NIMBG - Not in My Back Graveyard: Plea not to build cycle path alongside cemetery in Denbigh

Just thought I would post this update a year later...... In the end shock horror the Planning Committee ignored officer advice and voted against it. Will try to get list of councillors that voted against in case you get the chance next election to vote them out.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/council-reject-denbigh-cycle-...

Let's not change anything and to go back to living in caves...move on move out the less petrol we use the better cycling rules...

Scared the funeral cortege will be hampered by slow moving cyclists....
How very dare they!

And what is the difference compared to people walking in graveyards? Or should they need appointments? AFAIK they are public spaces and indeed anyone can turn up to a funeral - if that's their want (unless the ANC ban you). It's completely spurious nonsense with a clear self-interested and spiteful agenda.

link to report on forcibly abandoned cycle track in the 90's http://70.33.241.140/~coedy216/Lon%20Clwyd/Lon%20Clwyd%20Report.pdf

and in the daily post picky the cycle track is not that bit of track in the foreground its that large strip of green by the houses in the background.. as ever the delightful Kelly picks up a story from the disgruntled resident, does some research on facebook, fails to contact the guy from the Council and slants the story against big brother at the council. . hoping the controversy might raise falling sales in Denbigh of the next few issues.They used to allow readers to comment on web site stories but the facility was removed to reduce options to criticise them.

Just don't use this route in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

Ian Evans - seen today

South of Cambridge, NCN 11 passes through a churchyard (with old graves) at Whittlesford.

I blame all those sportive riders crimping one off behind the gravestones.

Really don't see what can be so bad about a cycle track. People like this are exactly what is wrong with progression with public infrastructure in England. Why do the authorities even listen to daft comments I do not know.

I like the pre victorian idea on cemetery's being a public space where you can enjoy parties and fetes and include your deceased loved ones in feast days community events ect. Life goes on and it was Victoria and the years she spent mourning that made the general public forget the celebration of life in favour of constant boo hooing for the dead.

Let 'em cycle and stop wingeing.

Anti-cycling jerks are becoming increasingly perverse in their objections, or is it just the media reporting more nut jobs because cycling has become a hot topic.

"concerns that cyclists would be passing as burial ceremonies were carried out."

What concern is that, that fluo jackets will clash with the black theme of the day?

Having read what Max_headset says and looking at google earth it does look like a good plan. The cemetery appears to be bordered by mature trees (legacy from the railway perchance?). So no chance of disturbance there. I do think the issue is that some of the residents of the estate backing onto the track bed are a bit miffed that they have been unable to purchase this land as their original gardens appear to have been built on with extensions and whatever.

I read the whole report, failed to find the offending bit of path going past the cemetery, but was impressed by the overall plan. Just over a 100km away from me, so could be there in time for lunch with a reasonably early start. And be looking for B&Bs and places to buy cake.

It's a beautiful part of the world, and things like this would encourage me to visit and spend a few days and some money there.

The strip of land is an old track bed of a disused railway is on land owned by the council which the residents have been trying to buy to extend gardens and has been deliberately left open not to become part of the cemetery. The railway was originally bought after Beeching closed it by the old Council to build a new relief road around Denbigh on it but in the end chose a greenfield route in the 70's. The new route would be a great asset to the area almost certainly increase cycling locally both for recreation as well as commute-lite as it will pass the High School which lies near by. These residents organised a similar hate campaign in the 90's which saw large bill boards of white elephants alongside the A525 and published letters from residents alongside cycle paths elsewhere in the UK that experienced video players and other items being stolen by passing thieves on bikes. The Daily Post hates cyclists anyway. Fight fire with fire and riders write the post to express support

"It’s bad enough having a cycle path near our homes"

Err ... what?

I assume the residents of the graveyard have not objected, and that the ex-railway was built after the cemetery.