"The only obstacle that I know of to the use of the cycle becoming universal in this country, is that year by year the roads seem in many parts of England to be getting worse and worse....A revolt against the present system of road repair and surveying is being organised, and is likely to have a considerable success"
Source:
Woodforde, J. (1970) The Story of the Bicycle. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
The Earl of Albermarle was once the president of the National Union of Cyclists and wrote this quote in the 1887 edition of the Badminton Library Cycling.
Other event I attended this month was the GISRUK 2011 where I presented a poster entitled "Application of GIS and DPT in Systematic Surveying, Inventory and Title Registration of Properties – A pilot study of Kaneshie town area in Ghana." The abstract can be found in the proceedings of the 19th GIS Research UK Annual Conference which was held at University of Portsmouth (with Ordnance Survey) on 27th to 29th April 2011.
