Road Closures
I want out for a little ride earlier through the lanes from Wells to the pretty little village of Wedmore.
So, 7 miles along said road I see the dreaded Road Ahead Closed sign - there was no warning at the point that I joined the road whatsoever.
Anyway, I assume as a cyclist I can still squeeze through or even dismount and push my 'bent past the roadworks.
Right?
Noooope....
...A big yellow sign at the line of cones across the road announces Covid-19 Restrictions - in the interest of the safety of our workers, no cyclists or pedestrians are permitted past this point (they were removing cones to let local residents drive through in their cars though).
I don't know where to begin with this one but forgetting the fact that 2 metre social distancing is over, it was raining so I was in my banana suit* and that I have a specialist cycle on which I am enclosed in an extended nose cone such that there is no chance of any exhaled virus laden saliva droplets reaching the idle feckers that need a whole road closed for an entire week to fix one manhole cover, I'd say this is none other than a manifestation of the Covid Nazism that many freedom loving commentators warned us about.
Yes, jobsworth Nazis. And it comes as no surprise to me that it should be a bunch of council road workers that wins this accolade. For they have form - a pre-covid run in with another roadcrew in similar circumstances saw me prevented from passing because the the jumped up little foreman suddenly decided his road was a designated building site and there was no way I was getting past without a hard hat and a pair of steelies.
I said it from the start that these restrictions on our liberties would embolden the Little Hitlers and if you give these types a little power they will always, always abuse it. It's an absolute disgrace.
* affords similar levels of protection as a hazmat suit
So, 7 miles along said road I see the dreaded Road Ahead Closed sign - there was no warning at the point that I joined the road whatsoever.
Anyway, I assume as a cyclist I can still squeeze through or even dismount and push my 'bent past the roadworks.
Right?
Noooope....
...A big yellow sign at the line of cones across the road announces Covid-19 Restrictions - in the interest of the safety of our workers, no cyclists or pedestrians are permitted past this point (they were removing cones to let local residents drive through in their cars though).
I don't know where to begin with this one but forgetting the fact that 2 metre social distancing is over, it was raining so I was in my banana suit* and that I have a specialist cycle on which I am enclosed in an extended nose cone such that there is no chance of any exhaled virus laden saliva droplets reaching the idle feckers that need a whole road closed for an entire week to fix one manhole cover, I'd say this is none other than a manifestation of the Covid Nazism that many freedom loving commentators warned us about.
Yes, jobsworth Nazis. And it comes as no surprise to me that it should be a bunch of council road workers that wins this accolade. For they have form - a pre-covid run in with another roadcrew in similar circumstances saw me prevented from passing because the the jumped up little foreman suddenly decided his road was a designated building site and there was no way I was getting past without a hard hat and a pair of steelies.
I said it from the start that these restrictions on our liberties would embolden the Little Hitlers and if you give these types a little power they will always, always abuse it. It's an absolute disgrace.
* affords similar levels of protection as a hazmat suit
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