National Trust Cycle Racks

Tim Hall said:

A few weeks ago we visited Standen, a National Trust
property a short cycle ride from where we live. On
arriving we were given a voucher for 3 cups of tea as we'd
arrived by "public transport" (I think they mean by not
car). These were succesfully transmogrified later by Mrs.
Hall into cups of coffee and chocolate cake,

Anyway, cutting to the chase, I noticed that there were no
cycle racks to lock our bikes to. Bad. I then found, and
filled in a comments card, suggesting that (1) cycle racks
would be a Good Thing and (2) they should get Sheffield
Stands rather than wheel benders.

Fast forward to Tuesday. A letter floods in, from the
National Trust, thanking me for my suggestion, saying that
they had funding in place for racks and my comments on the
design had been passed to the Head Gardener.

A small result for the Forces of Good.

Tim

Was this at just Standen, or were they looking at doing it
at the rest of them too?

I've always quite fancied cycling to a NT property (since
I'm a member) but there aren't any decent ones within
cycling distance of here :-(

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Velvet

Velvet said:

Tim Hall said:

A few weeks ago we visited Standen, a National Trust
property a short cycle ride from where we live. On
arriving we were given a voucher for 3 cups of tea as
we'd arrived by "public transport" (I think they mean by
not car). These were succesfully transmogrified later by
Mrs. Hall into cups of coffee and chocolate cake, Anyway,
cutting to the chase, I noticed that there were no cycle
racks to lock our bikes to. Bad. I then found, and filled
in a comments card, suggesting that (1) cycle racks would
be a Good Thing and (2) they should get Sheffield Stands
rather than wheel benders. Fast forward to Tuesday. A
letter floods in, from the National Trust, thanking me
for my suggestion, saying that they had funding in place
for racks and my comments on the design had been passed
to the Head Gardener. A small result for the Forces of
Good. Tim

Was this at just Standen, or were they looking at doing it
at the rest of them too?

I've always quite fancied cycling to a NT property (since
I'm a member) but there aren't any decent ones within
cycling distance of here :-(

The National Trust can be well worth joining if you like
good teas and lunches. The buildings and gardens are
quite good too.

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Quoted message said:

Was this at just Standen, or were they looking at doing it
at the rest of them too?

I've always quite fancied cycling to a NT property (since
I'm a member) but there aren't any decent ones within
cycling distance of here :-(

On the whole the NT are quite good with bike racks. They're
also used to people leaving bags with them.

cheers, clive

Julian Symondson said:

Velvet said:

Tim Hall wrote:

<cycle racks at Standen>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Was this at just Standen, or were they looking at doing
it at the rest of them too?

This was specific to Standen. Others I've been to (Polesden
Lacey, Leonardslea for example) both have cycle racks.

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Quoted message said:

I've always quite fancied cycling to a NT property (since
I'm a member) but there aren't any decent ones within
cycling distance of here :-(

Isn't "here" Caterhamish? What about Churchill's place
(Friday night amnesia means I can't tell you the name). Or
doing a train ride then cycle.

Quoted message said:

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The National Trust can be well worth joining if you like
good teas and lunches. The buildings and gardens are quite
good too.

I've always thought the food isn't the best value ever.
But I'm mean.

property and you don't haveto pay the admission fee to use
it.

Tim

Tim Hall said:

Isn't "here" Caterhamish? What about Churchill's place
(Friday night amnesia means I can't tell you the name). Or
doing a train ride then cycle.

It is, yes. And saturday morning amnesia means I can't tell
you the name either, but I *do* know what you mean. I'll
look it up and see how far/which direction it is from here.
ANd yes you're right about trains then cycling - though now
I have a car it's cheaper to drive rather than train, then
cycle, which means in practice its actually less hassle to
just drive, or drive somewhere else and cycle.. :-)

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Velvet

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:51:43 GMT, Velvet <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tim Hall said:

Isn't "here" Caterhamish? What about Churchill's place
(Friday night amnesia means I can't tell you the name).
Or doing a train ride then cycle.

It is, yes. And saturday morning amnesia means I can't tell
you the name either, but I *do* know what you mean.

Amnesia seem to move northwards over time. Saturday morning
a light bulb went "bing" above my head. Chartwell. Rudyard
Kipling's place

Quoted message said:

I'll look it up and see how far/which direction it is from
here. ANd yes you're right about trains then cycling -
though now I have a car it's cheaper to drive rather than
train, then cycle, which means in practice its actually
less hassle to just drive, or drive somewhere else and
cycle.. :-)

I have this thing about driving somewhere to ride. The
tandem club rides I plan try to start near stations so
people can train then ride. Trouble is engineering works
tend to be done at weekends, scuppering the best laid plans.

Tim

Tim Hall said:

Velvet said:

Tim Hall said:

Isn't "here" Caterhamish? What about Churchill's place
(Friday night amnesia means I can't tell you the name).
Or doing a train ride then cycle.

It is, yes. And saturday morning amnesia means I can't
tell you the name either, but I *do* know what you mean.

Amnesia seem to move northwards over time. Saturday
morning a light bulb went "bing" above my head. Chartwell.
Rudyard Kipling's place

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'll look it up and see how far/which direction it is from
here. ANd yes you're right about trains then cycling -
though now I have a car it's cheaper to drive rather than
train, then cycle, which means in practice its actually
less hassle to just drive, or drive somewhere else and
cycle.. :-)

I have this thing about driving somewhere to ride. The
tandem club rides I plan try to start near stations so
people can train then ride. Trouble is engineering
works tend to be done at weekends, scuppering the best
laid plans.

Tim

Indeed. However, if driving somewhere to cycle gets me on
the bike, vs cycling starting from home (or struggling with
bike on and off trains at much greater expense, and time)
then it makes sense to do the drive.

It's hard enough to get out on the bike anywhere round here
as it is (I really don't like the drivers around here), so
anything that means I can get elsewhere is a good thing :-)

Velvet

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Velvet