cally

I think merlin should be the next prime minister, president, king or queen, police chief, mayor, school governor,language teacher. I might even ask him to marry me, is it a leap year.

hi, With ref. to "who in their right mind would want to cycle through Cambois" (be careful Merlin and Monsta we still have witchcraft down here). We have many people who cycle through Cambois and North Blyth, especially in the summer months. Our visitors include foreign tourists and people from surrounding areas. Sustrans were involved in a £1.2m plan to re-connect Blyth town centre with Cambois and North Blyth which was part of a package of green transport schemes which secured £50m in Lottery funding following a national TV vote, "The Big Lottery Fund's People's £50m contest". Many local people picked up their phones and voted (which cost them to do so) on the strength that some of the money would be spent in the Cambois, North Blyth, Blyth and Bedlington areas. This money was subsuquently pulled after they thought through the future costs of the DUCK passenger ferry which many local people knew would be an issue. But instead of keeping some of the funding in the Cambois and North Blyth area they pulled it and spent it elsewhere as their revised scheme didnt include us. As usual a scheme which would have made a big difference to locals and the tourists cycling in our area every year, was unfairly axed. Once again the only time you hear anything about the Cambois and N. Blyth area, is when they are telling you what they are NOT going to do. I did hope our local councillors would have lobbied to have them spend at least a little in our area. I live in hope that eventually we will get our cycle path, but I wont hold my breath.