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Finsbury park - dog walkers vs cyclists. And poo.
Hello<div><br></div><div>I know there are a lot of cyclists and slightly fewer local councillors on this discussion board and I wanted to raise a couple of issues about Finsbury Park from the perspective of a dog-owner (and specifically a six month old puppy).</div><div><u><br></u></div><div><u>Cyclists</u></div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate you have to get to work in the morning and we all applaud your concern for the environment, your own health or simply the enjoyment of outdoor space. The vast majority of you are considerate when you decide to take a short cut through the park, either sticking to the road round the outside of the park, or being careful when you cut through the park to go slowly, or at least slow down when you see dogs or other pedestrians. </div><div><br></div><div>However some cyclists seem to think it's OK to hare through the middle of the park at breakneck speed, catching the attention of dogs through your bright colours and swiftly moving frame. To those cyclists (who tend to be the 'all the gear' types who presumably cycle regularly) can I please urge you to be more considerate and either slow down or go round the outside of the park, because one of these days you're going to hit a dog (or god forbid, a child) and somebody is going to get hurt. And probably sued. If that means leaving 5 minutes earlier for work, so be it. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm not a cyclist and don'y know many, but I (and other dogs owners) would appreciate it if the message got out there somehow. </div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><u><br></u></span></div><div><u>Poo</u></div><div><br></div><div>There seems to be a fair amount of what I understand to be human faeces in the park. It's grim and unfortunately dogs eat it and get ill. It's also tends to be in flowerbeds not far from the playground where I'm sure many of your kids play. I'm not sure what can be done to stop it, but I've heard that it's less to do with the tramps (who presumably wait until the toilets open and go during the day) and more to do with some of the, ahem, other night-time visitors to the park. </div><div><br></div><div>This is probably one for the council, but obviously other ideas welcomed </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Woodpecker.</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div>
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