Testun llawn:
I am against the proposal for a cycleway through the Abbey Fields for many reasons. For the enjoyment of Abbey Fields, a 2.5 metre cycle path is not going to look attractive. It would be nice to leave the Abbey Fields looking pretty and not least there are very good roads that surround the Abbey Fields that cyclists can use.
But mostly because as a child, (I am Kenilworth born and bred and so are my parents) we were not allowed to cycle through the Abbey Fields for many good reasons.
It tended to upset people when you came upon them almost silently and then whizzed past them, but mainly because dogs would chase us if we did.
The Abbey Fields is there for the people of Kenilworth to enjoy, not forever be looking over our shoulders to see if we or our off spring are just about to be sped over by a cyclist. I suspect the next proposal will be to keep dogs on leads, this point has been mooted many times and I for one think it would be a terrible shame if families with their pet dogs could no longer enjoy the fields as they were supposed to be enjoyed. We still have happy memories of our Golden Retriever copying our children as they rolled down the hill.
I remember there being a Byelaw which said 'no cyclists' personally I think this should stand. The cyclists have their roads, please let us keep our park.