Sunshine Signs
The Sunshine Trail has been one of our most successful sustainable tourism projects (all congratulations to Becky Collier who dreamed up the concept). The 12 mile route is mostly off road, lots of it is fairly flat (though there are a few hills) and it passes through some beautiful countryside.
About a year in we added some new signs to make the route clearer, and today we did a little spring clean (though it felt rather more like summer!) of the signs, straightening the ones the little darlings had twisted round, adding an extra sign and replacing missing marker discs. We still have a couple more signs we would like to install, but need to find some funding! That's the biggest problem with so many projects, you can get the development funding, but try to go back and freshen it up, and there's nothing available. The local authority will rarely take anything over either, so we're left with doing the best we can on limited finances.
Later in the year I'll be out counting and interviewing cyclists to try and gauge just how popular the route is, watch this space for more info.
About a year in we added some new signs to make the route clearer, and today we did a little spring clean (though it felt rather more like summer!) of the signs, straightening the ones the little darlings had twisted round, adding an extra sign and replacing missing marker discs. We still have a couple more signs we would like to install, but need to find some funding! That's the biggest problem with so many projects, you can get the development funding, but try to go back and freshen it up, and there's nothing available. The local authority will rarely take anything over either, so we're left with doing the best we can on limited finances.
Later in the year I'll be out counting and interviewing cyclists to try and gauge just how popular the route is, watch this space for more info.
