn’t you just use your bus pass, and it wouldn’t have cost you anything?!” Fair point, and is standing on a scooter actually Active Travel? The Last Saturday Walks (LSW), continue on Sat 26th of Nov at 10 am at the War Memorial. Then it’s the return of the annual Boxing Day Walk on Mon 26th December, before the LSW of January on the 28th Jan. Happy active travels! Robert Johnstone Chair, Myland Access Group 9
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