"There is no way on earth I can ride up that": 36 per cent monster Britain's new steepest climb?; "What active travel looks like": Shared-use path van dodging; Celeb cycling chart; Readers' pro tales; Josh Quigley; Count the bikes + more on the live blog

What do you make of this? #cycling pic.twitter.com/wSBKLVgefU

— Noon (@Noonkemp) September 16, 2021

road.cc reader Tim let us know there are also residents' surveys for Eastleigh, Gosport, Fareham and Havant too...

Tim's comment has all the good stuff and links you need:

Hi @Road_cc

Re the "Southern Test Valleys LCWIP", there have actually been 5 released: Eastleigh, Gosport, Fareham, Havant and Southern Test Valley. The Gosport & Fareham LCWIP map is attached for example..

Full details are here:
https://hampshirelcwips.commonplace.is/

Currently working to combine this with the East Hants and Portsmouth LCWIP's to put together the full strategic network into a single map. We urge anyone local to get involved, and if possible, reach out to the following groups and offer your assistance!

Local Campaign Groups covering it:
Walk Ride Waterlooville (www.walkRideWaterlooville.org.uk)
Cycle Havant, (www.facebook.com/CycleHavant)
Cycle Hayling (http://www.cyclehayling.org.uk)
Cycle Gosport (www.facebook.com/CycleGosport)
Fareham - TBD
Eastleigh - TBD

Tim
Member, Cycle Hampshire.

Massive driveways but still choose to park on pavements

— JayDeePee (@johndanielpalm1) September 17, 2021

One of our readers, Chris Rufus, ID'd this as Princes Road in Dartford, said it's always like that and nothing is done.

hirsute's main issue was with the DPD driver's reversing. Less must get in front, more must not wait for cyclist..."The thing about the cycle slalom video that annoyed me the most was the DPD van reversing on the pavement, then completely blocking it leaving the cyclist to come to a halt. At no point did the driver think he should stop and allow the cyclist past. Perish the thought the driver could reverse into a driveway and let the cyclist pass!"

DrG82 has noticed a return of pavement parking with the new school year..."Passing the school near me yesterday afternoon at kicking out time there were parents parked nose to tail around two corners, half on half off the pavement, there were people parked on the zig zags of the zebra crossing and even in the bus stop.

"It was a glorious day and yet none of the parents thought their little darlings could walk a few meters extra. Probably because all the bad parking makes it too dangerous. Where I used to live they had a camera car that would drive past and book anyone parking illegally." That sounds dangerous enough to ban kids cycling to school...

IanMK added: "Society need to change it's perception of poor parking, so that it's perceived as what it is; anti-social behaviour. The trouble is that it's sort of convenient for the majority and only really inconvenient for a minority."

Look at the number of cyclists here - throughout rush hour, every few minutes as the lights change, the numbers build up again.

London is a cycling city, where there is infrastructure, huge numbers of people cycle #londoncycles pic.twitter.com/AFBvz3JWi7

— London Cycles (@London_Cycles) September 17, 2021

I got 21 heading left and 10 going right? 

Residents are being asked to submit their views on cycling and walking, as plans for new active travel infrastructure are being drawn up, the Daily Echo reports. Hampshire County Council has launched a survey on its new Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for the Southern Test Valley, covering Romsey, North Baddesley, Chilworth and Nursling.

The survey was released on September 6 and will run for eight weeks on the county council website. Councillor Russell Oppenheimer said: "Since the pandemic began, we have seen more people walking and cycling as their preferred means of travel to work and for leisure.

"We would like to improve walking and cycling facilities and networks to encourage this continuing trend both for the health and wellbeing advantages and for the clear environmental benefits in reducing the number of cars on the road."

DAY 4 COMPLETED: 273 MILES / 1238 MILES TOTAL / 58% OF RECORD

7 DAY CYCLING DISTANCE WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT 🚴🏻‍♂️🥇

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: “GREATEST DISTANCE CYCLED IN ONE WEEK - UNPACED” 🏆🌍

Sponsor: @Thomas_Franks_
Photography: @thaywoodphoto pic.twitter.com/76h5emXolC

— Josh Quigley (@JoshQuigley2026) September 17, 2021

The weekend may be close for the rest of us, but poor Josh Quigley's got two more full days of his seven-day cycling distance record attempt to go. Another 273 miles yesterday means he's 58 per cent of the way there...

I wondered what a Celebrity Cycling Champion Chart (CCCC) would look like.

You can only get on this chart if you:

1. Are a celebrity
2. Use your platform to speak about cycling

Who is missing? pic.twitter.com/994jVtvXji

— Jo Rigby (@Jo_Earlsfield) September 17, 2021

Presumably Jeremey Clarkson is so far to the left he disappeared off the paper... 

Cav popping up in London, surprising riders in the capital, was our main live blog story yesterday...

We had a few tales from readers who'd bumped into pro riders out on the roads...descending with Vincenzo Nibali, jumping away from the lights with Sir Chris Hoy, waving to G etc...

Rendel Harris has another: "Riding through the Brecons a few years back, saw a guy at the traffic lights going the other way in full Sky kit. Me: 'Would you look at that sad bugger, full Sky replica kit, he looks like an OK rider but I mean Jesus, oh my God look he's even got a Dogma in Sky colours, get a life!' Mrs H: 'Isn't that Luke Rowe?' Me: 'Oh. Yeah. Suppose I'll allow it this once then.'"