rat-run – BATH NEWSEUM

New bridge route must not be a ‘rat-run’

Just taken my first cycle trip across Bath’s new Destructor Bridge – down at the Crest Nicholson Riverside development. It’s my understanding motorists had a taster last week-end when police asked for the route through from the Upper Bristol Road to the Lower to be opened to relieve congestion. It has been firmly closed again […]

by Richard Wyatt

Rat-run rage.

I don’t know about the rest of the residents in this rat-run of a street but l have had enough! My partner and l have lived on a narrow and dangerous road for eight years now and have watched the volume of traffic grow. It’s a cut-through for people wanting to avoid the dreadfully-congested London […]

by Richard Wyatt

Life on a rat run

There are road safety and traffic issues all over the city of Bath but forgive me if l just mention the one nearest to home. In fact it’s outside our front door. We – my husband and l – live in a road which is a well-worn rat run during the morning and evening rush […]

by Richard Wyatt

Have you seen our Bath ‘by-pass’ ?

As a journalist l spent a working lifetime – within ITV and the BBC – being impartial and balanced in news gathering and presentation. I still consider myself a journalist, but l am off the fence and seeing red. Forgive me for now turning to a subject very close to my home but l am […]