WHILE riding my bicycle down Stockton Lane last weekend, I was unshipped after hitting a series of potholes in the road.

Fortunately there was no following traffic otherwise I may have been more seriously injured (or worse).

I see also that one unfortunate man suffered a similar event in Wigginton Road shortly afterwards.

This was covered in The Press (Potholes could kill says hurt rider, September 1).

York’s risible claim to be a “cycle-friendly” city is clearly self-delusional.

Comparing York’s roads to those of, say, Ryedale clearly shows how little our council cares about road safety.

Steve Hyde,

Chestnut Avenue,

Stockton Lane, York

Speed bumps are in a disgraceful state

IN recent weeks there have been quite a few complaints about poor roads: a classic example of this is the cyclist who was injured going about his normal day, not expecting to come home with injuries he received coming off his bike because of a pothole.

In York, the stretch from the bus stop in Kingsland Terrace under the railway and down Leeman Road to the entrance of the NRM car park is one of the worst roads of York: it has so many potholes and road cracking.

I ride on the bus along here: it’s a case of shake, rattle and roll. The state of the road is absolutely disgraceful.

The council comes out and patches and mends, but in reality the whole road surface needs stripping then resurfacing.

Once it’s done properly the council need not return for quite a few years.

One of the worst offenders is speed bumps.

The first two between the Kingsland Terrace bus stop and the railway bridge are riddled with holes and have never been repaired.

The amount of damage caused to buses scraping along the poor road surface and over bumps must be considerable.

The No 2 Park&Ride bus regularly scrapes the skirt of the bendy bus over the road surface.

Lots of people complain about the poor streets in York but leaving two speed bumps in such a poor state after nearly 10 years is a disgrace.

Richard Tomlinson,

Rawcliffe Croft, York

Sad to hear about bookshop closure

IT was with sadness that we heard of the closure of Saint Paul’s Bookshop in Fossgate in York.

This was the successor to shops in Stonegate, Goodramgate and King’s Square and in a city with a Christian heritage which goes back well over a thousand years, it is distressing that there will no longer be a shop that supplies the needs of continuing worship and study.

With gratitude and sorrow.

Father Stephen,

Brownlow Street, York