03/12/2012

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:00:10. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome to Inside Out. Tonight it is all about

:00:17. > :00:24.transport. Here is what is coming up on the show. We motorists had to

:00:24. > :00:29.put up with congestion, a fuel price rises, insurance headaches.

:00:29. > :00:33.And parking charges. So why does our love affair with the car

:00:33. > :00:39.continued? I tried to find out as figures show that more of us are

:00:39. > :00:46.driving. Also tonight we find out what Transport Research means for

:00:46. > :00:52.those planning our roads and railways. For 70% of the population

:00:52. > :00:56.people need to use cars. I do not see that the car is coming to an

:00:56. > :01:03.end. There are two useful. But we need to think about the model of

:01:03. > :01:11.how we use them. And swapping four wheels for two

:01:11. > :01:21.wheels as we send polar explorer Paul Rose of on his bicycle. It is

:01:21. > :01:35.

:01:35. > :01:40.For years experts have been predicting that we will fall out of

:01:40. > :01:44.love with our cars. But in spite of increasing costs and congestion

:01:44. > :01:50.research suggests that more people in our area and getting behind the

:01:50. > :01:55.wheel. But in the rest of the UK car usage is in decline. White is

:01:55. > :02:02.our love affair with the car still going so strong? I have been to

:02:02. > :02:09.find out, in my calf. There has been a slump in petrol

:02:09. > :02:15.sales... The drop is partly put down to more fuel efficient cars

:02:15. > :02:19.and higher prices at the pumps was a I remember I used to put a five

:02:19. > :02:23.bring to last me all week but now all fuel prices are the tip of the

:02:23. > :02:28.iceberg when it comes to the cost that motorists face. Even when

:02:28. > :02:33.you're not driving they hit you in the wallet. These neighbours have

:02:33. > :02:39.faced a stark choice between a 400% rise in charges to park outside

:02:39. > :02:44.their own home or a free for all with other motorists. So are you

:02:44. > :02:51.also deserting the car? The car is still king for that personal

:02:51. > :03:01.freedom it gives you. If you want a successful economy you need a

:03:01. > :03:01.

:03:01. > :03:06.successful transport system. This is the reality for many people

:03:06. > :03:11.- the morning commute, the journey home, stuck in traffic. There is a

:03:11. > :03:14.theory that we have reached what some experts have turned Peak Car.

:03:14. > :03:19.That describes the moment when motorists abandoned their wheels in

:03:19. > :03:24.favour of other forms of transport. But frankly sitting here I'm not

:03:24. > :03:30.convinced. And neither is the organisation representing 15

:03:30. > :03:34.million drivers. Trends show that certain things are diminishing,

:03:34. > :03:40.mileage is dropping, people are trying to make one trip instead of

:03:41. > :03:45.three. That is mainly as a direct response to fuel prices. It is just

:03:45. > :03:51.the current trend at the moment. But when the economy will pick up

:03:51. > :03:57.interest in cars will start rising again. These commuters spend 86

:03:57. > :04:02.hours per year in traffic jams. That is almost four solid days. And

:04:02. > :04:06.right now I could not have picked a worse place to drive in the UK. The

:04:06. > :04:13.roads around Leeds and Bradford are the most congested in the country

:04:13. > :04:19.according to research. But the 7th worst in Europe. I fought by way

:04:19. > :04:24.through the traffic to and meet Dr David Milne from Leeds University's

:04:24. > :04:30.Department of Transport. Essentially the traffic is down to

:04:30. > :04:35.lack of alternatives that people have to travel around. What

:04:35. > :04:40.relevance does Peak Car have to Leeds and Bradford? There is the

:04:40. > :04:44.potential to reach that in places like this where the traffic routes

:04:44. > :04:49.are so constrained, probably more so than some other places. What you

:04:49. > :04:53.would then seek is the economy is suffering, more than anything else.

:04:53. > :04:57.Other cities with better transport systems would be moving forward

:04:57. > :05:01.where we are not. It is quite a controversial concept in the sense

:05:01. > :05:06.that it is based on some observations that have been made in

:05:06. > :05:12.the past decade or so, whether previously expected increases in

:05:12. > :05:17.cart used to not appear to have happened. So what is the answer?

:05:17. > :05:22.Leeds City Council does claim to be in charge of Dolores -- the largest

:05:22. > :05:27.urban area. So we need something like this super tram which of

:05:27. > :05:32.course now is not happening. Some kind of system like that to

:05:32. > :05:37.actually give people a real alternative. Meanwhile it is back

:05:37. > :05:45.to the future for Leeds transport system. Radford withdrew its last

:05:45. > :05:50.trolleybus service in 1972. Work on the new scheme in Leeds to recreate

:05:50. > :05:55.a trolleybus network is set to start in 2016. They used to run in

:05:55. > :06:01.Leeds 100 years ago. But they will not start services for six years

:06:01. > :06:05.and by that time traffic could have increased hugely. Some people away

:06:05. > :06:13.from large towns and cities have little choice but to own a car if

:06:13. > :06:21.they want to get about. This is the picturesque village of rural

:06:21. > :06:25.Lincolnshire, a beautiful place to be. Unless you are stuck here. This

:06:25. > :06:29.is the daily commute for Keighley Dobson. She has not passed a test

:06:29. > :06:33.and cannot afford a car. She works a few miles from home and this is

:06:33. > :06:39.the only way to get there that does not involve wearing out shoe

:06:39. > :06:43.leather. It is quite difficult, it is quite breezy and chilly and

:06:43. > :06:48.treacherous at times. The problem is that the nearest bus leaves from

:06:48. > :06:58.the neighbouring village two-and-a- half miles away. Along the dangers

:06:58. > :07:01.stretch of road far from ideal for cyclists and pedestrians.

:07:01. > :07:08.We're all just stockier now and there's no way to get to the

:07:08. > :07:11.nearest town about three miles away. You must feel isolated? We do. It

:07:11. > :07:18.is beautiful here but we would appreciate it more if we could get

:07:18. > :07:22.out now on them. The village with no bus service does have a bus stop.

:07:22. > :07:25.And Susan is leading a campaign to have the service reinstated. Last

:07:25. > :07:31.year we did not even know that the bus was going to finish until one

:07:31. > :07:37.of the bus drivers just happened to say that on 30th as of next week,

:07:37. > :07:40.you will lose your bus. There are a lot of elderly people and young

:07:40. > :07:49.people in the village. And they cannot get to their appointments

:07:49. > :07:55.and things in other villages. We have been in contact with lingered

:07:55. > :07:58.should County Council. I contacted the local MP who intent again

:07:58. > :08:07.contacted the county council but they said there was nothing they

:08:07. > :08:12.could do until the contracts for the bosses change again in 2014.

:08:12. > :08:16.The council says it will look at the possibility of providing a

:08:16. > :08:20.connected bus for people to use at fixed times if there is enough

:08:20. > :08:27.interest. Some motorists have to put up with congestion, fuel price

:08:27. > :08:32.rises, insurance headaches old and parking charges. That is the big

:08:32. > :08:38.topic here in Grimsby. The council proposed raising the charges for

:08:38. > :08:48.these neighbours to park outside their own homes, up from �15 to �80

:08:48. > :08:48.

:08:49. > :08:53.a year. I used to pay for it took payments of �15 a month. For

:08:53. > :08:58.friends and family to come and visit they need a permit as well.

:08:58. > :09:04.But this is prime parking for town centre workers leaving residents

:09:04. > :09:08.fighting for as space. I am a Blue badge holder but I cannot always

:09:08. > :09:14.get part of my own street. The council had said that the scheme

:09:14. > :09:17.would be self financing and would not make a profit. It would keep

:09:17. > :09:22.none of residents from parking there. But then be scrapped the

:09:22. > :09:27.scheme leaving a free-for-all with no restrictions. The residents are

:09:27. > :09:31.now fighting to retain the scheme but with lower prices. Even after

:09:31. > :09:35.all that motorists have to contend with, Peak Car does not look as if

:09:36. > :09:39.it will be clearing the roads any time soon. Not until the

:09:39. > :09:49.alternatives to car ownership are more attractive and reliable,

:09:49. > :09:59.anyway. Still to come to light, we're on two wheels cycling coast

:09:59. > :10:01.

:10:01. > :10:05.to coast on the way of the Roses. Wish me luck. Research suggests

:10:05. > :10:09.more people in Yorkshire are driving but when it comes to the

:10:09. > :10:15.national picture it is very different. It suggests some people

:10:15. > :10:18.are choosing to swap their car for other ways of travelling. The BBC

:10:18. > :10:26.transport correspondent has been looking at this. And seeing what

:10:26. > :10:31.they mean to the people who plant our transport networks.

:10:31. > :10:36.Building roads as controversial. But not building them could also be

:10:36. > :10:42.controversial. How do the planners get it right? How do they decide

:10:42. > :10:46.where to spend our taxes on road or rail? The only way you can ever be

:10:46. > :10:52.sure of is to beam yourself into the future. We all know how easy

:10:52. > :10:56.that is! When these fans watch their

:10:56. > :11:02.favourite series back in the 60s, we thought we knew how we would be

:11:02. > :11:07.travelling by 2012. There was talk of having a little personal car

:11:07. > :11:15.that flu. But science fiction got it wrong. Most of us now get around

:11:15. > :11:20.the same when we did 50 years ago. Ever since I can remember we have

:11:20. > :11:30.assumed that traffic is just going to get worse and worse. After all,

:11:30. > :11:32.

:11:32. > :11:37.we really loved our cars. Or maybe not. There is a rumour

:11:37. > :11:43.going around transport circles but we're falling out of love with our

:11:43. > :11:48.four wheels. They have even given it a name - Peak Car. So what is

:11:48. > :11:54.Peak Car? Just look at UK traffic growth in the 60s and 70s when we

:11:54. > :12:02.could not get enough cars. By the 90s the trend was already slowing.

:12:02. > :12:07.And in 2002 average mileage per person stalled. Is the love affair

:12:07. > :12:13.with the car cooling down? What seems to be happening in many

:12:13. > :12:18.countries including even America, is that traffic growth due to car

:12:18. > :12:23.use simply is not going ahead at the same rate as it used to.

:12:23. > :12:27.Inside Out has been given the first piece of indexed research into Peak

:12:27. > :12:32.Car in the UK. This report is full of surprises, it shows that whilst

:12:32. > :12:40.some of us are driving more than ever, others are dramatically

:12:40. > :12:44.Take young men, for example. Now, when I was young, I couldn't wait

:12:44. > :12:47.to get my hands on my dad's mark 4 Cortina with reversing lights.

:12:47. > :12:55.Passing your test was seen as a rite of passage, but apparently

:12:55. > :12:57.that is changing. Market trader Lee Vernon is 19, but he won't be

:12:57. > :13:01.adding to the traffic around Mansfield, Nottinghamshire any time

:13:01. > :13:10.soon. He is selling up because he has just been quoted �2,800 to

:13:10. > :13:13.insure his three-wheeler. I really love it. It's a great looking car,

:13:13. > :13:20.a really classic car. They're really rare, but the insurance is

:13:20. > :13:26.too much and I can't afford it. research shows Lee is not alone.

:13:26. > :13:28.Young men are driving 2,000 miles a year less than they were in 1995.

:13:28. > :13:35.Women, though, young and old, are actually driving more than they

:13:35. > :13:38.used to. So what is going on? think what's changed, attitude wise,

:13:38. > :13:43.everybody just gave up and got that used to usig Facebook and their

:13:43. > :13:52.phones and sitting around, or using public transport. I don't think

:13:52. > :13:58.anybody cares about cars anymore. So what else has the report found?

:13:58. > :14:01.Well, this is the rainy 7.16am from Warwick Parkway to Marylebone. Over

:14:01. > :14:09.the last two years the numbers using this line have gone up by a

:14:09. > :14:12.staggering 40%. And according to the report that is in line with a

:14:12. > :14:18.national trend. Since the mid-'90s the distance the average person

:14:18. > :14:28.travels by rail has soared by more than 60%. The last time the trains

:14:28. > :14:29.

:14:29. > :14:33.were this busy was during the war. The key croak we have seen it is

:14:34. > :14:39.business travel in the morning, we can do some work, and the other is

:14:39. > :14:45.in leisure travel, where it has become much cheaper at the same

:14:45. > :14:53.time as fuel prices are increasing. The value equation is suddenly

:14:53. > :14:57.tilting towards rail. While business travel by rail is up,

:14:57. > :15:00.company car mileage is down - by 40% between 1995 and 2007 - so that

:15:00. > :15:10.is before any recession. Scrapping tax breaks made the difference and

:15:10. > :15:10.

:15:10. > :15:13.it has had a big impact on traffic in London. Fairfax Hall runs a

:15:13. > :15:16.London company making specialist gin and vodka and thinks he has

:15:16. > :15:20.distilled the perfect formula for company travel. Whenever they need

:15:20. > :15:30.a car or van they book it from a car club and pick it up from a

:15:30. > :15:34.

:15:34. > :15:40.designated parking space 15 minutes later. We are a small start-up

:15:40. > :15:43.business and like many you do not have a large motor money, so we

:15:43. > :15:48.invested it in to the distillery itself. Investing money into a van

:15:48. > :15:53.did not seem like good use of capital. The other benefit is

:15:53. > :15:57.flexibility. You can jump in what is essentially a brand-new vehicle

:15:57. > :16:00.and drive it at 15 minutes' notice. So here is a question, what does

:16:00. > :16:05.all this research mean for the future of cars and the car

:16:05. > :16:11.industry? After all, we have had a bit of a boom recently. The UK is

:16:11. > :16:14.on course to produce more cars than at any time since 1972. But that is

:16:14. > :16:21.not because we are all buying ourselves a new motor. 80% are

:16:21. > :16:24.being exported - these Minis are heading to Asia and South America.

:16:24. > :16:34.Last month in London at the RAC's Future Car Challenge, another

:16:34. > :16:37.

:16:37. > :16:43.famous sci-fi face was in no doubt what the future holds. I do not see

:16:43. > :16:46.that the car is coming to an end, I think there are two useful. But we

:16:46. > :16:54.need to rethink the model of how we'd used cars. Electric cars are

:16:54. > :16:56.part of that. Inner-city it makes much more sense. And it is not just

:16:56. > :16:59.the car industry that will be looking at this research. The

:16:59. > :17:02.Department for Transport is planning a major road building

:17:02. > :17:06.programme based on their model that traffic will increase by a 44%

:17:06. > :17:09.increase over the next two decades or so. But what if they have got it

:17:09. > :17:16.wrong? After all, since 1989, successive governments have

:17:16. > :17:25.overestimated traffic growth. This is the range of predictions. The

:17:25. > :17:30.red line is what actually happened. There is always a risk that

:17:30. > :17:34.forecasts will be wrong but the key thing than the Department of

:17:34. > :17:37.Transport for customers is that it takes a wide and rich set of data,

:17:38. > :17:41.he ensures that it is rigorously analysed. There's a lot of useful

:17:41. > :17:46.things in his research for us to go and look at but I am not convinced

:17:46. > :17:50.the year shows we have reached Peak Car. The Government points out the

:17:50. > :17:53.UK population is predicted to grow by another 10 million in the next

:17:53. > :18:00.25 years. And the RAC Foundation, who helped fund the report, says

:18:01. > :18:06.that means we are still going to need more roads. This is not the

:18:06. > :18:13.end of the car. People will need to use cars unless they have railways

:18:13. > :18:16.and buses available, most people will not have those things. Almost

:18:16. > :18:20.half a century ago when Star Trek started this is what we thought

:18:20. > :18:25.travel in the 23rd century might look like - and it is pure '60s. It

:18:25. > :18:33.just shows how difficult it is to predict the future. But the danger

:18:33. > :18:36.is assuming it will look like an enlarged version of the present.

:18:36. > :18:44.More car traffic has been the transport story of the past 50

:18:44. > :18:54.years, it may not be the story of the next 50. What does this button

:18:54. > :18:56.

:18:56. > :19:03.If you would like to know more about her car traffic has changed

:19:04. > :19:09.in various areas of the country, lock on to the website. If you're

:19:09. > :19:13.getting fed up with your car, why not swap four wheels for two. The

:19:13. > :19:18.coast-to-coast cycle road has only been open for two years but has

:19:18. > :19:23.already proved one of the most popular bike routes in the country.

:19:23. > :19:28.We've sent Paul Rose to find out why do three of the -- wider Way of

:19:28. > :19:31.the Roses cycle weight is proving such a hit. There's nothing I like

:19:31. > :19:34.more than a challenge from braving the wilds of Antarctica, to

:19:35. > :19:37.plumbing the depths of the sea. In my role as Vice President of the

:19:37. > :19:44.Royal Geographical Society I've been to some of the world's most

:19:44. > :19:47.spectacular sites. But there are few things that can compare to the

:19:47. > :19:51.bracing thrill of the sea air in Britain especially when an exciting

:19:51. > :19:54.challenge looms much closer to home. Over the next few days I'm going to

:19:54. > :19:56.be taking on the Way Of The Roses plugging into cycle mania on a

:19:56. > :19:59.popular route which cuts through Lancashire and Yorkshire,

:19:59. > :20:03.showcasing some of the best landscape both counties have to

:20:03. > :20:12.offer. It's a 170-mile trip which goes from the west coast here in

:20:12. > :20:17.Morecambe to Bridlington on the east, so I've come ready prepared.

:20:17. > :20:21.Have got my map, warm hat and gloves, evening wear, and some

:20:21. > :20:26.dancing shoes! So, all togged up it's time to get this show on the

:20:26. > :20:31.road. Wish me luck. So, with a kindly wave from one of Morecambe's

:20:31. > :20:34.favourite, sons, I'm heading east. Since the Olympic cyclists struck

:20:34. > :20:37.gold, and with Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish dominating the Tour

:20:37. > :20:42.de France, the sport of cycling has been shifting through the gears so

:20:42. > :20:45.quickly it seems it's now in danger of becoming a national obsession.

:20:45. > :20:48.It's going to take more than the setback of Lance Armstrong's doping

:20:48. > :20:56.scandal to kill this kind of enthusiasm, and as I head of on the

:20:56. > :21:01.first leg of my adventure, it's not hard to see why. I always say that

:21:01. > :21:07.I am as excited when Ali the front door on a simple journey as when I

:21:07. > :21:12.go on a polar journey, and it is absolutely true. This is a lovely

:21:12. > :21:14.Jenny, the start of something brand new. The route is part of the

:21:14. > :21:16.sustainable transport charity Sustran's attempt to establish a

:21:16. > :21:19.network of bike friendly travel routes, linking communities without

:21:19. > :21:22.the need of a car. On the western side, it meanders through Morecambe

:21:22. > :21:25.and Lancaster before breaking out into the countryside at the

:21:25. > :21:28.spectacular Crook of Lune. It feels good to have put a few miles behind

:21:28. > :21:35.me, but with the Pennines rapidly approaching, I grab a fellow

:21:35. > :21:41.cyclist for a bit of advice on what to prepare for. I'm thinking ahead

:21:41. > :21:45.to the hill at Settle, what is it like? Tough, it really tough.

:21:45. > :21:54.thought he would say was a piece of cake. You'll need a piece of cake

:21:54. > :21:58.When you get the top! By then, you will not be in Lancashire any more.

:21:58. > :22:01.I would have made the border. You're almost at the border here.

:22:01. > :22:05.Swapping Red rose for White, I'm soon safely over the great divide

:22:05. > :22:07.and heading into the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Coming up on the

:22:07. > :22:15.horizon is Settle, where there's plenty of opportunity to stock up

:22:15. > :22:19.on supplies. This is a beautiful place to stop but also the place

:22:19. > :22:26.for one of the greatest challenges because there is an enormous hole

:22:26. > :22:30.right up there. I'm going to give it a go. Seems all right so far up!

:22:30. > :22:33.With a height above sea level nearly half that of Mount Snowdon,

:22:33. > :22:43.it's reckoned to be the toughest section of the route. Well, that's

:22:43. > :22:43.

:22:43. > :22:49.enough excitement for one day. It really starts to bright and

:22:49. > :22:53.certainly plays the cobwebs out. But smooth road ahead, I am ready.

:22:53. > :22:57.Now's the chance to get my breath back. And once I've got a few more

:22:57. > :23:01.miles under my belt I'll be looking for somewhere to spend the night.

:23:01. > :23:09.While I'm catching up on a bit of R and R, a few miles off the official

:23:09. > :23:13.route it's nice to see the younger generation hard at work. What we

:23:13. > :23:17.are doing is teaching the children basic cycling skills so they are

:23:17. > :23:22.able to handle their bikes with confident, so there will be able to

:23:22. > :23:25.ride, be safe and be competent cyclists. Established just over two

:23:25. > :23:33.years ago to capitalise on the bike boom, Ilkley Cycle club has now

:23:33. > :23:36.become one of the fastest growing clubs in the country. We have 312

:23:36. > :23:44.used members know which is quite incredible for small town.

:23:45. > :23:50.before long, a few of these could be dreaming of going for gold.

:23:50. > :23:53.like Mark Cavendish. I like Chris Whyte and Bradley Wiggins. It's a

:23:53. > :23:56.Sunday today and perhaps the busiest day of the week for those

:23:56. > :24:00.who like to get out and about. So I'm up bright and early to see

:24:00. > :24:03.who's on the road. Today my journey will take me from the Yorkshire

:24:03. > :24:06.Dales through the Vale of York and to the threshold Yorkshire Wolds, a

:24:06. > :24:09.trio of delights best savoured under your own steam. The route has

:24:09. > :24:16.attracted at least 14,000 coast to coasters in its first two years,

:24:16. > :24:21.among them one of the enthusiasts who helped create it. Have you seen

:24:21. > :24:26.her real upsurge in cycling? Yes, people take it up because of the

:24:26. > :24:31.Tour de France, because of the Olympics. We have seen cycling on

:24:31. > :24:35.the front page of newspapers rather than the back page. In business,

:24:35. > :24:42.cycling is becoming the new Golf, people going out on a bike to make

:24:42. > :24:46.deals. What is your feeling on maintaining this level of interest?

:24:46. > :24:49.We have to look at local councils and that government putting in

:24:49. > :24:54.place training scheme so that people get the safety training. We

:24:54. > :24:57.have to keep this going to make sure this perfect wave carries on.

:24:57. > :25:01.With the mist closing in and Martin due back home for a well-earned

:25:01. > :25:08.Sunday roast, it's time for both of us to call it a day. I can't wait

:25:09. > :25:13.for what tomorrow might bring. Day three, I'm up early, a bit of a

:25:14. > :25:20.change in the weather, but I have stopped him Pocklington to meet a

:25:20. > :25:23.couple for whom cycling is a bit of a way of life. Nice to meet you.

:25:23. > :25:30.Keith and Anne Benton have nearly 150 years of cycling experience

:25:30. > :25:35.between them, and even as veterans their annual mileage is awesome.

:25:35. > :25:43.keep a record and the showers so far we have done just over 7000

:25:43. > :25:49.miles. He caught the bug first? suppose I did really. I think my

:25:49. > :25:53.father promised me a bike if I passed my eleven-plus. And so, from

:25:53. > :26:00.then, once I had a bike, by to school and then friends had bikes

:26:00. > :26:06.so we started going out. How did it start for you both? When we were

:26:06. > :26:15.first courting, she borrowed her brother's bike and we cycled six or

:26:15. > :26:23.seven miles and back. Could you join me for a bit of this? We will

:26:23. > :26:27.take you to Driffield and a cafe. We would love to. What is it that

:26:27. > :26:33.cycling really gives you? I was 12 when I bought my first bike and are

:26:33. > :26:39.as able to get out and enjoy the countryside, which normally was not

:26:39. > :26:46.accessible. But to have a bike, I had the wind on my back and the sun.

:26:46. > :26:51.It was sheer bliss. Could we saw the benefits of cycling? Over the

:26:51. > :26:56.years, we have seen folks come in who are overweight and they have

:26:56. > :27:03.started cycling, and they have to shed the pounds. You can shed the

:27:03. > :27:06.Pounds will drinking tea and eating cake! Yes. We cycle to eat! So,

:27:06. > :27:10.with another enjoyable pitstop over it's time for us to go our separate

:27:10. > :27:12.ways, and I can start reeling in the rest of the miles on my own.

:27:12. > :27:20.Pocklington, Tibthorpe, Burton Agnes and Hutton Cranswick, it's

:27:20. > :27:25.like poetry reeling off these wonderful East Yorkshire names. My

:27:25. > :27:29.last. Before the end. But looking at the weather, it will be a while

:27:29. > :27:33.before I see it. Time to get these aching bones back in the saddle.

:27:33. > :27:42.And so to my ultimate destination 165 miles behind me and just five

:27:42. > :27:47.more to go. I'm getting excited, I can almost smell the sea air. It

:27:48. > :27:51.has given me a real boost. And here I am at journey's end. With a final

:27:51. > :27:58.flourish along the shores of a deserted North Sea, I have to admit

:27:58. > :28:03.I'm kind of sad I've simply run out of cycle path to use up. I'm here

:28:03. > :28:06.after a brilliant three days. Really, a lovely three days. The

:28:06. > :28:11.thing that has been on my mind throughout the whole journey is

:28:11. > :28:15.just how accessible litters. It is a lovely, easy read going through

:28:15. > :28:21.lots of lovely countryside, it is well marked, and anybody can do it

:28:21. > :28:30.on any bike at any level of fitness. If you, this time of year, you get

:28:30. > :28:35.the beach to yourself! If that has inspired you to get on your bike,