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cycle route frustrations

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Cycling on Shetland     A bridge in Hungary for cyclists separate from the road Whilst doing some work on Shetland for some local Shetland workers, I was shocked to hear them say people should be banned from running or cycling the road between Brae and Mossbank when it is dark! I couldn’t believe what they were saying as I am one of those individuals who still like to get out running walking and cycling on the dark winter nights, on an island that’s very short of daylight hours in the winter I was surprised to find this attitude.            Hungarian roads not as good as Holland Germany or Austria  but way ahead of Scotland Of course I spoke up and fessed up to the fact that it could well be me that they would be calling a loon for being out on the roadside at night being a hazard to myself or motorists! I pointed out to them that this section of the road was in fact part of national cycle route one, which t...