Autumn in Merton

In the leafy suburb of Merton Park, it'll not be long before the trees shed their leaves and the cycle routes will be covered by a golden carpet. That'll turn to a slippery slurry with the rain. There's an upside though - you will be able to see these cycle route signs:

You'll need to look very carefully indeed to see them. They're above the white sign and they're coloured blue. Its representative of Merton's whole attitude to cycling. They're happy for no-one to do it and for no-one to know about it. They don't want local residents to have their driving pleasure impaired by the sight of anything cycling-related, much less have their ability to park or drive where they like interfered with.